Easy Ways for Removing The Stubborn Wallpaper
There are a number of ways that can be used in order to remove the stubborn wallpaper, the best and the easiest ways are mentioned below. Follow each and every step carefully so that you can achieve better result of your task:
Setting The Room
- Protect The Floor: Firstly the user needs to lay down the plastic sheets long enough on the floor, for that simply use the tape to seal the plastic to the floor, for the extra protection use the old blankets over the plastic sheets, this is very important step because stubbornly the wallpaper takes a lot of water.
- Move The Furniture: Now, the next step is to remove the furniture to another room, this will help the user to work easily, in case the furniture can't be relocated then move all the furniture to the center of the room.
- Outlet Covers: The user needs to cover the rooms all the outlet covers. Under each outlet, there is a wallpaper and this point acts as a good starting point to remove wallpaper.
- Electricity: The user should turn off all the rooms electricity as a safety measure, double-check that the electricity is turned off.
- Kind Of Wall: It's very important to identify the kind of wall that you are working with, to do that simply knock the wall and carefully listen to the sound, in case it makes a hollow sound then it is a hollow wall and can be damaged very easily.
Removing The Top Layer
- Make The Holes In The Wallpaper: Use the tool that is made for scoring to make holes in the wallpaper, it's very important to make the small holes as much as possible.
- Boil the Water: In this step the user needs to fill the pot with the water and boil it to the highest heat. Once it fully boiled then set it aside and wait for a few minutes until you can touch it after that pour the water in a bucket or other big container
- Removing Solution: In order to make the removing solution, simply mix the solvent with water. The solvent can be vinegar or detergent. The composition should be half water and half solvent, it's very important to keep the solution warm, in case it cools then add more warm water.
- Soak: Here the user needs to soak the entire wall with the solution to do that simply use the sponge or spray bottle, keep applying the solution until the wall is fully soaked. Once it's done then let the solution to soak into the wall for at least 10 to 15 minutes.
- Putty Knife: Once the soaking is done, then use the putty knife to remove adhesive and wallpaper. Start the work from the bottom and try to remove one strip at a time. In case it does not come off easily then remove in a small section. But the user needs to remember that the putty knife should not be sharp-edged.
- Remove The Adhesive: The adhesive behind the wallpaper should also be removed, simply spray the solution on the adhesive and let it soak completely then use the putty knife to remove it but remove the adhesive carefully.