Reply to The Wallpaper Thread

Forum Index » Home Improvement, Design, and Decorating

Reply to "The Wallpaper Thread"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've spent so much time peeling, scraping and peeling wallpaper from our house. I will never wallpaper any room in my house. It's so personal, and changing it sucks. [/quote]T[b]hat's probably old wallpaper.[/b] It's so much better today.

I think it's dumb when people shortchange themselves today because in 5-10 years their tastes may change. If someone is in love one with of the gorgeous wallpapers out there right now and they have the means to use it, why not use it? Why paint and kinds like the space? They'll probably want to change the color/decor in 5-10 years regardless. Do what you LOVE now. [/quote]

what's considered old wallpaper? Our house is 20 years old and the original owners wallpapered the bathrooms. I want to get rid of it, but keep delaying because of the horror stories I've heard about removing wall paper. I know we could hire professionals (and may do that), but we have a whole list of projects that will need professionals so I'm trying to tackle what I can do myself.[/quote]

I'm the PP with the old paper (in every room of my house). Removing it takes time, but not skill, so don't be afraid to just start peeling. Get this to peel (https://www.google.com/shopping/product/12580481295561079852?q=painters+tool&rlz=1CAYBVP_enUS676US676&oq=painters+tool&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.3411j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&prds=local:1,prmr:2).

Get as much of the paper layer off as you can. In places where the paper layer won't come off, score it with this (https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/painting-tools-and-supplies/paint-scrapers/17756?x429=true&gclid=CjwKCAiAxKv_BRBdEiwAyd40N8umHDRei6LS1qFVzIv-lyyp8QwljBs9nQ6621WV5cBxv3tgqClDhBoC4AkQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds).

Working in small sections, spray the wall with hot water mixed with fabric softener. Give it 5 minutes and scrape the paper and glue off. Then scrub the wall with a large sponge and hot/warm water. Prime and paint. [/quote]

The scoring heavily damaged our walls and left marks.  I found a steamer at times better and spraying at other times worked best or just dry scrape.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics