Comments on: An easier way to remove wallpaper

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:58:55 +0000

I have removed many walls worth of wallpaper for friends and a real estate company the best way I found was to use a bug sprayer with towels around the floor I don’t use the razor anymore it cuts the sheet rock and causes the paper to peel to causing more work.
soak area about 3 times peel paper off allot of times only the cover will come off then u soak the backing till it turns color it will the peel rite off . after all is peeled off if u prime the area before u texture or paint it will help keep paper from bubbling.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:48:18 +0000

Dear Sara, I just finished reading you article on removing wallpaper, and I’ve taken it a step further than you. I lived in a townhouse with 10 ft. ceilings with 3,4, and 5 layers of wallpaper, sometimes with paint in between. Using a spray bottle can get so tiring on your hands as you pump and pump. Someone told me about a better way than the spray bottle. I bought an insect sprayer. It is a plastic container (comes in various sizes in a hardware store.) It has a short hose that is attached to it. You fill the cantainer with warm water, Downy (or something else to help loosen the paper). Then you put the lid on, prime it by pushing the handle up and down. Then there is a manual switch that you turn on; it sprays out onto the wall, a much better system than hand pumping with a spray bottle. Scoring is good. The real secret is to spray over and over until the paper gets good and soaked, especially when you are dealing with several layers. I removed wallpaper in several rooms using this sprayer and this system. I’ve noticed that the people on HGTV still use the spray bottles too. I wrote to one show about it, but got no response. Ginny C

By: Cheryl Hora

Cheryl Hora — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:51:57 +0000

First read you in the Daily Herald newspaper. Really interesting and thought provoking stuff! Thanks!

By: Frugal Joel

Frugal Joel — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:08:22 +0000

good advice on the removal part. I recently did some walpaper work while redoing the bathroom and with a little bit of elbow work you can get the walpaper off pretty quickly with the scoring tools. i cant recall the name of the one i used but it was the little one shaped like a hockey puck with the teeth that go in any direction. Maybe thats the same one you mentioned.