Wallpaper Removal

747

I would do it slickshift ways. Go rent a wallpaper steamer. Score the wallpaper to make little holes in it and steam it loose. Once you get the paper off go with this.http://www.zinsser.com/product_detail.asp?ProductID=27

Woz the Painter

747... I've always thought of a wallpaper steamer as a personal sauna, in my encounters with them, they suck, but some people might like a two for one!

747

I rented one once and the wallpaper just pealed off actually in sheets. No problem it way gravey all the way.I thought it worked excellent. But i did have to buy one of those hand held scoring tools to run over the wallpaper and make the holes in it. It was a little bit steamy but i new it wasn't going to be a clean job.

Woz the Painter

Wow 747 your an airline pilot? how come you didn't get in on the airline security thread?

747

I didn't see it.

lornmastro

bringing this back to the top...great thread

Red Canary

Never heard of the concoction of dif, vinegar . . . etc. Would like to try the fabric softener recipe.

I score the paper, wet it with warm water, spray with dif and warm water, let stand, spray again, let sit again (less time than the first) and then remove, re-wetting as necessary with dif.

Then, wash the wall with TSP phosphate free. Then, I usually wash the walls again with a dif mixture, then another wash with TSP--gets all the glue almost all the time.

Sherwin Williams makes a primer/sizing product (can't think of the name off the top of my head right now) and this works great--it's latex, also.

After priming, I spackle, etc., then spot-prime over repair areas with the same primer and/or primer/sizer.

Traditions2

I'm getting ready to paint over wallper removed wall. I've always used oil. Sherwin told me to use latex problock. ANyone use this? Good results.>?

WisePainter

I use a mix of hot water mixed up with Krud Kutter in a pump sprayer after I run a paper tiger lightly over the surface.
It usually takes 3 passes with the sprayer over a 30 minute period.
After the paper is off I use an alkyd primer to prevent the left over wallpaper adhesive from reconstituting when a latex primer/top coat is applied.

I have 50 cheap beach towels that I place at the baseboard to mop up any run off.
Works for me.

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My advice: Hire a real painter to do it.