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Removing wallpaper

Posted: Mar 29, 2011

My sister bought a house the end of December, and she wants to remove old wallpaper in several rooms. I saw a product on line called SimpleStrip. Anyone use it? If anyone has a suggestion I will pass it along to her.

Thanks!

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Wallpaper - SassyMT

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Never heard of that product but I have heard that if you use a wallpaper scoring tool (it's palm size with a bunch of needles or something in it) and score the paper to put holes in it, then spray a mixture of equal parts of water and fabric starch and allow it to penetrate the glue through the holes, it should peel off fairly easily. Not to mention, the starch and water is probably less toxic than what you saw online. I hope it works for her.

Thank You, Sassy - Christine

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The product I saw also came with a tool to score the paper. It also came with a bottle of liquid to spray, which probably would be more toxic than what you suggested. I'll pass that on to her.

Fabric Softener - lana

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I tried using Downey about a month ago, all I can say is my room smelled good, it didn't help at taking my border off. I ended up buying a chemical.

wallpaper - tired MT

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The easiest and the cheapest way to remove wallpaper is to first score the wallpaper with the little red ball thingy (mentioned elsewhere)and use piping hot to boiling water (I boil water in the tea kettle). Pour the water into a spray bottle. To that I add about half cup of white vinegar. If you boiled the water, you might need a potholder to hold the spray bottle but then you spray the wallpaper and let it soak about 10-15 minutes, spray again and then scrape with a wallpaper scraper. The vinegar helps dissolve the old paste. Works great and very cheap.

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