Wallpaper removal when wall was not painted first.?

Our house is only a few years old and the builder put up really tacky wallpaper in the bathroom which now also is ';bleeding';, the colors are running due to the moisture in the bathroom.


Anyway, we are trying to take it down, but have discovered that the wall underneath was not painted.


I'm not familiar with construction, all I know is that it's not paint, it has a surface that reminds me of plaster but it's very smooth.


When i 'dig' a little bit a tiny indentation will form but I've been very careful and haven't damaged it at all.


When I removed borders from a bedroom wall I was able to spray down the border with warm water and it just scraped off.


I'm wondering if it's ok to do the same if the wall hasn't been painted underneath.





Thanks in advance for any advice.Wallpaper removal when wall was not painted first.?
it sounds to me what you believe to be plaster is in fact destemper.The reason the existing walpaper is coming off easy is due to the surface being previsouly sealed or bonded,this enables the paper to be removed clean.Your best bet is to take advantage off this and strip th wallpaper using hot soapy water (the soap with hold the moisture to the wall)once stripped spot fill the walls using fast set filler and paint the walls a first coat.In the event there are any more needing to be filled spot fill again sand touch up filler and recoat.Wallpaper removal when wall was not painted first.?
It sounds like it's okay to go ahead and take down the wallpaper. If its a planned neighborhood the contractors probably didn't take much time or thought into the home's interior decors.
It is not easy to remove wallpapers. Plan at least a day to remove the wallpaper from an average room. The walls of the old houses are made from plaster while newer houses are made from drywall.





On plaster walls you can use a lot of water without damaging them but drywall has paper surface and because of that do not completely soak it. If your house is at least 50 years old this means that it is made of drywall.





Do not put wallpaper on unpainted drywall. It is better first to put a coat of primer on the new drywall. Wallpaper that is directly attached to the drywall will peel the paper from the wall.





I'd suggest reading the next 2 sites. It tells you how to remove wallpaper from drywall and plaster walls.





http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-rem鈥?/a>





http://www.ehow.com/video_221_remove-wal鈥?/a>
Gosh, I hate cheapo builders! They just don't get it... Here's how you can remove that wallpaper from your drywall without causing any damage.





1. Buy a scoring tool. It looks like a rotary pizza cutter with spikes. Very inexpensive.


2. Lightly run the scoring tool every which way all over the paper. Don't press hard. Just hard enough to make small holes in the paper, not the drywall (which is what you have... they just put a cheap sealer on it, since it's less expensive than paint).


3. Using a spray bottle (an old windex one works just fine), fill it with BLUE windhsield washer fluid. Only the blue one works.


4. Spray the liquid on the wallpaper. Wait 10 minutes. Don't skip the waiting.


5. Spray a second time. Wait 5 minutes. Again, don't skip the waiting part.


6. Easily peel off the paper in huge strips. It's that simple.





People here will tell you to use fabric softener. DON'T! Fabric softener is slimy and very hard to rinse off the walls. Don't beleive me? Go put some on your hands and rinse it off... The slime will also make it harder for your paint to stick if you're planning on painting after you remove that paper.





With the blue liquid, you won't have to rinse, and it won't keep your paint from sticking. It also won't harm drywall.





Before you do anything else to your walls, once you've got that paper off, you'll want to prime your walls properly (even before painting or papering again). I highly suggest Bull's Eye 1-2-3 primer. It works wonders! You won't have to sand either. Here's a link:


http://www.zinsser.com/product_detail.as鈥?/a>





Once you've primed, I suggest you use a kitchen and bathroom paint, which keeps mold and mildew from forming in high humidity areas.





Oh... one last suggestion: tell EVERYONE how cheap the builder is...