I recently bought a 40+ year old home and the people who lived here
before weren't the cleanest.

I need to do a lot of indoor painting but there are some problems.

1) I have to remove a lot of wallpaper. Are the removal liquids the way
to go? (First you score the paper liberally, then spray with the
solution and then scrape the paper off. Then you repeat to get the glue
off)

2) Should I use a TSP solution to clean the baseboards, etc of dust and
miscellaneous yuk?

TIA for any help you can offer,
bonnie

"Bonnie Jean" wrote in news:13d0gtsmsgn1l51
@corp.supernews.com:

I recently bought a 40+ year old home and the people who lived here
before weren't the cleanest.

I need to do a lot of indoor painting but there are some problems.

1) I have to remove a lot of wallpaper. Are the removal liquids the way
to go? (First you score the paper liberally, then spray with the
solution and then scrape the paper off. Then you repeat to get the glue
off)

I tried the lquids. When I ran out I only had a little left to do so I
used warm water. Came off just as easy. What I did was pull the paper off
the wall. Separates from the backing. Wet the backing a few times. Some
parts peeled off in sheets. Some I had to fight with piece by piece. All
depends on how it was put up & with what.

Rinse wall off a couple of times, let it dry good, make any repairs from
holes/gouges/removing wallpaper/fists, PRIME to seal mud/spackle, paint.

I've just use warm water and the procedure just mentioned from then on.


2) Should I use a TSP solution to clean the baseboards, etc of dust and
miscellaneous yuk?

Believe it or not I found some decent cost effective stuff at Wal-Mart
called Mean Green http://www.apwagner.com/prod/images/100.jpg It's a
cleaner/degreaser.

Then there's Greased lightning which is awesome stuff. Careful with this
one. Can ruin certain finishes. See label.




TIA for any help you can offer,
bonnie

Quote: Bonnie Jean wrote on Sat, 25 August 2007 09:59
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1) I have to remove a lot of wallpaper. Are the removal liquids the way
to go? (First you score the paper liberally, then spray with the
solution and then scrape the paper off. Then you repeat to get the glue
off)
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The liquids worked a lot better than the "steamer" tool we first tried. However, be careful with the scoring tool. We got a little too aggressive and got into the sheetrock a bit.

I guess you've seen the scoring tools. We used the "paper tiger"

see: http://www.zinsser.com/product_detail.asp?ProductID=20

It was easy to use, but like I said, don't put too much pressure on it.

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Richard Thoms
President - Top Service Pros, Inc.
Connecting Homeowners and Local Service Professionals
http://www.TopServicePros.com

The liquids worked a lot better than the "steamer" tool we first tried.
Richard Thoms
President - Top Service Pros, Inc.
Connecting Homeowners and Local Service Professionalshttp://www.TopServicePros.com

I have removed a lot of wallpaper and have had very good luck with a
steamer. It depends on the paper and the glue. What I found to work
best is to get the paper wet first( good and wet) then steam it. The
first steamer I used was a rental one. For the rest of my jobs I
purchased a Wagner steamer. It's not as good as one of the rental
ones but it does work, it just takes a little longer. They make a
palm scrapper that work really well for removing the paper. The secret
is to keep it wet and have patience.

Good luck,