Wallpaper on wallpaper?

[T.F.]

Almost everything I have seen on wallpapering insists that old wallpaper
must be removed before putting up new paper. Only one or two sites advocate
"paper-on-paper", but even they stipulate that the old underlying wallpaper
must be in perfect shape. Here is my situation:



My kitchen is currently covered in what appears to be semi-porous vinyl
wallpaper from the mid to late 1970's. For the most part, it is well bonded
to the walls and only shows signs of coming loose in one high-wear area.



Eventually, I would like to tile the kitchen walls in ceramic when I get
around to replacing all of the dated cabinetry. I would really prefer to
not have to go through all of the hassle of removing the present wallpaper,
hanging new paper and the turning around and having to remove the new paper
and glue a year or so from now to put up the tile.



My wife is too impatient to wait around for the kitchen to be completely
redone and demands that I do something with the walls now! Since we both
like the appearance of the ripped-style wallpaper applications we have seen,
I would be more than happy to do the same over our existing wallpaper for
the interim. What I would like to know is would it be feasible?



Keep the following in mind when commenting:



1.. The present wallpaper is pretty secure to the wall and its seams are
tight and hard to pick out.
2.. The ripped wallpaper would only have to "survive" for a period not to
exceed two years
3.. Because of the irregular shapes involved with the ripped wallpaper,
the underlying seams would probably never be visible.
4.. By doing this, I hope to avoid having to double my work when I
eventually get around to tiling. It doesn't have to be 100% perfect.


Does this sound like a do-able project or am I going to burn in wallpaper
hanger's hell? Comments?



Tony

[Cindy]

If it is only temp. that you want to change the walls, try doing a simple
repair on the ripped part of the paper then painting the paper. Save a
fortune in wallpaper, and time.

Cindy

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"T.F." <not@home.com> wrote in message news:%1dZb.6352$iB.5071@lakeread06...
> Almost everything I have seen on wallpapering insists that old wallpaper
> must be removed before putting up new paper. Only one or two sites
advocate
> "paper-on-paper", but even they stipulate that the old underlying
wallpaper
> must be in perfect shape. Here is my situation:
>
>
>
> My kitchen is currently covered in what appears to be semi-porous vinyl
> wallpaper from the mid to late 1970's. For the most part, it is well
bonded
> to the walls and only shows signs of coming loose in one high-wear area.
>
>
>
> Eventually, I would like to tile the kitchen walls in ceramic when I get
> around to replacing all of the dated cabinetry. I would really prefer to
> not have to go through all of the hassle of removing the present
wallpaper,
> hanging new paper and the turning around and having to remove the new
paper
> and glue a year or so from now to put up the tile.
>
>
>
> My wife is too impatient to wait around for the kitchen to be completely
> redone and demands that I do something with the walls now! Since we both
> like the appearance of the ripped-style wallpaper applications we have
seen,
> I would be more than happy to do the same over our existing wallpaper for
> the interim. What I would like to know is would it be feasible?
>
>
>
> Keep the following in mind when commenting:
>
>
>
> 1.. The present wallpaper is pretty secure to the wall and its seams are
> tight and hard to pick out.
> 2.. The ripped wallpaper would only have to "survive" for a period not
to
> exceed two years
> 3.. Because of the irregular shapes involved with the ripped wallpaper,
> the underlying seams would probably never be visible.
> 4.. By doing this, I hope to avoid having to double my work when I
> eventually get around to tiling. It doesn't have to be 100% perfect.
>
>
> Does this sound like a do-able project or am I going to burn in wallpaper
> hanger's hell? Comments?
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>

[Cindy]

If it is only temp. that you want to change the walls, try doing a simple
repair on the ripped part of the paper then painting the paper. Save a
fortune in wallpaper, and time.

Cindy

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"T.F." <not@home.com> wrote in message news:%1dZb.6352$iB.5071@lakeread06...
> Almost everything I have seen on wallpapering insists that old wallpaper
> must be removed before putting up new paper. Only one or two sites
advocate
> "paper-on-paper", but even they stipulate that the old underlying
wallpaper
> must be in perfect shape. Here is my situation:
>
>
>
> My kitchen is currently covered in what appears to be semi-porous vinyl
> wallpaper from the mid to late 1970's. For the most part, it is well
bonded
> to the walls and only shows signs of coming loose in one high-wear area.
>
>
>
> Eventually, I would like to tile the kitchen walls in ceramic when I get
> around to replacing all of the dated cabinetry. I would really prefer to
> not have to go through all of the hassle of removing the present
wallpaper,
> hanging new paper and the turning around and having to remove the new
paper
> and glue a year or so from now to put up the tile.
>
>
>
> My wife is too impatient to wait around for the kitchen to be completely
> redone and demands that I do something with the walls now! Since we both
> like the appearance of the ripped-style wallpaper applications we have
seen,
> I would be more than happy to do the same over our existing wallpaper for
> the interim. What I would like to know is would it be feasible?
>
>
>
> Keep the following in mind when commenting:
>
>
>
> 1.. The present wallpaper is pretty secure to the wall and its seams are
> tight and hard to pick out.
> 2.. The ripped wallpaper would only have to "survive" for a period not
to
> exceed two years
> 3.. Because of the irregular shapes involved with the ripped wallpaper,
> the underlying seams would probably never be visible.
> 4.. By doing this, I hope to avoid having to double my work when I
> eventually get around to tiling. It doesn't have to be 100% perfect.
>
>
> Does this sound like a do-able project or am I going to burn in wallpaper
> hanger's hell? Comments?
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>

