How long are you letting it soak before trying to remove it? Is the wallpaper absorbing water or is it just beading up?

Like 10 mins I think its absorbing it. But as u can see from the picture I'm still not thru all the layers

Yes, a steamer will help.... Rent one, well worth the money!!

How many layers? It is reasonable to remove one layer at a time. A steamer will help.

At least 2 layers and I don't believe they primed the wall before applying wallpaper so its on straight drywall. I'm worried i might rip the drywall layer.

I like diff, but make sure you open the windows if you go that route. And you will most likely damage the drywall, but drywall is easy to repair. At least it's not lathe and plaster!

I would use a water and liquid fabric softener mixer.

U think that's better than dawn?

Fabric softener and water

Definitely better! A quarter cup of fabric softener per gallon of water.

Are you scoring the wallpaper before you soak it?
http://www.lowes.com/pd_64100-1748-202301_0__?productId=3036950

I scored my paper, sprayed it with a bottle of Simple Green and steamed it with a steamer, then used a flat blade scraper. Sometimes I had to repeat process, but found if I let the Simple Green soak in a bit and held the steamer over it for about 15 seconds or more, then it came off pretty well. Good luck!

We removed wallpaper from a bath that was awful, took forever and was a huge mess. Then started on kitchen. We have a floor steam mop and decided to try it on the walls, which worked great. We tore the paper off, used the mop on the backing that was left and then used a putty knife to remove. It came right off, entire job done in 4 hours and no mess. Probably cheaper then renting steamer if you already have the floor mop.

I've just painted over wallpaper in a similar situation. Easy. I've also added splacking in a circle pattern with a 6" putty knife to give texture, then painted over that. It was a mess in a kitchen where the walls were damaged and some paper came off and some didn't.

I added stripping wallpaper to my list of things I do not do anymore. I had a few nightmare jobs in the past that seemed like they used some kind of awesome glue that was not designed for wallpaper hanging. Sometimes it is better to cut your losses and just stop wasting your time trying to peel it off one tiny piece at a time. I have skimmed over the wall with drywall joint compound or lightweight drywall topping compound using a wide drywall floating blade. Let it dry and sand any rough spots with a sanding sponge block and then texture right over it. If soaking it with water and steaming barely gets it off the wall, the water in the joint compound and texture certainly will not cause the wallpaper to bubble or peel. It sounds like more work, but in the end it will actually save you a lot of time - not to mention frustration and carpal tunnel syndrome from all of the tedious scraping and peeling.

As a wallpaper junkie, whether it's in or out, the best results I've had when I get tired of the look involve methodical scoring (but not hard enough to gouge the drywall) using Diff, and being PATIENT enough to allow it time to work. Have done 1970s installed grasscloth direct to drywall, vinyl in bathrooms, cheap paper on prepped drywall. It's worked every time.

What is this Diff stuff? I don't want to texture anything because that's the point of taking the wallpaper off because it was textured and were covering up our ceiling because its textured.

Oh okay. I started using fabric softener and water and its been working wonders!! Any advice on fixing drywall with indents and slightly raised areas? It was a "look" they were going for. Do u think I can just mud over it all and sand it flat? Unfortunately its on a lot of my lower walls. Didn't want to replace drywall.