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[southernmiss]

Try a soluion of liquid fabric softner and.warm water.  Apply over wallpaper with soaked sponge , wallpaper will scrape right off.   Good luck !!

[ID2]

That's why you have to "size" the walls first before wallpapering! Then its a breeeze to remove! 

[Still babybecky]

We tried removing wallpaper that had been put on over 20 years ago.

too difficult. I painted over it  

looks fine 

[riley1]

We used a tool to score it all over then sprayed with a solution and maybe used a steamer? It all came off. But yes, it is work to remove it. I'm not a fan of wallpaper and could not wait to take it down.

[faeriemoon]

In the past (previous homes) I have found that the worse spots to remove are the ones where someone used additional adhesive -- the kind made for adhering particularly stubborn paper that won't won't stick, or that curls up.  Standard wallpaper remover does not work on that kind of glue, so you end up scraping, and you inevitably end up with a divot/crater to repair.

[Dusty1]

@dex I've tried everything, too.

I used to do a lot of wallpapering. And removing.

I hope to never do it, again!

The best thing that I found was blue "Windex".

Spray the paper. Somtimes that face comes off & you have to go back & spray the backing.

Sometimes it just peels off.

Better than any other method I ever found.

Good luck.

[Lipstickdiva]

Sizing the walls doesn't necessarily make paper come off easier.  Cheap wallpaper isn't going to be easy to remove no matter what you've done.

Luckily, when my mom wallpapered in the house (which DH and I now live in), she bought really good, high quality wallpaper and it was a breeze to remove.  It was thick, substantial paper with a nice backing to it.  All we had to do was loosen a corner and pull.  It literally came home in one big sheet. 

Then we used hot soapy water to remove the remaining glue. 

[Fressa]

I'm in the middle of a big wallpaper removal project and hit into situation. All of the usual methods didn't work when I came to walls 3 & 4. I watch quite a few of the DIY shows and there's a method that I haven't tried, yet. You mix fabric softener and water together. Spray on the wall and let it sit overnight. Scrape off in the am.  I have allergies and a ton of  problems with scents so this is safer for me to try than something over the counter. I'll have my fingers crossed for the both of us.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

When we moved into our current house, the previous owners had wallpapered everything, both Bathrooms were wallapapered from floor to ceiling as well as the kitchen. It took me and my husband, my daughter and her friends to get that wallpaper off of the kitchen walls.....

For some reason the bathroom paper was easier to remove, but we tried everything and it was very tedious......For that reason, no matter how pretty the paper, I don't think I would ever wallpaper anything. The nightmares of removing all of that paper.

Good Luck to you!!!!! 

[Carmie]

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@Fressawrote:

I'm in the middle of a big wallpaper removal project and hit into situation. All of the usual methods didn't work when I came to walls 3 & 4. I watch quite a few of the DIY shows and there's a method that I haven't tried, yet. You mix fabric softener and water together. Spray on the wall and let it sit overnight. Scrape off in the am.  I have allergies and a ton of  problems with scents so this is safer for me to try than something over the counter. I'll have my fingers crossed for the both of us.

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This method does work, but if you have wallpaper that is coated to be water proof, the solution won’t penetrate the paper.  You will need to score the paper first.