How can I remove thick vinyl wallpaper?
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JoAnn: maybe this will help
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/removing-washable-vinyl-wallpaper-38418.html
Buy a wallpaper piercing-roller puncture it and spray it down with vinegar water.,
Plastic scraper, after it’s saturated. Spray again, as required.
Score it with a wallpaper removing tool and then use a steamer. You can rent one from a wallpaper and paint store OR you may be able to get by with a clothes steamer and work on a small section at a time. The steamer will loosen the paper through the holes where you scored it.
Thick wallpaper will require a scoring tool. Just be careful not to go too deep or you will damage the drywall underneath it. I prefer using only water and vinegar with a plastic putty knife to remove wallpaper, but sometimes the thicker kind requires chemicals.
Be sure to clean the wall of glue residue after you remove the wallpaper. I clean it with a sponge and vinegar water until it's not slimy. Then wash it once more with water.
You will need to score the wallpaper. It scores the paper but not the wall. Then just use a 50/50 mix of hot water and vinegar to soften the glue and scrape off.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Zinsser-02966-Wallcover-Scoring-Tool/17011348?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=466&adid=22222222227009265467&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=42967035752&wl4=pla-81458979992&wl5=9021628&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=111840037&wl11=online&wl12=17011348&veh=sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlbXutuCw5gIVQvbjBx0OnQdgEAQYBCABEgJl8fD_BwE
Peel as much as possible from the walls.
If you can't get to the backing, you may need to score the paper with a tool. Paper Tiger is easy to find. Light pressure because you don't want to damage the wall behind the paper.
Mix 50/50 fabric softener & warm water in a spray bottle or garden sprayer. I've read that vinegar is as effective but I have never used it.
Allow the mixture to sit for 5 - 10 minutes so that it saturates the adhesive on the paper backing.
Scrape with a plastic scraper.
Once it is all removed, wash the walls with warm soapy water (blue Dawn is my go-to) and a microfiber cloth.
hometalk has some ideas:
https://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=remove%20wallpaper
Hot water in a spray bottle score the paper so the water could get under it to loosen the glue keep spraying hot water
Hi JoAnn,
Go to the bottom or top seam. Lift the edge, pull away across to other side, then pull the whole sheet evenly all the way off! It is as easy as that.