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"Brian G" writes:
Arthur wrote:
is this a vile sin?

I've just started stripping a room that has one layer of paper on it
but its a hell.
The paper is quite dirty (I lived alone for many years and didn't
look at it) and after
wetting it, a top layer comes off (agonisingly) leaving what looks
like backing paper but
is actually a sub layer of the wallpaper. The sublayer comes off
easily after a little soaking.

Try hiring (or buying) a wall paper steamer, this makes things a lot easier,
especially if you 'score' the wall paper in a diamond pattern before using
the steamer on it.

I suggest only scoring the paper if you really have to (i.e. it's
waterproof, or has become so due to lots of overpainting).
In your case where the paper comes off easily with wetting anyway,
you will find it much easier without scoring, and with a steam
stripper, you will probably pull the sheets off easily in one piece,
providing you didn't score it.

--
Andrew Gabriel