At this point, Mudguard, I wouldn't mind if the walls fell off! Morticia, I tried the steamer thing last night, it took off the top layer of paper very easily but it didn't do a thing for the bottom layer which is well and truly bonded.

I've been trying a prepared solution,but it isn't working very well. Some paper comes off but there's a gluey residue that just isn't budging.

Bflat, how much patience am I supposed to have? How long is this supposed to take - I've put in about 10 hours now and still haven't got a clear strip. As far as I can tell, the wallpaper was just paper and it may have been up for as long as fifteen years. I want to have a nice smooth surface to put paint on. If I sand off the gluey stuff, do I have to mud to whole wall?

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