Also make sure the drywall is the water resistant kind. It should be a
greenish or blueish drywall. This will keep the walls from absorbing the
steam and water in the bathroom. If you don't have that kind, I *think* you
can get a sealer for the walls. Ask the paint dept at Home Depot or Lowes.
Marty
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""Eric Giblock"" <egiblock@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:akes5b$6lv$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> ok.. for some reason i have to fix the bathroom in my girlfriends house..
> but a little problem here..
>
> i ripped off the wall paper using this excellent stuff from home depot
> called "Dep" or something like that, and the wallpaper came right offf..
>
> well in the process of this, i saw that the walls had been painted before
> and the paint was starting to peel off of the wall..
>
> i can literally take the paint and pull it off the wall like a giant
> sticker...
>
> now for the question:
>
> should i continue to rip/peel the old paint off the wall before doing
> anything else?? or should i just sand the walls and not rip anymore off,
> and just repaint over it ?
>
> any sugguestions, please email me at egiblock@runbox.com
>
> thanks
>
>
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> --------------------
> Eric Giblock
> egiblock@hotmail.com
> student / web designer
> www.gibsdakota.com
>
>
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