Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Removing Old Wallpaper

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How satisfying
to grasp a loose edge and
peel off the long, long strip

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17 comments:

  1. Oh yeah ....well, as long as it comes off in strips and doesn't stick too much.

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  2. No kidding! I just got chills.

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  3. I can still remember doing this when I was still in a baby cot. I must have enjoyed it. My parents didn't though and moved the cot away from the wall!!!!

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  4. I love a pretty wallpaper. Whether you're repapering or just giving those walls a fresh coat of paint, have a fun time refreshing your room! :D xo

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  5. Oh definitely Sue! I used to love helping my mum when I was a kid. You'd be able to hear the squeals of delight from me for miles around. Shame I've none in my house....yet. :))
    Rosie xx

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  6. It is great when it comes off in nice long strips. Happy depapering.

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  7. The last time we had to get rid of wallpaper we didn't, we painted over it.

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  8. It doesn't always happen that way though! :)

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  9. My idea of total deliciousness Mrs. M x

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  10. Oh, yes!!! Kind of the same feeling as when you try to pull a label off a bottle so you can reuse the bottle... (And I rarely experience the poetic burst of emotion you have shared here when doing so.)

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  11. hahahah BUt when it doesnt come off well......ugh!

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  12. I'm in the middle of it now...what a mess! Anybody have any secrets for an easy peel? I'm not into using commercial strippers or chemicals. So using hot water in a spray bottle and a putty knife. And what do you wash the walls with after you get the vinyl paper off and the brown backing? Just did a blog on it myself--http://milliesgirls.blogspot.com

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  13. May be too late for a suggestion but I have always had luck with warm vinegar and water in a spray bottle - 1/2 and 1/2 or so but less vinegar would be fine too. Using a wide dry wall knife makes quick work of the scraping rather than a putty knife. There is a tool - palm size, round, can't remember it's name - that you roll over the paper and the tool scores or scratches lines into the paper, making it easier for the spray to penetrate. Good luck!

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  14. Oh yes!

    We once moved into a house with truly irremovable flock wallpaper ... my husband power sanded it off the walls (he gets some strange ideas sometimes, my man) ... the mess was unbelievable and I still wonder what the dust did to us!

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  15. Thanks all, for your kind and empathetic responses to what Snowcatcher calls my "lyric burst of emotion"! :)

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