Hi all,

I'm stripping wallpaper at the mo and I'm hoping to paint the walls
when I get it all off.
What is the best way for me to get rid of the gunky wallpaper paste
residue before painting?

Thanks loads,
Shay

Shay wrote:
Hi all,

I'm stripping wallpaper at the mo and I'm hoping to paint the walls
when I get it all off.
What is the best way for me to get rid of the gunky wallpaper paste
residue before painting?

Wash down with sugar soap, rinse twice. If you don't paint won't cover
properly. Trust me - BTDIGTTS.



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Hi all,

I'm stripping wallpaper at the mo and I'm hoping to paint the walls
when I get it all off.
What is the best way for me to get rid of the gunky wallpaper paste
residue before painting?

Angle grinder

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On Mon, 14 May 2007 16:08:51 -0700, Shay wrote:

Hi all,

I'm stripping wallpaper at the mo and I'm hoping to paint the walls when I
get it all off.
What is the best way for me to get rid of the gunky wallpaper paste
residue before painting?

Thanks loads,
Shay

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Whatever you use as 'solvent' - plain water or sugar soap solution - use a
rough floor cloth rather than a sponge to do the wiping and rinsing. Rinse
the cloth frequently. Use one hand to do the actual cleaning and the other
to keep sliding over the surface to feel any slippery spots which may not
be visible but which you'll easily feel.

Cic.

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The Medway Handyman wrote:

Wash down with sugar soap, rinse twice. If you don't paint won't cover
properly. Trust me - BTDIGTTS.

When I did this a couple of years ago there was so much paste that there was
still a gunky coating after thorough washing with sugar soap and scouring
pads. The Crown support centre advised using International alkali resistant
primer. The room stank to high heaven for a week after putting two coats of
primer on but the emulsion went on OK and it's still looking fine.

Of course I'll never know if it would have been OK without the primer but it
was probably less effort and mess than if I'd had to clean it all off and
start again.

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Mike Clarke

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Shay wrote:
Hi all,

I'm stripping wallpaper at the mo and I'm hoping to paint the walls
when I get it all off.
What is the best way for me to get rid of the gunky wallpaper paste
residue before painting?

Wash down with sugar soap, rinse twice. If you don't paint won't cover
properly. Trust me - BTDIGTTS.




I'd forget the sugar soap and just use hot water with a squirt of
washing up liquid. It used to be trisodium phosphate but is now some
other weird surfactant which I'd rather not have penetrating the plaster

Shay wrote:

Hi all,

I'm stripping wallpaper at the mo and I'm hoping to paint the walls
when I get it all off.
What is the best way for me to get rid of the gunky wallpaper paste
residue before painting?

I've just finished the painting bit of this, I didn't have much trouble
with residue, perhaps I steamed it very well or the paper didn't have
much gunk on it. I also sanded all the walls with variously a third
sheet and a random orbit sander. It got washed hard with ordinary
detergent and a rough cloth after that. It then got a coat of polycell
base coat for walls which I would thorougly recommend. It filled
difficult bits like small thin gaps between wall and ceiling, at corners
and between wall and skirtings. On one wall the previous paint had come
off or been taken off in circular patches. A precoat of the basecoat
over the patches prevented it showing. The paint went on over it like a
dream.

Some walls were of course more problematic and my plastering skills are
now much better. I sincerely hope your walls are not anywhere near as
bad those two of mine ;-) Though the end result is worth all the effort.
Preparation, preparation, preparation is what underlies a good finish.

Peter
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