Pastes and Other Materials Used for Wallcoverings

Another part of the wallpaper removal equation to consider is the paste (or other materials) used to adhere the wallcovering to the walls, ceilings, etc.  There are many types of pastes ranging from ‘old-fashioned’ wheat pastes, cellulose pastes and clay pastes, to newer pre-mixed pastes with starch base and added elements proprietary to each manufacturer –– that may be incompatible with other pre-mixed pastes –– and yet, are often mixed together by paperhangers.  How these various pastes ‘react’ to the ‘ground’ of your wallcovering and with what you/we think of as… ‘the wall’… is often determined by the next factor in our equation… the paint used on (or completely missing from) your walls.