How to remove wall paper the easy way the only real way

[@andrewgooding854]

Decorator from Belfast here. Enjoy your videos. This is basically the method I use. 2 things that I find make the job easier is using a paint shuttle with a roller on a pole for applying the water and a filling knife rather than a scraper. The thinner, more flexible blade is much quicker.

[@macplastering]

@@andrewgooding854 brilliant to hear from you Andrew m8 and we both go the similar way.... how do you yourself rate the steamers?

[@andrewgooding854]

@ I’m not a fan either. Too easy to blow the plaster. For really tough jobs like painted woodchip I usually just go straight at it with the big 2 handed scraper and no water. Does cause some damage tho

[@macplastering]

@andrewgooding854 it's good to hear it from a man that dose it more than myself Andew mate 👍

[@markhep]

I lot of people hate this job but i quite like it lol 👍👍👍

[@macplastering]

@markhep hi Mark I like it when uts more on the easy side haha but if it's layer on layer and painted its real hard work lol

[@markhep]

@macplastering 🤣👍hope you had a good new year and Xmas mate bit of time off with the family.i off back tomorrow and definitely not ready to freeze again lol👍👍

[@macplastering]

@markhep we did have a good time m8 yes I'm back tomorrow, too, and I'm not feeling great. I feel a cold coming on and a big lot of work in front of us skimming yea and the weather changed big time here too lol hope you and yours had a great time over Christmas

[@markhep]

@@macplastering yes mate was good gets a bit boring but better than working lol 👍👍👍

[@macplastering]

@@markhep yea i still had a few thing around the new build to be at lol

[@michaelreade5369]

Does my head in when the customer leaves a little patch on the wall let alone stripping the whole room 😂 Good job though

[@macplastering]

Haha that's true but some comes of easy some doesn't haha

[@Adanacon]

I use a steam machine and it just scrapes off fairly clean

[@macplastering]

@Adanacon we done a test before this way worked out faster again was a cheap steamer the other thing I see loads of is when some one uses a steamer prior to us coming to re skim it always blows huge spots of as they hold it too long in the areas and the heat pops the plaster

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

let the water do the work :)

[@macplastering]

Yes sure you are 100% right I should have showmen that if you wet it a few times and just let it soak it is far easier thanks for commenting

[@ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

@macplastering so glad you used some washing up liquid and not fabric conditioner lol

[@macplastering]

would u say that works best ? I have had comments of guys saying they use pva glue and i don't think they where joking

[@shadow_bandit403]

Bet you wished you'd brought the steamer.

[@macplastering]

Hi buddy, I'm not sure it would have been any better on this one =