I hope someone responds to this thread because I have the same problem in my masterbath - the wall covering is plain ugly! The other rooms have been drywalled over and then we were able to paint. I hoped to be able to paint it but need to find a way to make sure the paint sticks and doesn't peel off.

Try asking at a paint store (Sherwin-Williams or such) to see what kind of primer you need. There are high adhesion primers that might work.

I wallpapered my kitchen 2 years ago. I took down the strips, taped and mudded the cracks. I didn't prime the walls, which maybe i should have done, but haven't had any problems. Then i used a vinyl to vinyl paste at lowes for the walpaper. It's a little stickier than the regular paste or glue, but works better on vinyl walls. I haven't had any problems with it coming down or peeling.

I wallpapered with regular prepasted paper my kitchen a couple of years ago. On one wall I painted first with just a latex flat paint, on the other walls I went right over the old vinyl wallboard (yes, it is ugly!!!)...after removing the strips & filling the huge cracks. I haven't had any problems with either way. In the entire rest of the house, we removed the strips, filled & taped, and then mudded the HECK out of the walls to make up for the fact that nothing was even or level. We then painted and it turned out beautifully.

vinyl wallpape:

will not remove

plan: paint with PPG gripper

Wallpaper over painted vinyl wallpaper

Any problem with this plan?