How to Remove Vinyl Wallpaper Easily
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2019
- Removing vinyl wallpaper with nothing more than water and a scraper.
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Totally correct in your method, I'm a decorator and always use this method for vinyl paper... warm water helps in the sprayer with a little fairy liquid to help the water stick to the backing paper... the Paper Tiger is an excellent device for non vinyl or woodchip... as it perforates the Paper thus letting the water in behind it... the key to that job is soak... soak... make a cup of tea... soak, soak, make another cup of tea, soak some more stare at the walls... soak and then strip with a sharp scraper... nice job. Lee
This was the exact comment I was about to write!
Clicked on this video just to see if he was giving sound advice. Spot on. Decorator for over 20years
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You have missed at least two more cups of tea :)
Hi Burton Outdoors. I’ve used that tool and I extensively score the vinyl wall paper followed by spraying hot water from an electric or manual sprayer. After say 1-15 mins, by and large I can remove all the wall paper by and large in one go. The scoring does not perforate the job. Then I gently scrape the reside glue off the wall.
Cheers.
You are the first very intelligent person I have come in contact with in years of doing business at a high level, who knows how to use common sense. Give yourself a big pat-on-the-back. You my friend are truly a rare individual. Vinyl is the way to go, in the past I have used the old paper wall paper. It’s a real struggle to scrape, or steam it off the wall. Excellent video and very informative.
I tried to remove one from an old wooden table. Hard at first, then found this video. Working out fine now. Thanks!
I am stripping a room with vinyl wallpaper at the moment. I have found the steamer is good for softening the vinyl so I can peel it off the backing more easily. Then I was using a damp sponge to wet out the paper and a quick rub over with the steamer to make sure I have wetted it all out completely. The backing then just about falls off with very little scraping required. Having seen your work, I am going to get a pressure spray bottle out the shed now and use that instead of the sponge. Thanks for the tip !
Agree, electric spray gun makes it easy or the one you say..
Absolutely satisfying wallpaper removal process. Thank you. ☀️👍🌈
You’re welcome 😊
Steamers work really well in my experience, but with that being said your system looks like it’s working out really well. No need to reinvent the wheel if that’s working. If you do come to sections where the glue is being a pain, the steamer will heat it up and allow you to take it off a lot easier. Just don’t steam it and then let the glue dry again. Major pain in the ass! Good luck with your projects on the new house! Congratulations as well
Only problem with a steamer is it will heat the plaster too much and bubble up which is a huge problem unless you move quickly so avoid that.. Or just use hot water in a spray bottle will soak in faster.. That's my advice based on years of messing it up
I've only ever used a steamer, but in my experience when using one the entire process (after giving the wall a good steaming) is like you show at the end, the whole lot just pulls of or scrapes off extremely fast.
That was very satisfying
Now you need your own DIY show on tv! Dr Jakes Home DIY 😂
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I wonder if you could use a humidefier while you work to keep things moist...or maybe that would just cause mold? I suppose if you didn't leave it on for a long time and maybe toweled down the walls afterwards it would be okay. Looks like you've got your work cut out for you, but that gold wall paper had to go. I look forward to seeing the end result!
the thinner the wall paper the hard it comes off and is it old wall paper because if it only been up for year it esay to get off
Puncturing is only necessary when you have multiple layers of wallpaper and/or painted over wallpaper. I use an insect spray bottle (the one you can fill and pressurise) to soak the wall twice before I even attempt to get it off, most of the time the wall paper falls off by itself.
Peel an apple in one go?😂
Pretty good technique... when removing wallpaper I use a spray bottle + damp sponge to work the water in the paper. Peels right off.
I'm so glad my wallpaper days are behind me! Yours are still ahead of you. People aren't as into wallpaper here in America as the English are. So grateful. Good luck and if you need any painting advice, let me know! My dad was a house painter for 20 years and trained me in my teens. Good luck transforming! 😊
A steamer makes it much easier. It's more satisfying too as your using it to pull the wallpaper off without it tearing. It leaves the walls nice and clean and you end up with rolls of paper, so easier to tidy up. Let the steam soak the paper and move it across then down as you peel... I start from the top and work downwards. Give it a go.
Are you re-papering or painting? My hubby is a professional decorator and always hangs lining paper first for plain painted walls as it's more forgiving for the patched areas and uneven surfaces in the plaster.
Congratulations for getting your first house!
Oh and try not to use a steamer!! Especially on old houses with iffy plaster as it can "blow" the plaster and you will end up in a big mess possibly needing a plasterer or a DIY patch job.
agreed that's what I've found too.. I've just used hot water in a spray bottle oh and be careful of wall and switch sockets water is a good conductor of electricity
Personally I like to mix a couple of drops of fairy liquid and HOT water, avoid steamers especially old houses.
