How to Remove Wallpaper

Removing wallpaper can be relatively simple. Newer wallpapers, especially non-woven wallpapers, are designed to be strippable, so you can peel them off the wall easily. To strip wallpaper, or find out what kind of job lies ahead, find a corner and start peeling. If it peels away in one large sheet with ease, you are in luck. However, some older wallpaper will pose more of a challenge to remove. Here are instructions on how to remove wallpaper.

Materials:

• Wallpaper knife
• Perforating tool or wallpaper scoring tool
• Wallpaper removal solution
• Drop cloths
• Solution sprayer such as a Spray bottle

• Spread drop cloths over the entire area to protect floors
• If your wallpaper removal solution requires mixing, mix the removal solution with hot water in a spray bottle as recommended by the manufacturer.
• Perforate the surface of the wallpaper all over with a wallpaper scoring tool. This will allow the wallpaper removal solution to seep behind the wallpaper and loosen the adhesive.
• Spray the wallpaper removal solution on liberally and allow it to soak into the wallpaper for the recommended amount of time.
• Note: Don’t rush this process. Let the wallpaper removal solution do most of the work.
• Once the wallpaper is loosened, peel it away with a wallpaper knife, being careful not to gouge the wall underneath. Be sure to remove the backing paper, too.
• Some older wallpaper can cling so some patches may need to be soaked again with the removal solution to loosen the adhesive.
• Finally, spray any residual adhesive with the solution and sponge down the entire wall with clean, hot water to make sure you got all of the glue off
• Allow the surface to dry thoroughly, and you’re ready to redecorate!

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