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Removing wallpaper which has been painted over
The vinyl wallpaper in my kitchen has been painted over with white
emulsion by the previous owner. I sense that this may be a swine to strip back to plaster. Am I right or will lashings of water & a hand paper stripper do the job? 1970s house, so I expect the base plaster to be mostly intact! Bruce |
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Just did a whole house that has had what you described, though it wasn't
White it was Green.... Must admit most came off pretty easy with a wall paper striper. But in places that it didn't want to come off it just didn't, (Luckily it wasn't massive areas) just really tricky ones, like the toilet being the smallest room in the house I managed to turn the entire room into a Turkish sauna. The paint went to some gooey consistency and got everywhere. It my experience those roller spiky things didn't really do much apart from leave marks on the walls. Best thing I found was to score gently with a sharp Stanley careful not to attack the plaster. Good luck its not a nice job if it doesn't come of easily J |
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.. Best thing I found was to score gently with a sharp Stanley careful not to attack the plaster. Thanks. 1. Score with a Stanley knife 2. Douse with warm water 3. Scrape off Its a lovely feeling when big sections just fall off the wall after following this procedure. But its a pain when sections remain stubbornly stuck to the wall! Bruce |
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Not sure how big the kitchen is but if its a fair size it may be worth while
hiring a big wallpaper steamer. I did it had a massive water tank took a while to heat but once heated I was able to do most the house with just a few fills wrote in message oups.com... . Best thing I found was to score gently with a sharp Stanley careful not to attack the plaster. Thanks. 1. Score with a Stanley knife 2. Douse with warm water 3. Scrape off Its a lovely feeling when big sections just fall off the wall after following this procedure. But its a pain when sections remain stubbornly stuck to the wall! Bruce |
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Wouldn't even attempt it without one. I removed all the lining paper
from my downstairs, ceilings included and this was one hell of a job. I also had to get most walls skimmed again due to the horrors it was covering up. The little ones you can buy from BandQ are not bad either and as others have said score first. Oh and buy one of those super scrapers the ones with razor blades in but be careful you dont damage the wall with it or accidently slip and injure the Mrs however tempting it may be, they work great. HTH Richard |
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Bruce wrote
| The vinyl wallpaper in my kitchen has been painted over with | white emulsion by the previous owner. | I sense that this may be a swine to strip back to plaster. | Am I right or will lashings of water & a hand paper stripper do | the job? | 1970s house, so I expect the base plaster to be mostly intact! Vinyl paper will often pull off in almost whole sheets, if you start at an edge, leaving a slightly furry base layer which is usually ok for wallpapering or tiling on. It won't take emulsion paint though. Owain |
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