If you get it off to a point where you are happy with it, then you probably will want to skim it with joint compound to smooth it out even further. Before you apply anything, be sure to paint it with Guardz or a similar product. This is to lock in the glue so that paint or joint compound does not lift off.

Hi again Pamies! (New reply on your other thread!) Faron

Thanks for the advice, I'll try that. I really think the only spots coming up are where I missed a seam when sanding. I sanded down each seam but probably missed these two or three. Do you think this could get worse? I was hoping that it would not, now that it has dried, seemed to only happen when the paint was wet.

Wow, Cindi, sounds like a bit of a learning experience. The learning curve is never fun, the pleasure you get after you're up it is really just relief from the pain! Welcome to the club of learning the hard way (I belong to the more exclusive chapter where we have to learn the hard way twice before anything sinks in). If this isn't turning out so well, you might be interested in learning to patch drywall... well, maybe not really. I am going to chime in on the paper tiger to say that no matter how many pinpricks you make, from my experience they don't help much anyway. I use a spray bottle of water (and a towel or two to catch the drips) to soak the glue, which I get at most effectively in one of two ways: either I peel away from one corner or the top edge and spray into the backing, or I rip off the paper surface and then the backing alone absorbs the water quite readily. They key is to wait long enough for the glue to soften so that it comes off easily with gentle scraper use. But my spray bottle gets very little water in through the holes made by the paper tiger. If you couldn't get in behind to get a start any other way, it might be worth it. And I have read where someone said to make so many holes that the paper is hardly recognizable. That might be the trick. And yes, it does damage the wall a bit. As I was just doing a border with it, that wasn't much sweat to fix, but would be annoying on a whole wall. In addition, I would have to say that painting over wallpaper is almost always the wrong thing to do, so kudos to you for trying. But don't over-punish yourself; for the rest of the wall you could always try painting over, and leave full removal for the next owner of your home. KarinL