AboutEd Kuchar Expertise I've been a wallpaperhanger for 28 years. I've been a house painter (interior and exterior) for 20 years. I also do wallpaper removing and wall patching and light skim coating.
I can answer any questions concerning:
patching and wall preparation for painting or wallpaper,
different types of paint, what type to use for your job.
questions about painting
how to measure an area for paint or wallpaper.
questions concerning different types of wallpaper
general questions on how to hang wallpaper (what type of paste, tools, etc.
Experience I have my own wallpaperhanging and painting business. I've been doing this for 28 years. Most of my experience is in residential and not commmercial.
Organizations Better Business Bureau.
Education/Credentials I learned how to hang wallpaper at the West Valley Occupational School in Van Nuys California in 1978.
Question Dear Ed, I have recently rented an older home (c.1901) that has terrible, tacky, dated wallpaper in most of the room and wood paneling in the rest of them. The owner doesn't care what I do to the walls, but I feel overwhelmed by what I'm dealing with and don't want to spend a lot of money since I don't own the house, It seems that all the rooms have paneling and that they just covered over the paneling with a thin sheet of wood which they then wallpapered. Then they put decorative crown mouldings and baseboards, and window frames and door frames over top of the wallpaper. I think that trying to remove that paper would be a massive project. Can I just paint over it, and if so, what supplies do I need? Thanks!
Answer Yes, you can paint over the wallpaper, but it would be better to remove the paper. I think since you are living in a rental house, the easiest and least expensive way would be to paint over the old paper.
You will need a paint tray (or paint bucket), roller cover, roller handle, paint brush, blue masking tape, drop cloths, painters, plastic (to cover furniture), spackle (to patch holes in the walls).
Hope that helps....any other questions, just ask...
