Effortless Wallpaper Removal: learn a Professional Technique

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

Try the roller method phil rolling upwards only hardly anything on floor & much quicker 😉

[@stuartibbotson7179]

whats the best for 70's woodchip its a beast ?

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

woodchip is nasty, we use somehing like this, (in my amazon store) amzn.to/47pHAyq it takes a bit of getting into the nac on how to ue it as you come across it and not just push against the wallpaper, if you get what I mean. But you'll find a stripping blade like the one in he link will get the face off most woodchip and old thick anaglypta's leaving the backing on which you will soak in with hot soapy water, wait till its soaked in a couple of times and it will easily strip off then. amzn.to/47pHAyq

[@desiman0786]

Hi mate.. My old lining paper painted with Magnolia emulsion over the last year the paper had started to shrink and I now have a gap in between about a millimeter.. Any ideas rather than having to strip it all and start again.. Please

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

if not that wide just a good coat will fill it or you can fill & repaint

[@desiman0786]

@TheWESTSIDE1967 Thank you so much..

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

@@desiman0786 👍 also you can try brushing down join with PVA glue first as that can seal joins to stop movement, then recoat, when i use lining paper i normally run down with pva with a mini roller to keeps joins together

[@desiman0786]

@@TheWESTSIDE1967 I will do that as well.. Thanks again 👍

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

@@TheWESTSIDE1967 omg.... Don't put PVA on it, then paint it. Would you paint over wallpaper paste?????

[@Liverpool1ne]

Balls! Took me ages with fabric softener. Hallway smells good though 😂

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

Good to know! lol

[@ooslum]

Laid it down like that for the first time last time, revelation, a carrier bag and not a wheely bin full of rubbish. Didn't lay it down to catch the water though👍.

[@DavidBeechfieldBrownArt]

What would you do if that wall was to be painted?

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

Re line it. Or if the surface is good. Allow it to dry after stripping the wallpaper off the use Gardz on it. That sorts out any paste that may still be on the surface that will reactive when painted. Search my channel for Gardz

[@MeganHunter-qk7ct]

What about when there’s electricals as I am stuck on the walls with a good few switches and sockets on them, last time with the steamer I got water inside of the switch

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

No need for a streamer... Just be careful near the sockets when soaking in the wallpaper

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

Never use steamers they blow the plaster & cause cracking, i always try to nick the paper & some will come off like that or if it don't get a big scuttle i use my emulsion one with a 12 inch Purdy roller, fairy liquid or anything to bubble up, hot or cold, were not talking boiling so don't matter, & just go around the room roughly 2 to 3 times job done never fails, roll upwards from bottom as the bubbled water sits on top of roller, if you roll down the water just hits the floor, waterproof sheet down & leave the stripped paper to soak up any excess water, roll up shouldn't be much anyway,suds stay on the paper to help keep soaked, be careful around sockets use a brush, i use a wide taping knife & french filling knives to nick the edge, once the water penetrates the backing your there

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

Like the video then :)

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

Like the video then :)

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator 👍😘

[@Lloyd1885]

Lots of myths around stripping...'soak the wall 3 times'...if its a vinyl it will just run off!....'add wallpaper paste to the water'... everything will be covered in slime...🙄 I use really hot water to penetrate the paper and soften the paste quicker (pointless in a garden sprayer) and washing up liquid..the washing up liquid slows down the drying out of the water, so it spends longer penetrating the paper. I use a long pile sleeve (not on the frame) to wet the wall in...not only does it cover a bigger area quicker, it rubs the water into the surface of the paper.

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

Let the water do the work

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator with a bit of bubbly 😉

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

Only thing with really hot mate is it makes the paper brittle & tear in small bits, disintegrate, cold doesn't so you get a bigger tear off, i use both methods as it depends on paper as they all have different characteristics when stripping, I've even got a start at top without tearing pulled back & soaked with suds on backing & its come off in one & slowly unstuck & dropped to floor as the weight is getting heavier to do the job for me 😉

[@Desmond.TuTu.]

I actually have a more effortless way of removing wallpaper ……. Just get the wife to do it 👍

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

She has too... She gets someone else in when you're out lol

[@Desmond.TuTu.]

😱

[@m4rcmineh]

Use a pump sprayer its amazing 😂

[@marsdencarl89]

I normally use a garden pump sprayer give it a good soaking leave for a few minutes then soak again and it comes off piece of p*ss

[@mrg2384]

same here,i just run a piece of duck tape over top of sockets ,switches etc about 50 mm above and leave it like a shelf so water is deflected away.

[@robharrison6808]

Steamer all day long

[@marsdencarl89]

@robharrison6808 forget the steamer I'd have stripped 1 wall by the time you've waited for it to boil! And I'm not wasting electricity

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

@@robharrison6808 never mate blows & cracks plaster too aggressive from a painter with 38yrs exp

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

Fabric conditioner 🤣 bit like the olive oil in boiling water with pasta, italians are pissing themselves

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

Is that not a thing either lol

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator waste of good oil does nothing, stop pasta from sticking my arse, good pinch salt only 😊

[@TheWESTSIDE1967]

@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator don't laugh but i watched a painters vid last week where he was trying the paint guard mini roller that cuts in for you, now we know these Mickey mouse gadgets that come along so i watched for a giggle, he was surprised that it actually works, now im all for a continuous roller finish eliminating brush marks & not getting up & down rolling sideways etc so i thought il give a go , i have to admit it's not bad, the ceilings line meeting wall was a little bitty & the plasterer didn't leave a clean sharp edge but it bloody worked 😆 had to get my head around rolling right against ceiling as you normally go close, old habits but wondered if you tried & what you thought ? it was also a dark colour & surprised me

[@peterevans8194]

In fairness, I think the conditioner does the same job as the detergent..whether it actually "softens" the paper any more than a soak with plain warm water, I don't know..I have no idea how adding vinegar is supposed to help? Maybe it harks back to when paste was not much more than flour and water?

[@davesheffield3620]

“ Now then, Now then “ it might be an idea not to use Jimmy Savilles catch phrase on you tube 🤔

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

who?

[@Lucifer-ch8es]

Tommy Cooper

[@davesheffield3620]

@@Lucifer-ch8es now then,now then was Saville and just like that was Tommy Cooper.

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

@@davesheffield3620 you sure it's wasn't Mike Reid of EastEnders?

[@davesheffield3620]

@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator Could have been Max Bygraves 😂

[@JV-ks3eb]

That laugh sounds really creepy.