Patching and Plastering - wallpaper half removed then painted over

The previous home owners evidently got tired of stripping wallpaper and painted right over it. Do I have any other choices at all besides removing the wallpaper? Any products that would cover?

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How stuck is the remaining wallpaper?

You might could skim coat over the remaining wallpaper with joint compound but if the wallpaper ever loses it's bond with the wall, it will take the j/c with it :eek:

The wallpaper is REALLY stuck looks as though several coats of paint are on top. Its basically on 2 walls but its all over those 2 walls! Plus looks like some wall repair in a few small spots that wasnt finished properly and painted overtop as well. basically a "rough" looking mess. SO I would have to do what then?---- joint compound the entire 2 walls, then sand them, then paint? I am not very DIY savvy but cant afford to hire help right now, so trying to learn!

Assuming you can't scrape or sand off the offending areas, you will need to cover it with j/c. This can be as simple as applying j/c to the edges of the raised areas - giving a smooth transision or may mean that a thin coat of joint compound needs to be applied to the whole wall. Hard to say from here which is the best way to go.

Skim coating isn't as hard of a job as it sounds. Before I learned how, I used to break the job up into little managable squares. Mud a section [an area I was comfortable with] getting it fairly smooth with my broad knife, skip a section and repeat, I'd then fill in the blanks when the rest was dry. Sand when finished. It helps to mix a little water in with the j/c, mixing it well will help it to slide across the wall smoothly.