Removing Wallpaper
Removing wallpaper is tedious and time consuming but definitely worth it! This particular home had wallpaper in every single room and since it’s a 100+ year old home, it was put on directly over plaster. When you have plaster walls covered in wallpaper, it’s hit or miss weather the walls underneath are in good condition. Although we had pretty good luck on this project, there were quite a few cracks and spots that needed repaired. But first, the wallpaper….
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What you need for this project is:
Scrapers (different sizes if you have narrow areas)
Wall paper tiger
wall paper solvent
OR
Wall paper steamer (recommended if you are removing a lot)
Scrapers (different sizes if you have narrow areas)
If you have wallpaper in narrow areas (shown at the end of this video) you will also need solvent.
Click the links below for instruction on plaster repair!
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I’ve never needed to remove wallpaper, but I kind of want to! Thanks for the insight!
So helpful! I’m glad you included a video also. This will come in handy.
This has always been a daunting task but you have made it seem quite easy thank you! Now I feel better about when I need to start tackling this job in my house!
This is so helpful! We have a bathroom in our house with horrible wallpaper and I’ve been procrastinating doing anything about it since it’s a guest room bath that is rarely used. This is giving me incentive to fix it up!