Painting Plaster On Papered Walls?

[Swampus]

Evening, we had a loft extension built in 2000 and the walls in the stairwell leading to it were boarded and skimmed over, I then papered the walls but now want to paint them.

I have just removed all the paper with a wall paper steamer and noticed that the walls were very slippery (obviously the paste) but once dry they are fine.

My question is, can I paint over the walls now or should I clean them down as much as possible to remove the old paste before painting with an emulsion paint?

Thanks In Advance Swamps

 

[Nige F]

Yes you must get all the paste off

 

[Swampus]

Yes you must get all the paste off

Many thanks Nige, I best get started with the sugar soap then :-O

 

[Mottie]

Should've just painted the paper.

 

[Swampus]

Should've just painted the paper.

Its been painted a few times now and the paper has started to peel and it had a few tares

 

[Mottie]

I have many painted wall in my house but I paper them with lining paper and then paint the paper.