Also suggest a long reach wide blade scraper. Toolstation etc.
Ok... I'll be honest... I had to google "fairy liquid". The jokes in my head still have me in tears.
Steamer but make sure you get one with a separate boiler and, hose and plate, not an all in one doohickey. Argos used to do one for next to nothing - going back a bit now. Steam with one hand, strip with the other, very fast. (PS open windows)
That’s fine but what if the vinyl itself wont peel off?
Strip, wash, patch then paint. You'll be busy for a while. Do you know what's under the carpet (hardwood)?
Wash with TSP, and yes a steamer works great.
Cheers
Using a steamer can be extremely messy and worst of all, can soften and damage plasterwork or plasterboard underneath. Care is required.
Over the last half century I've used all methods. I still prefer a bucket of warm water with a drop of Fairy in it and apply with a car sponge. Steamers are OK in theory, I have used them on old stubborn paper but you have to be very careful they don't boil dry. They are really just an electric kettle and when they do boil dry they don't cut out and of course these days you cannot get a replacement element...….! No doubt 'elf 'n' safety. Best to lift the carpets first if you are throwing them or cover the floor with newspaper to make collecting up easier.
hi water all over the walls it will go in to paper over some time and paper can drop of the walls once the paper is fall a wall paper remover just speeds
up the time i did a room at a time you ,get paper that will not come of and is a right pain
That was rather entertaining, but a bit short for the purpose I found. I could watch a long video of someone peeling off wallpaper, really. Meditative of sorts. And since I'm thinking about it; I could watch paint dry.
A steamer isn’t necessary. It can be easier if someone’s used loads of glue, but I’ve found just dousing the wall like you have with water that it’ll peel off just as easy. The steamer you have to hold in place for a bit and it gets messy turning the wallpaper paste back into a sticky mess.
Agree and the steamer is time consuming. But for real stubborn patches or walls I can imagine it would be good.
Steamer makes a mess, lot of water drips down so you need to protect the floor...but great if trying to remove really stubborn wallpaper. I personally hate wallpaper and choose to have painted walls...much easier if you fancy a change of colour too.
Use a steamer....
Edit: silly me should have watched the video before commenting smh, yes it’s a lot easier all comes off at once lol
No protecting the carpet?
How much did you pay for the house? How long are you intending to live in the house? Di you have any neighbours living next door to the house? What gave you the idea to buy the house?
This is my method too, I think a steamer is more time consuming. I bought some £60 a roll paper for my living room that I'm a bit scared to put up due to the price of it.
“Its harder with one hand than I expected’” ...strippers tend to have that effect.
Time is your friend for tricky paper. Soak and have a cup of tea. Come back and its a lot easier to remove.
I have 60 year old wall paper that seems to be cemented onto the wall.
Longer videos please
I'm a decorator
Peel vinyl front as you did
Then use steamer for backing paper for two reasons
1 the steam in the room will be absorbed into the whole of the room's backing paper as you working making the job easier as you go
2 the steamer will also remove a lot more of the old wallpaper paste, which will all have to be removed, if you're planning on painting the walls
to avoid crazing and ruining your new paint finish
Best of luck
Chris
Multitasking by watching you watching the cricket and drinking a nice cup of tee
And then?
That's what you get for buying a home ...sweat equity :)
Cheers
I applied wet paper towel to the paper and let it sit for thirty minutes. Comes off easily with almost no effort.
jake you need a camera tripod
Works great if you bought cheap wallpaper. Don't expect these results if you put a little extra money in the wallpaper you chose.
Not enough red in the room, Red wallpaper please
What is this channel about?🤔
Hair dryer will make easier to scrap off the wall
Be careful to keep the water away from your electrics
Next time you are decorating your walls just nail the paper to the walls, that way it is much easier to remove. 😃
First
whats next watching paint dry
VOLUME IS VERY OFF, LOW.
steamers make it a lot easier
Use a hand pump garden sprayer so you don't have to use a shitty spray bottle.
That’s regular wallpaper. It’s not VINYL WALLPAPER
I really hope you're not keeping those carpets, otherwise you need to mention one thing - cover the carpets!!!
I should have mentioned it! The carpet is going
Witchcraft! Wallpaper never comes off that easily.
I am disappointed by the lack of....
Gas and matches.
Wallpaper 😑 UGH
I hate decorating
This guy does not inspire confidence
I disagree
I also disagree. I'm getting ready to use this method and found this video very helpful. Don't be jealous.