Wallpaper and Wallcoverings - crazy glue

Hi. We've just started re-decorating our house. The previous owners had the entire kitchen wallpapered. Upon taking down the paper we discovered that they used a strong almost rubbery textured kind of glue under the paper.
Normal wallpaper glue remover does not touch it (even at full strength). Sanding the wall hasn't taken it off either, it just takes us down to the drywall around it! This stuff is tough!
Does anyone have any suggestions?? We're at the point where we're ready to peel off the layers of paint and glue down to the dry wall on all the affected areas, and then puddy and primer the areas....it's just so much work to do it that way!
Thanks,
Shelly

If this glue is brown, it's called clay-based adhesive. This needs to be saturated with dif & hot water and then scraped off, washed, and scraped again. If it's not brown, sounds like you're talking about elmers. Is it all over or just in afew areas?

Hi, thanks for the help.
It is a kind of transparent light brownish, so light it's almost a dark yellow shade.
I'm not sure what dif is? (sorry, really new at this! :-) )
It is in a ton of places!! Two full walls are dotted with it in like stripes going from ceiling to floor every 2 feet apart or so! Have tried saturating it with Hot soapy water and a store bought wallpaper removing solution....nothing!
Tried scraping (oh how I scraped!!!lol)...wouldn't budge it!
Shell

ShellyG, Dif is a wallpaper remover which may or may not work differently than what you've already tried. Unfortunately, you may be looking at elmers glue. Some homeowners feel than if Elmers holds paper, it will also hold wallpaper in place. BAD NEWS. It won't turn loose of the drywall either. Only recomendation i can offer at this time is sharpen your scraper and be careful. A "5 in 1" is another kind of scraper that most painters use. If you spend the time now "chesieling", it will save both time and money later. If i might ask, Is you intent to paint or paper? And if you paper, what pattern would you consider? The reason i ask is because some papers are what we call "high-hiding". Lots of things to consider. Let me know if I can be of assistance.

hi wepaper,
The plan is to paint. The entire kitchen/dining area was papered (covering tons of damage!!...plus all the glue problems). I had noooooo idea how much work I was setting us up for when I started tearing it down! Hindsight is truely 20/20 !!
We thought about just finding a wallpaper to 're-hide' everything, but decided against it.

I will try the scraper some more. Tried it in a couple of spots and it ended up taking it right down to the drywall, not good right?...so we've puddied over them. I guess I'll have to do my best and then invest in a good primer before I paint.

ShellyG, Sure am sorry 'bout your situation but we live & learn. Keep your chin up and yes, find a good primer and fill in the bad places with drywall putty and paint to your heart's content. Later

ShellyG, If you are unable to remove all of the paste from the wall do use an oil primer to prevent bleeding. I say this not so much for the areas that you and wepaper have worked out but on the whole wall between the dots of glue. wepaper is right about the Elmers or whatever, it is a nightmare when this has been used....Mike