Removing a border - without removing the paper behind it! General decorating topics, questions and answers. find help, tips and advice on completing your decorating projects

[sooz]

Any ideas how to do this? Surely if i wet the border and start scraping then the wallpaper behind it will come off too?! All I want to do is put a fresh coat of paint on the existing paper. Young, female, first time buyer - can you tell?!