Has anyone found wallpaper stripping solution worth using? For example:
I've also seen mention of using laundry fabric softener, (diluted). Has anyone found that to be effective?
Al
All you need to strip wallpaper effectively is water and a small amount of normal washing up liquid, if you have any to hand.
Water alone is usually all that is required except that people are frightened to 'put too much' on and I think they fear water getting into electrics etc. You start at the top of the wall to be stripped and *thouroughly* wet as much as you can reach, then do all the bottom part of the wall the same.
Leave for ten minutes and exactly the same procedure again, *then* start stripping - all too often people damp a small patch about a foot across then furiously start hacking away with a scraper and then give up because 'it's too hard' - all that is required is to soften the paste on the back of the paper and this is why 2 or more soakings are required - the first one doesn't get through to the back of the paper where the paste is, but the second and sometimes if it's a thick paper, a third soaking will.
Washing up liquid acts as a "Wetting Agent" and will help the water to soak in - rather than run off. Scoring the outer face also helps.
"Phil L" wrote in news:fhFmo.7933$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe19.ams:
Thank you... What is you preferred method of applying the water (when dealing with a large area) roller, sprayer or sponge? Does it pay to use hot water?
If I am going to use lining paper, is it necessary to get *all* of the old paper off, or is it okay to leave stubborn areas behind as long as there are no hard edges?
Al
I use a Pumped Sprayer with one or two drops of washing up liquid.
I use a garden sprayer
as to leaving bits don't
the slightest inperfection will show when light shines from a certain angle
this applies to low spots as well as high ones
I f you can the wall dead flat you will get a better finsh with the paper
also high spots along part of a join can be a real pig
regards
Totally agree.
I have taken to using a pump up garden sprayer on a mist setting, and wetting a whole wall at a time until it is thoroughly soaked. Then it peels off easily. Soak the next wall while stripping the first and little time is lost. Only gloss painted and vinyl coated paper won't soak through easily. The vinyl part of the latter often peels off on its own anyway: for gloss a perforating roller is required.
S
Even a little piece of paper left will leave a visible bump under the liner. That said, no matter how long one stares at the wall while stripping it, one always misses a bit somewhere - but you will generally find it when you are hanging the new.
S
I use hot water with a squirt of washing up liquid and apply it with a 6 inch brush. Leave to soak for about ten minutes and then recoat with water. If you get it wet enough, the old wallpaper will just peel off without hardly having to use the scraper at all. You can soak the next section of wall and allow it to soak in while you are stripping the previous section. Put down some old sheets or blankets to soak up any spills and wipe off any excess water from skirting boards etc. Cover sockets with old Tesco bags and selotape.
The heavy duty scraper skims all the paste residue off and gets rid of all those little nibs that you normally have to sand off when dry
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