How do you get glue off of sheetrock?

The original owners of my house decorated one wall in our hallway with these brown plastic textured panels that were glued on with some kind of very sticky glue. It was the ugliest thing imaginable. I pulled them all off. I don't want to replace the sheetrock, but now there is glue left on the sheetrock in the design of the texture...a kind of checkerboard design. Any way to get that off before I can spackle and paint? Someone mentioned using mud first. What is that?

Answers:
Attempting to remove the goo will make you hate life. Get a 5-pound bucket of Joint Compound (sometimes called mud) a tray and a 12-inch knife. Skim the joint compound over the wall in a thin coat, getting it as smooth as possible. Afte the compound dries, if it still a bit rough, you may want to apply a second coat. Then, sand it completely smooth with sanding screen.

Drywall dust will get all over everything. Here is one way to avoid the mess. Use a Shop-Vac with a nice cannister filter and hold the nozzle right by your sanding screen when sanding to pick up the dust. Use a discharge hose to run the exhaust to an outside opening.

Good luck. Hope this info helps.

Other answers:
Mud...spackle... basically the same thing. You can sand it down if you are careful, but the trick is not to take the paper too.
They do sell glue solvents. It's messy but may be your best option. (Make sure to follow directions carefully.)
Unless your planning to put on some texture. If so i would just put it on over the glue. First lightly sand the glue to roughen it then texturize a bit more heavily than you normally would. let dry very well, lightly sand and paint. That is what I would do.
Mud...spackle... basically the same thing. You can sand it down if you are careful, but the trick is not to take the paper too.
They do sell glue solvents. It's messy but may be your best option. (Make sure to follow directions carefully.)
Unless your planning to put on some texture. If so i would just put it on over the glue. First lightly sand the glue to roughen it then texturize a bit more heavily than you normally would. let dry very well, lightly sand and paint. That is what I would do.
We had the same problem in our home. We used an elecric sander to remove it. Good Luck.
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