Just finished taking down two coats of wallpaper in our game room, and here is my experience. Time and HOT water are the two most important elements. I found that a solution of 50/50 hot water and store-brand laundry softener worked better than DIF. I applied it with a garden sprayer (which was very, very easy and you don't end up with water running down your arms). The wallpaper will come off in two layers -the outside decorative layer and the backing (which is probably the color of cardboard, but might be white). Try taking the decorative outside paper off dry. If the paper is caulked at the bottom, slice through the caulk with a utility knife and then use that bottom edge to pull up and off. If straggle pieces of the top remain, don't worry about them for now. Take the entire top layer off all around the room if it comes off dry. Now all the walls have the backing showing. Spray an area about four feet wide, floor to ceiling with HOT 50/50 mixture of laundry softener and water. Use a piece of the thinnest plastic dropcloth you can get, cut to about the size of your area, and press it against the wet wall by smoothing it on with your hands. WALK AWAY and let it sit for ten minutes. Use a wallpaper scraper and just lightly push the backing off. It will probably lift up and come off in big pieces quite easily if you do it this way. Finally, use a large damp sponge to clean the surface of glue. If you rush the process, you are going to end up digging into your wallboard, (because the backing will be more stubborn.) And then you'll just have to spend time afterwards repairing the gouges you made. When you go back to your wet/plastic dropcloth covered area, spray the next area, then slide the plastic over onto that area. That way, it's ready to go when you are done with the first area. Lightly sand (100 grit) the entire surface after you take all the paper down. Vacuum and wipe down with a damp rag. Prime, and paint.

If the border is a true "wallpaper" border and is fairly new I suspect it was a pre-pasted, vinyl border. Any of the commercially avaiable chemical wall-paper removers like "FAST" will reactivate the paste and allow you to remove it with a scaper. However the chemical ususally won't permeate through the vinyl oputer covering. I'd suggest the following: 1) Start to peel/scrape with a flexible metal or plastic scraper. Don't use razor scraper yet as you risk gouging the wall unnecessarily. 2) If the adhered meatrial is fibrious, like paper, then use a garden sprayer to satuate it with FAST and then remove the residue. 2a.) use a wallpaper steamer. The steamer reactivates the paste to allow easy removal of the paper. (Wagner home version is about $75). http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(ifa2pf45lfgbhh55f0rtidzv)/ProductDetails.aspx?SKU=19329 FWIW if you have other wallpaper you plan to remove yourself this is a pretty good thing to have. 3.) Wash the wall with TSP and paint. Hope this helps. Here is a link that might be useful: FAST

Ugh, I just finished doing this in my LR and hallway. Peeled the top part of the paper off, then used water and dish washing liquid mixed in a spray bottle. Sprayed an area then used a putty knife to scrape it off. I even had one wall that had a second, older border underneath. Must have put it up, then found another one I liked better. lol It came off easily, but what a huge pain. Have one small bedroom to do yet, but it's on the wall not the ceiling. Never, ever again will I put up wallpaper or border. Stick a fork in my eye!! Just got the coat of primer on the ceiling today to repaint.

this looks like a double post. OP should delete this one if he can.