by rosebery »
Sun May 04, 2008 11:13 pm
Oh dear. No easy solution I'm afraid.
Try peeling the top layer of paper off then wet the backing paper. Don't use a very sharp scraper or you'll damage the surface of the board as you've probably already found out.
Steamer won't work as it'll just make the upper surface of the plasterboard soggy as well.
Once you have it all off then you have to use filler to level the inevitable gouges etc in the plasterboard surface. Sand that flat then apply a heavy grade (1200 or even 1400) lining paper which you can then redecorate by painting or papering over.
Cheers