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TheDivineMrsM
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Removing wallpaper
My future MBR is covered in old, blue wallpaper. There's a half bath that looks like it belongs to Austin Powers - the wallpaper is orange, silver, and brown. How do I take this down and prep the walls for paint? Any recommendations for someone I can hire?
Message edited 5/4/2015 9:18:35 AM.
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Posted 5/4/15 9:16 AM  |
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Re: Removing wallpaper
Oh yes! I used these guys for an entire house of wallpaper.
Louis Ligeri
Wallpaper Removing Specialist
1 Bayberry Ridge Roslyn, NY 11576
Phone: 516-365-7838/ 631-remover (736-6837)
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| Posted 5/4/15 11:33 AM |
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MrsT809
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Removing wallpaper
We did it ourselves. We bought one of those scoring rollers and a spray and then used scrapers. The paper in our kitchen and dining room was a breeze to get down. We had just a border in our master bedroom and that was a nightmare. You never know how bad it will be until you try.
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| Posted 5/4/15 12:00 PM |
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TheDivineMrsM
2 girls 4 me!
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Re: Removing wallpaper
Posted by MrsT809
We did it ourselves. We bought one of those scoring rollers and a spray and then used scrapers. The paper in our kitchen and dining room was a breeze to get down. We had just a border in our master bedroom and that was a nightmare. You never know how bad it will be until you try.
How long did it take to do it yourself?
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| Posted 5/4/15 12:49 PM |
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sunnyflies
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Removing wallpaper
I did my mom's house myself. Some areas were relatively easy, others took forever. It depends on whether you have strippable wallpaper or not. Mom's was not, so I had to scratch it up first so that the wallpaper remover could soak into it, then after waiting 10 - 15 minutes for it to soften, I would use different size scrapers to scrape it off. I washed the walls down afterwards to get the old paste glue off and get the walls ready for painting.
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| Posted 5/4/15 1:32 PM |
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JennLala
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Jennifer
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Removing wallpaper
Ugh! I still have nightmares about taking down the wallpaper in my place!!! We used the spray on stuff and also rented a giant steamer from Home Depot and scraped it all off. After, the walls were in such bad shape that I had to hire someone to come in and skim coat the walls before I could paint them.
DH and I have started house hunting and he knows I will not even consider a house with wall paper on the walls, I am too traumatized lol.
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| Posted 5/4/15 2:43 PM |
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