The most common reason people call about wallpaper removal is that they want painted walls. We strip, repair, prime and paint in one schedule with SwiftHand Painting — no second contractor, no gap between the mess and the finish.
Removal services strip the paper and leave. Then you find a painter, who finds the paste residue and the torn drywall face, and quotes the repair you thought was done. We do the whole thing: strip, wash, dry, repair, skim where needed, prime with a bonding primer that seals any trace of old paste, then two coats of a quality interior paint.
Because it's one crew on one schedule, the room is usually back in service in three to four days, including drying time — and the paint carries the same written SwiftHand Guarantee as the wallpaper.
Bedroom after removal and repaintScored, soaked or steamed, scraped, and washed until no paste remains — the step that decides whether paint peels.
Torn paper face, gouges, anchor holes and any texture mismatch repaired to a smooth, uniform finish.
Seals the repaired surface and any residue so the finish coat goes on evenly.
Sherwin-Williams or Benjamin Moore interior paint in the sheen the room calls for; ceilings and trim optional.
Masking off, furniture back, a walk-through with the crew lead, the guarantee in your hand.
Half the bundles turn into a new paper on one wall and paint on the rest. We'll show you what that costs too.
Removal is ballpark $1.5–$3 per square foot; repairs and skim coating are quoted from photos; interior painting is priced by SwiftHand Painting's standard rates (from $2.50 per square foot for standard interior work). A typical bedroom with one layer of paper, moderate repairs and two coats of paint lands in the low-to-mid four figures; a powder room is usually under a thousand. Send three photos and you'll have a written number for the whole bundle in one business day.
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Read the guidePick a route-friendly time online, send us three photos and your wall dimensions for a written price in one business day, or call and talk to a person who hangs wallpaper for a living.