I'm trying to paint my bathroom at the moment.There were tiles and adhesive on the dry wall originally.?

I have taken the tiles and have peeled off all of the adhesive but now the walls are at the brown cardboard state. There is no paper covering up the dry wall- just that cardboard brown stuff. Can I paint over that if I sand it well or do I have to use drywall compound all over the cardboard first? Or, do I have to replace all of the drywall with new stuff with the paper over top.


Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!


THANK YOU SO MUCH!I'm trying to paint my bathroom at the moment.There were tiles and adhesive on the dry wall originally.?
We are remodeling a house right now that was built in the '70s...lots of wall paper and wood paneling. Where we have removed all that we are looking at a mixture of two things: places like you are describing where the paper has ripped off the old drywall, and places where the drywall appears to be fine.


After a ton of reseach and asking questions, here's what we have been told to do...


In places where the drywall paper is ripped, exposing the cardboard-like surface, we put mud (drywall compound) and then sanded it. On places where there appeared to be no damage, we put none. But on ALL of it (after the mud dried and had been sanded) oil based primer must be applied. The adhesive that was there is activated by water, so if you put anything on (water based primer or paint) before you cover it all with oil based primer, the water in the water based paint or primer will activate the old adhesive and you will end up with a huge gooey mess.





Be sure you know how to texture the wall. After taking all this off and going through this process, you will need to apply texture (orange peel or knockdown are pretty easy) or else the wall won't look good no matter how much effort you put into it.I'm trying to paint my bathroom at the moment.There were tiles and adhesive on the dry wall originally.?
I would replace the drywall.
the best thing is to replace the drywall. when you try and paint over the damage, the paint is going to just soak into it and it won't come out even and won't look really good. you can try compound, but the best way is to replace it.
you can install some wainscoting on teh bottom half if you don't' want to replace all the drywall. or else patch it up so it's even and wallpaper (not always the best for a damp bathroom though)
You have to install new drywall on top of damaged one or replace.


Michael.


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I would do a layer of drywall compound over that area, then sand it flat to the good drywall, then prime and paint.