On Mar 16, 11:12*am, Red Green wrote:
KOS wrote in news:dfe05cd3-b640-46e2-92f0-
:

Hi, I am in the process of painting a room(note: these walls are
sheetrock) *that the walls were covered with wallpaper. I already
removed the wallpaper but noticed that the walls are not all smooth.
The sheetrock material is showing in some areas, in other words it is
as if the paper has been ripped -not smooth.. It feels/looks like
cardboard in some areas- you can see brown cardboard, it is not all
smooth.. This must be because I removed the wallpaper and the glue
removed the slight layer from the sheetrock.. Anyways, should I just
smooth the areas with joint compound?? then sand?
THANKS- I usually paint walls that are plaster, not much *painting of
sheetrock

Make sure you have rinsed to death the wall of wallpaper adhesive. Patch
the spots with joint compound if not too too deep. Smooth. Prime the entire
wall. You can get the primer tinted to the final color (or fraction of it
lile 3/4). If you insist on not priming the entire room at least prime the
patched areas or in certain light you will have dull spots where the patch
is.

One spot of glue left on the wall will show after painting. No easy
way to get it _all_ off, Just scrub, scrub, scrub using one of those
nylong mesh 'scrubbies' seems to work best. I tried the commercial
'take it off' stuff but was not impressed.

Harry K