I have the all time best and cheapest, least hot way to remove wallpaper.
Instructions must be followed to the letter. Garden sprayer with hot water
and Ivory liquid dishsoap. Tiger claw/paw the whole wall and spray it down
with the hot water/ivory mixture. Critical step - sit down and drink a
whole can of soda/beer. then use a putty knife to take paper off the wall.
DO NOT touch until the soda/beer can is empty or it won't all come off.

use same sprayer to apply TSP to the wall when the paper is off and wipe the
wall down. NOW paint away.

Unless you need the steam to warm up the home anyway ;-))

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Claudia
"Bob Lauer" wrote in message
news
My wife and I tried this approach on a bedroom and it almost ended the
relationship. It's very time intensive and messy. For the next room we
went
to Home Depot and bought a wagner steamer for $50 bucks and finished the
house with much happier results. That was the best $50 bucks I ever spent
and without it there would still be plenty of the previous owners wall
paper
throughout the house.

I would strongly suggest not using the chemicals and instead use a
steamer.
If you don't want to buy one you can most likely rent one but I think
you'll
spend the same money either way.

Bob



Go to the local Hope Depot or Wal-Mart and get what is called a Paper
Tiger. This scores the wallpaper and allows the water to get behind the
paper to dissolve the glue... Also, get one of the solutions designed
for wallpaper removal. They dissolve the glue much faster than water
does, and you really will need it to get all of the glue off the wall so
that paint will adhere properly.