Can I use drywall "mud" over wallpaper/paneling?
#1
Can I use drywall "mud" over wallpaper/paneling?
Can I use drywall "mud" to texture over paneling or wallpaper?
Our family room walls have paneling installed directly to the studs (no drywall underneath).
Then someone has applied a wallpaper liner and wallpaper over it. It is a bumpy, lumpy
mess. We cannot afford to take all the paneling down and drywall it and texture it.
Can I apply drywall mud or wall texture directly over the wallpaper and then paint it?
Or, can I try to remove the wallpaper and then texture the walls and paint?
Any suggestions or other solutions to disguising these walls would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Our family room walls have paneling installed directly to the studs (no drywall underneath).
Then someone has applied a wallpaper liner and wallpaper over it. It is a bumpy, lumpy
mess. We cannot afford to take all the paneling down and drywall it and texture it.
Can I apply drywall mud or wall texture directly over the wallpaper and then paint it?
Or, can I try to remove the wallpaper and then texture the walls and paint?
Any suggestions or other solutions to disguising these walls would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
#2
I wouldn't because the wallpaper may have loose spots that will blister when you apply the mud. The seems will show for sure. In my opinion I think you should remove the paneling and hang and finish new drywall. Sounds bad but its the correct way to do it.