Stripped wall
What's The best way to start stripping wallpaper?
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Janette
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I've already stripped wallpaper off the wall I'm doing but the other 3 walls are being paired which is better to do first
To paint over other 3 walls
stir 1 cap-full liquid softener into 1 quart (1 liter) water and sponge the solution onto the wallpaper. Let it soak in for 20 minutes, then scrape the paper from the wall. If the wallpaper has a water-resistant coating, score it with a wire-bristle brush before treating with the fabric softener solution.
Hire a steamer from the hardware store. I tried the fabric softener method, and using the wallpaper steamer was much easier. Also the softener is messy and the smell, which is initially nice, becomes nauseating!
it stripped wallpaper layers of wallpaper in my first home by filling a spray bottle with about half and half water and acetone. what I did was peel off what ever I could so I was left with just the backing. Starting at the top working down I then sprayed saturating as much as possibl, I mean soaked it and used a scraper to scrap it down. i did give it time to soak through the paper and even along edges where I could not get the "top" of paper by peeling. it came off so easy this way. i coukdnt believe it. i had my entired diningroom done in no time
Buy a wallpaper steamer at Home Depot. It is worth the $60.00. I used mine when I purchased my first home and removed 3 layers of wallpaper quickly and easily!
Thank you ladies I borrowed a wallpaper stripper off a niebour my wall just about finished
The old fashioned way was to soak the wall in warm water, leave it to sink in, then start stripping the wallpaper off.
Good luck my lovely from uk
The absolutely best way to get off wallpaper is to mix downey with water in a spray bottle and soak down the walls, wait 20 minutes, soak them down again...you are getting the idea. The wetter the better and your room will smell fantastic! You can also buy one of the scoring tools at Lowes or Home Depot for around $10 and it puts tiny holes in the paper to help the water get behind it and it comes off easier. We have stripped off tons of wallpaper and this is the cheapest way to get it off. Hope this helps.