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The TVClubHouse: Archives: 2004 January - Arpil: SaveOurSanity, DIYers!!!!!!!!! users admin

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Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There are 8 arms in this house ready to drop off any second. We stripped a very good quality wallpaper that our predecessor must have glued on to last for eternity.
With commercial paper remover we stripped the top layer, then the backing, but the glue remained.
So with more remover, putty knives, the scratchy side of household sponges and a tremendous amount of elbow grease we managed to clear off about half of the walls to be done (4 ppl, 8 hours).
The glue we scraped off when wet looks like green slime, dried it feels like soft rubber.
I don't think we can take another day like yesterday though. Does anyone have an idea or experience as to how to do this before my "crew" goes on strike?

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lumbele, I have never tried this myself, but a friend of mine swears that misting wallpaper glue with a mix of fabric softener and hot water helps with removal.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    

Hermie


I just ran upstairs to try it out on a corner. Still needs elbow grease, but works quite well. Thanks bunches!!!

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
have you thought about burning the house down for insurance money? LOL
when we did our son's room, the paper was 'fabric' and glued to the walls. we got off as much of the glue as possible, then sanded the rest of the glue off the walls and my husband used his retexturing machine to put new texture on the walls. we knew it would be a horrible ordeal. that's why my son had green and orange flowered wallpaper til his 9! his room gets all the summer sun and that fabric was cooked on to the walls!

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, I forgot to say to let it sit for a few minutes after you mist it on!! Hope it helps!

If it works, that will be good to know because I want to do my bathrooms and the kitchen this summer.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
you should have gotten a scunci steamer. i had to take off old wallpaper, and it worked like a dream!

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tabby, by 9 last night it would have been dangerous to let me near a match.LOL
Hermi,I am finding out that the water has to be hot-hot. Tab water cools off too fast so the kettle is on heavy duty today.
Landi, we do have a steamer and tried it, but with the glue it is pretty much useless although it helps to loosen it just a tad.
Geepers, am I glad the previous owner probably couldn't afford to paper the entire area with that expensive wallpaper or we'd be Bellevue residents by next week.
Thanks, Everyone for your responses!!! Every little tip helps.

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Have you tried anything like goof off or goo gone, most of those products will just eat away at the glue without harming the surface underneath.

Sher
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We used water and fabric softener. We found out if you used a little more fabric softener your water didn't need to be HOT HOT HOT.


Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Friday, February 20, 2004 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tabby, LOL!!!

Good luck Lumbele!

Meme9
Member

07-30-2001

Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lumbele, did you use a wallpaper tiger to score the wallpaper so the remover can get to the back side of the paper? If not, try one, it helps.

Hint, if you are going to rewallpaper...be sure to size the walls first. Then, when you want to take it down it will come off in sheets.