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meganNbobby
Our Family is Complete
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Megan
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Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
DD will be going from her toddler bed into a twin bed soon and i want to take off the border becuase it doesnt match the bedset i just bought her.
be honest
How hard was it to take off the wallpaper border????
i am not looking forward to this 
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Posted 12/28/09 4:32 PM  |
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Tine73
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
Yeah and it s ucks! We removed border from the previous owners and I have to admit, it was not fun. Sorry!
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| Posted 12/28/09 4:34 PM |
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Kate
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Kate
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
DS had no trouble ripping it off every time I had him on the changing table. 
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| Posted 12/28/09 4:35 PM |
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pinkandblue
Our family is complete, maybe
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Stephanie
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
my dd ripped off most of her border herself while standing in her crib so, no, it was not hard at all
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| Posted 12/28/09 4:38 PM |
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kerrycec03
Mom of 2 beautiful boys!!
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Kerry
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
it stinks (we took it down from our previous owners).
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| Posted 12/28/09 4:38 PM |
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karacg
Babygirl is 4!
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
Posted by pinkandblue
my dd ripped off most of her border herself while standing in her crib so, no, it was not hard at all
Same here....except the guey backing is still up. We haven't tried to get that off yet...
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| Posted 12/28/09 4:40 PM |
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Kelly9904
Mommy to 2 amazing little boys
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Kelly
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
Yes, I have taken a few down, one was completely by myself while DH was out of town.
I didnt find them too hard, took patience but not too bad.
Go to Home Depot and there is a tool, its a circle the perforates the paper. You go in circles all over and it makes holes to allow the liquid to get behind it. Then you can get a removal aid from HD or I *think* I used water and vinegar (do a google search). I used a spray bottle and soaked the paper. wiped it with a paper towel and soaked it more. Then I just scraped it off. Once I got a section started I would lift it and spray the liquid under hte paper as well. Just go slow and its not bad.
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| Posted 12/28/09 5:23 PM |
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monkeybride
My Everything
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
Posted by Tine73
Yeah and it s ucks! We removed border from the previous owners and I have to admit, it was not fun. Sorry!
I agree. It sucks. Border and wallpaper are the worst invention ever.
That said. Soak it really well with water and it comes off, it's just a PITA.
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| Posted 12/28/09 5:43 PM |
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pharmcat2000
Mom of 2 + 1
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Catherine
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
I had NO TROUBLE removing the border from DD's room. My painter told me to first peel the vinyl "print" part off the border. This leaves the paper part still stuck to the wall. I then used a product called WP Chomp (I got it at Home Depot). I sprayed it on the wallpaper and then used a plastic scraper thing. The border practically jumped off the wall itself. I could not believe how easy it was. MUCH easier than when I used that circular tool that perforates the wallpaper.
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| Posted 12/28/09 6:00 PM |
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Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: Nursery Borders? has anyone tried to take one OFF yet?
Posted by pharmcat2000
I had NO TROUBLE removing the border from DD's room. My painter told me to first peel the vinyl "print" part off the border. This leaves the paper part still stuck to the wall. I then used a product called WP Chomp (I got it at Home Depot). I sprayed it on the wallpaper and then used a plastic scraper thing. The border practically jumped off the wall itself. I could not believe how easy it was. MUCH easier than when I used that circular tool that perforates the wallpaper.
Same here.
I put it up 36 weeks preggo  and took it down this summer. It's easy. Took less than an hour for a large room.
You can also use super cheap liquid fabric softener. Supermarkets used to sell a generic pink gallon of liquid softener for less than $2. Use the hottest water you can stand, heat it in a pot, soak a large sponge and saturate the area. Make sure you get all of the glue off or you will see it through flat paint.
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| Posted 12/28/09 7:20 PM |
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