[Cindy]

If it is only temp. that you want to change the walls, try doing a simple
repair on the ripped part of the paper then painting the paper. Save a
fortune in wallpaper, and time.

Cindy

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"T.F." <not@home.com> wrote in message news:%1dZb.6352$iB.5071@lakeread06...
> Almost everything I have seen on wallpapering insists that old wallpaper
> must be removed before putting up new paper. Only one or two sites
advocate
> "paper-on-paper", but even they stipulate that the old underlying
wallpaper
> must be in perfect shape. Here is my situation:
>
>
>
> My kitchen is currently covered in what appears to be semi-porous vinyl
> wallpaper from the mid to late 1970's. For the most part, it is well
bonded
> to the walls and only shows signs of coming loose in one high-wear area.
>
>
>
> Eventually, I would like to tile the kitchen walls in ceramic when I get
> around to replacing all of the dated cabinetry. I would really prefer to
> not have to go through all of the hassle of removing the present
wallpaper,
> hanging new paper and the turning around and having to remove the new
paper
> and glue a year or so from now to put up the tile.
>
>
>
> My wife is too impatient to wait around for the kitchen to be completely
> redone and demands that I do something with the walls now! Since we both
> like the appearance of the ripped-style wallpaper applications we have
seen,
> I would be more than happy to do the same over our existing wallpaper for
> the interim. What I would like to know is would it be feasible?
>
>
>
> Keep the following in mind when commenting:
>
>
>
> 1.. The present wallpaper is pretty secure to the wall and its seams are
> tight and hard to pick out.
> 2.. The ripped wallpaper would only have to "survive" for a period not
to
> exceed two years
> 3.. Because of the irregular shapes involved with the ripped wallpaper,
> the underlying seams would probably never be visible.
> 4.. By doing this, I hope to avoid having to double my work when I
> eventually get around to tiling. It doesn't have to be 100% perfect.
>
>
> Does this sound like a do-able project or am I going to burn in wallpaper
> hanger's hell? Comments?
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>

[Cindy]

If it is only temp. that you want to change the walls, try doing a simple
repair on the ripped part of the paper then painting the paper. Save a
fortune in wallpaper, and time.

Cindy

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All outgoing mail scanned for viruses.
"T.F." <not@home.com> wrote in message news:%1dZb.6352$iB.5071@lakeread06...
> Almost everything I have seen on wallpapering insists that old wallpaper
> must be removed before putting up new paper. Only one or two sites
advocate
> "paper-on-paper", but even they stipulate that the old underlying
wallpaper
> must be in perfect shape. Here is my situation:
>
>
>
> My kitchen is currently covered in what appears to be semi-porous vinyl
> wallpaper from the mid to late 1970's. For the most part, it is well
bonded
> to the walls and only shows signs of coming loose in one high-wear area.
>
>
>
> Eventually, I would like to tile the kitchen walls in ceramic when I get
> around to replacing all of the dated cabinetry. I would really prefer to
> not have to go through all of the hassle of removing the present
wallpaper,
> hanging new paper and the turning around and having to remove the new
paper
> and glue a year or so from now to put up the tile.
>
>
>
> My wife is too impatient to wait around for the kitchen to be completely
> redone and demands that I do something with the walls now! Since we both
> like the appearance of the ripped-style wallpaper applications we have
seen,
> I would be more than happy to do the same over our existing wallpaper for
> the interim. What I would like to know is would it be feasible?
>
>
>
> Keep the following in mind when commenting:
>
>
>
> 1.. The present wallpaper is pretty secure to the wall and its seams are
> tight and hard to pick out.
> 2.. The ripped wallpaper would only have to "survive" for a period not
to
> exceed two years
> 3.. Because of the irregular shapes involved with the ripped wallpaper,
> the underlying seams would probably never be visible.
> 4.. By doing this, I hope to avoid having to double my work when I
> eventually get around to tiling. It doesn't have to be 100% perfect.
>
>
> Does this sound like a do-able project or am I going to burn in wallpaper
> hanger's hell? Comments?
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>