Would you let your painter texture over wallpaper that's "difficult" to remove? Our painter is saying that while the bathroom wallpaper came up no problem, the kitchen wallpaper is being extremely difficult so they plan to texture over it.

The quote has wallpaper removal included. I feel like this is a battle we should fight, but my husband is unsure. I need some perspective.

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I would not. He does not want to remove it because it’s difficult and he did not budget for difficult. In a kitchen, there could be grease and dirt that no texture will adhere to. It’s going to look awful. Wallpaper is removed with soaking and water and a certain remover/cleaner to get the glue residue off too. Even the easy to remove will have residue.

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Nope

I’d rather they cut out the drywall and redo the drywall than leave the old wall paper

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You could have them do a small test area to see how it turns out.

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