But really, it’s not the Dif’s fault. It’s the horrible, evil people* who put up wallpaper without priming the f-ing wallboard first! Yeah, see, once the wallpaper glue and the top layer of wallboard fuse together, there isn’t anything in the entire universe that will part them. Wallboard = glorified paper. Paper + glue = a permanent bond. Therefore, wallboard + glue = a permanent bond. It’s not that hard, people!
Thankfully, Jenny and Aaron had planned to come over to help paint and instead spent the day helping us sand most of the glue off and spackle over the rough patches. Good thing, too, or I probably would have spent the entire day sitting in the middle of the nursery floor crying. I don’t handle unexpected problems very well lately.
At the moment, the walls seem to be somewhat smooth. There are a couple of places we’ll probably re-spackle in the morning. With any luck, though, we’ll actually get to prime the walls tomorrow…two coats, since you’re supposed to “spot prime any patched areas” first. Well, that’s two entire walls, so spot priming probably doesn’t make much sense!
*Yes, I truly believe they are evil. I also believe they were the builders/contractors/whatever who built this entire housing development, because no sane homeowner would actually do something that stupid in their own house. (Plus, this happened in my parents’ house, too, which was built by the same people.)