Taking Down Wallpaper
Scrape the wallpaper off with a putty knife.
Taking down wallpaper. Project step by step 6 protect the floor and woodwork. Make sure the power is off. With your goggles and gloves on place the stripper s steam pad firmly on the wallpaper for about 30 seconds. Apply solution and scrape off wallpaper use your pressure sprayer to apply the hot water solution to a four foot wide section of the wall image 1.
If you have drywall be careful not to oversteam. Do this step without using any water to begin the old wallpaper removal process. Locate a corner of the patterned paper and. If the steam doesn t penetrate the.
Pull off the facing. Wait for two to three minutes to allow the solution to work its magic. Then use your rigid scraper to pry a corner of the wet wallpaper and backing off of the wall image 2. Hold the steamer to the wallpaper to loosen the adhesive.
You ll want to ensure that no peeled wallpaper strips or glue residue accidentally touches and sticks to these features as it comes down from the wall. Everything is going to get wet and sticky during this project so carefully protect the. Basically the process works this way.