OK...maybe not a nightmare, but a real pain: The previous owners of my house
put wallpaper on the upper part of the tub walls. Dumb. The tiles end at
about 5-1/2 feet and the wallpaper begins there. The first 1/4" of the
wallpaper is peeling away and there's mildew under that edge. All the
wallpaper will be removed as part of a bathroom renovation project next
spring. But meanwhile, this is ugly and I'm wondering what will remove the
mildew without destroying the wallpaper. I'd like to reglue the edge, but I
doubt it'll work well in its current condition.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
OK...maybe not a nightmare, but a real pain: The previous owners of
my house put wallpaper on the upper part of the tub walls. Dumb.
The tiles end at about 5-1/2 feet and the wallpaper begins there.
The first 1/4" of the wallpaper is peeling away and there's mildew
under that edge. All the wallpaper will be removed as part of a
bathroom renovation project next spring. But meanwhile, this is
ugly and I'm wondering what will remove the mildew without
destroying the wallpaper. I'd like to reglue the edge, but I doubt
it'll work well in its current condition.

Clorox

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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OK...maybe not a nightmare, but a real pain: The previous owners of my
house put wallpaper on the upper part of the tub walls. Dumb. The tiles
end at about 5-1/2 feet and the wallpaper begins there. The first 1/4" of
the wallpaper is peeling away and there's mildew under that edge. All the
wallpaper will be removed as part of a bathroom renovation project next
spring. But meanwhile, this is ugly and I'm wondering what will remove the
mildew without destroying the wallpaper. I'd like to reglue the edge, but
I doubt it'll work well in its current condition.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
OK...maybe not a nightmare, but a real pain: The previous owners of my house
put wallpaper on the upper part of the tub walls. Dumb. The tiles end at
about 5-1/2 feet and the wallpaper begins there. The first 1/4" of the
wallpaper is peeling away and there's mildew under that edge. All the
wallpaper will be removed as part of a bathroom renovation project next
spring. But meanwhile, this is ugly and I'm wondering what will remove the
mildew without destroying the wallpaper. I'd like to reglue the edge, but I
doubt it'll work well in its current condition.


Household cleaner with water and a LITTLE bleach (separately). I've
reglued edges using diluted Elmer's glue, but it will probably take some
of the paper off the wallboard if I ever remove it. I papered our bath
about a year ago - paper isn't in shower enclosure but goes right up to
the edge and meets the tile. I masked the edge and put a fine line of
caulk along the shower opening and the entire lower edge of the paper.
So far, so good. Moisture runs down and seeps under edge of paper and
veneer at lower end of door, so always paint bottom of door, too.

Norminn wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

OK...maybe not a nightmare, but a real pain: The previous owners of my
house put wallpaper on the upper part of the tub walls. Dumb. The
tiles end at about 5-1/2 feet and the wallpaper begins there. The
first 1/4" of the wallpaper is peeling away and there's mildew under
that edge. All the wallpaper will be removed as part of a bathroom
renovation project next spring. But meanwhile, this is ugly and I'm
wondering what will remove the mildew without destroying the
wallpaper. I'd like to reglue the edge, but I doubt it'll work well in
its current condition.

Household cleaner with water and a LITTLE bleach (separately). I've
reglued edges using diluted Elmer's glue, but it will probably take some
of the paper off the wallboard if I ever remove it. I papered our bath
about a year ago - paper isn't in shower enclosure but goes right up to
the edge and meets the tile. I masked the edge and put a fine line of
caulk along the shower opening and the entire lower edge of the paper.
So far, so good. Moisture runs down and seeps under edge of paper and
veneer at lower end of door, so always paint bottom of door, too.

I forgot - use masking tape to hold it down until glue dries, and pull
off carefully straight back on itself.

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:49:27 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

OK...maybe not a nightmare, but a real pain: The previous owners of my house
put wallpaper on the upper part of the tub walls. Dumb. The tiles end at
about 5-1/2 feet and the wallpaper begins there. The first 1/4" of the
wallpaper is peeling away and there's mildew under that edge. All the
wallpaper will be removed as part of a bathroom renovation project next
spring. But meanwhile, this is ugly and I'm wondering what will remove the
mildew without destroying the wallpaper. I'd like to reglue the edge, but I
doubt it'll work well in its current condition.



SInce it's all coming out in the spring anyway, just staple it.

"Goedjn" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:49:27 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

OK...maybe not a nightmare, but a real pain: The previous owners of my
house
put wallpaper on the upper part of the tub walls. Dumb. The tiles end at
about 5-1/2 feet and the wallpaper begins there. The first 1/4" of the
wallpaper is peeling away and there's mildew under that edge. All the
wallpaper will be removed as part of a bathroom renovation project next
spring. But meanwhile, this is ugly and I'm wondering what will remove the
mildew without destroying the wallpaper. I'd like to reglue the edge, but
I
doubt it'll work well in its current condition.



SInce it's all coming out in the spring anyway, just staple it.

Hmm....I *do* have a box of rust-proof staples. That, and a layer of white
silicone, and this could be a job that puts the "K" in kustom!