You could have removed the texturing and then painted

it's not hard

I used to be a painter and did it all the time

Yeah but I don't live there, and my mother wanted to keep it

She'll never know of those boogers

Now that you mention your painting expertise. What would be the best way to do that?

Just start scraping with one of those wall-scrapers, or spray warm water on the wall first?

As a kid I had a lot of fun removing the tapestry (?) or what it's called, with my dad when we had moved into a new place

Spray warm water first for sure

fooor sure

I like to use a plastic wide-bladed putty knife

never metal

it will mess up the drywall if you're not careful

https://www.zoro.com/zoro-plastic-putty-knives-2-4-6-g7720231/i/G7720231/ That middle one is perfect. small one for the corners

let the water sit for a while too

like spray it all down, wait 20 minutes, then spray again before you scrape

This is actually really useful advice, someday this is going to save me a great bother or two. Thank you man

sure thing

And I guess the non-metal ones doesn't rust too

the plastic ones don't right

Yeah hah

I don't use the plastic for just about anything else though

metal is usually the way to go

just not for that

What else are those used for?

Phalanxman is a wall chad

Kill all orcs

orcs = *j E w S*

a meme a day keeps the goy away

Putty knives? The primary use is spreading mud when you're putting up drywall

I did drywall in construction for a summer for money.

Hated it.

I wish I didn't have to say this

But I guess me not knowing that reveals my inexperience at plugging holes

Oh wait putting up drywall is something different

n o ob

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I BUILD SOMETHING ONCE

I'M NOT USELESS

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