wallpaper removal- ANY TIPS!!

meganNbobby Posted: May 02, 2005 06:13 PM

wallpaper removal- ANY TIPS!!

we have alot of room that has to have walpaper taken down!!! any tiops from you girls? should we just get a steamer?

Crismicka Posted: May 02, 2005 06:24 PM

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We used DIF concentrate from Home Depot...First we scraped the paper with a roller that made holes in the wall (tiny ones) then we sprayed the DIF and the paper fell off in sheets...it was so easy!

AmyKay Posted: May 02, 2005 08:49 PM

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you can rent a steamer - but first try the stuff from Home Depot or a mixer of warm water, fab. Softener and vinegar in a spray bottle. Let it sit on and soak up than scrap.

meganNbobby Posted: May 02, 2005 09:07 PM

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great!! i heard about that stuff... just wanted to say what you guys said!!

misawa18 Posted: May 02, 2005 09:21 PM

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We bought DIF, but it did not work for us. My FMIL SWEARS by warm water and vinager....and it really works...

MamanDaddyof2 Posted: May 02, 2005 09:57 PM

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My Mom also swears by vinegar and water

Irishbride Posted: May 03, 2005 09:01 AM

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I used fabric softener and warm water to take down all the wallpaper in our house. It worked great.

franksbride Posted: May 03, 2005 04:31 PM

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Posted by Crismicka

We used DIF concentrate from Home Depot...First we scraped the paper with a roller that made holes in the wall (tiny ones) then we sprayed the DIF and the paper fell off in sheets...it was so easy!

This is what we did and it worked pretty well for us too. Good Luck!

itsbouttime Posted: May 03, 2005 04:44 PM

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we used DIF as well. It worked very well. We moved into a house that had wallpaper borders in everyroom practically and we took them all down. mix boiling water with the DIF. spray on the wallpaper, wait 10 minutes or so and scrape scrape scrape!

good luck!

xjulietx Posted: May 03, 2005 05:21 PM

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We used water and fabric softener and the tool that makes perforations in the paper.

melijane Posted: May 03, 2005 06:04 PM

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In my opinion none of the spray on things work we bought a steamer for about 30 bucks and it worked great

LuvMyMichael Posted: May 04, 2005 06:49 PM

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Posted by misawa18

We bought DIF, but it did not work for us. My FMIL SWEARS by warm water and vinager....and it really works...

Yes!

February05 Posted: May 04, 2005 11:42 PM

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Posted by Crismicka

We used DIF concentrate from Home Depot...First we scraped the paper with a roller that made holes in the wall (tiny ones) then we sprayed the DIF and the paper fell off in sheets...it was so easy!

i second DIF... we've used it a few times and had great results. BUT on the bottle it says to wait 15 minutes (i think that was the amount of time), but that didnt work well. we scraped it as soon as we sprayed it, and it came off like a charm

97bride Posted: May 05, 2005 08:37 AM

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I agree about DIF and not waiting 15 minutes. I was just too impatient to wait that long but I had better results with waiting less time anyway. It worked great if I only let it sit for a minute or two.