Works well! ()īy Debbie Smith Removing Stubborn Wallpaper Soak the are a you want to remove, leave for a couple of minutes then use a paint scraper to remove. If it was prepasted when it went up, the thing that works best is a spray bottle with warm soapy water. I've tried a lot of different things to remove wallpaper. Hope this works for you, I was dancing with joy when I figured it out. You may make a couple of gouges in the plaster below if you slip, but these can be easily patched with some ready mixed plaster or stucco. Previously it was taking me about 1/2 hour of exhausting scraping to strip off 6 square inches, but with the wood plane method I finished the whole wall in a few hours. This layer was very water soluble and came off by simply wetting it and then peeling it off. The paper came off in nice long strips leaving only a few strips of the thin lower layer (looked like a brown paper bag roughened up). I set the blade to a very shallow setting (simple turn of screw) as you would if you were wanting to shave wood very thinly. ()īy tuff stuff Removing Stubborn WallpaperĪfter trying fabric softeners, TSP solutions, paper tigers and scoring on a small section of wall with wallpaper with a water resistant top layer (some kind of metal foil) with no success, I finally removed it by using a small hand wood planer (about $20). The best device EVER invented to remove stubborn wallpaper is a resourceful wife, who knows where HER bread is buttered. It is to sit in the next room and watch the football game. I used a paste made of artichokes with a little olive oil, butter and garlic on toasted ciabatta bread.but that isn't to remove wallpaper. To do the entire border will probably take a weekend, but it's much better than using any commercial wallpaper remover! THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE! () I scored the paper with the Paper Tiger as mentioned above, then I used hot water and fabric softener (i just soaked about 6 sheets of Bounce in hot water in a pail) and soaked the wallpaper very well (keep it wet while removing) and it came off fine. Thanks to the advice on this site I have saved what little sanity I have left after trying to use DIF to remove my VERY stubborn wallpaper border. I used DIF and two different scorers and no luck yet! Help?! I'll try the fabric softener and steamer! Any other advice? () Will try the steamer - Here's hoping!!! () None of them have worked on the paper I have - a foil-topped paper.About an inch at at time is all I can remove - at this rate I'll have it down by the time we want to sell our house in 10 years! I've used hot water, warm water with fabric softener, and the DIF products (paper tiger, scraper, and solutions). Score using sharp knife (kitchen drawer), wipe again. ()įabric softener (Lenor but next time the cheapest bargain stuff I can find) in warm water, wiped on. It works pretty well, but the paper came down in small, annoying pieces. I've personally used a strong vinegar and water solution from a spray bottle in like manner. Let it take time to soak and only do an area of about 3x3 feet. I also agree on scoring it with a tool from the store to speed the process. You can remove wallpaper by using a mixture of vinegar and very warm water. When I have used the scorers, I have damaged the wallboard.Have several helpers, so when one gets tired arms a new person can steam to get maximum time use of the rental unit. We removed 5 layers of wallpaper from a HUD house we bought for our daughter. It is very messy so you place towels at base of wall to absorb water, but it works much better than scoring and scraping.
You can rent the steam cleaner for wall paper removal from rental stores. Makes it much easier to remove.īy Pat Timkew Removing Stubborn Wallpaper Use Fleecy Fabric Softener mixed with water to soak wallpaper.
Home Depot has a roller tool (wheel) that makes small cuts in the wallpaper. Let this mix penetrate, and the wallpaper should be easier to remove, since the mix has now gone through to the adhesive side of the paper.
After you have scored the wallpaper and have tiny holes in the paper, then spray a mix of 1/2 fabric softener and 1/2 water on the walls. You can find them inexpensively in the paint/wall border area in places like Wal-mart. Try a "paper tiger" scoring tool specifically for wallpaper.
But steaming is certainly much faster than the "inch at a time" results you've been getting up 'till now! :-) () As Kelly said, removing wallpaper is a lot of work no matter what method you use. At the end of the hose is a large flat square/rectangular head that you hold against the wall to steam and soften the wallpaper, and it really does just peel off if you let the steam work for a few minutes. It looks a bit like a small canister vacuum cleaner, except instead of sucking in, it spews out steam. You can also purchase (or borrow?) a wallpaper steamer.