55 Can You Paint Over Wallpaper Border
When painting over wallpaper it is important to first make sure that the wall covering is clean and shows no signs of lifting at the edges or seams spillane says.
Can you paint over wallpaper border. Painting over it is no short term solution. Next a few warnings. Paint a line about 3 to 4 7 1 2 to 10 cm wide just below or above if painting above it the paper covering the border.
In fact paint on top of. In a child s room allpaper borders are often attached with weak adhesive because their interest changes so you may be able to peel these off without any need to paint over them. It is obviously better to take it off if you possibly can but if there is no way that border is coming off yes you can paint over it.
Large amounts of paint might seep through or under the paper. You can refresh a room by removing the borders or painting over them. If you have rips or peeling.
Try not to get much paint on the paper covering the border. One if you want to take the paper down eventually it s best to just bite the bullet and do that now. Kitchen wallpaper borders on the other hand are usually well attached as the steam of the kitchen makes wall coverings work harder to stay looking good.
I have personally painted over a wallpaper border in a bedroom and several whole walls of wallpaper in a bathroom with good results.