Prep Your Space
Make sure your space is clutter-free before you begin. Use these effortless tips to ready your space:
Ensure your room is tidy and clean before commencing.
Take out all furniture from your room whenever you can or push it into the centre and protect with a plastic sheet or drop cloth.
Use painter’s tape to safeguard baseboards and spend money on plastic or cloth drop cloths to protect yourself from floor and baseboard damage by liquid or paint products.
Work with a tiny piece of painter’s tape to cover plugins and stop any water or paint from entering. For additional safety measures, turn off electricity at your breaker panel for the room you're working in. Obtain further light by using a lamp as well as an extension cord from another room.
Allow yourself a complete weekend or at least a day for eradicating your wallpaper. Certain kinds will require more hours, while others will remove easily. You won’t really know what you are dealing with until you get started.
WALLPAPER Removal
There are four different sorts of wallpaper. The four styles are traditional wallpaper, peel and stick, a removable top layer and also strippable wallpaper. Since every wallpaper has unique elimination characteristics, it is necessary to figure out what kind you have.
The strippable type will easily come away from the wall in complete sheets.
Traditional types of wallpaper are more difficult to remove.
Peel and Stick wallpaper may come off the wall in full sheets.
Note that the extractible top layer wallpaper seems to come off fast in the beginning and then you will notice the secondary backing layer still stuck on the wall..
Once you have recognized the type of wallpaper you are confronting, it is time to launch into business.
1. Peel and Stick Wallpaper
The residue-free removal and simple installation have made peel and stick wallpaper the latest star. Start removing from the top corner by removing the wallpaper down gently and firmly in a parallel way. You can recycle this product in another location if you pull it down gently and steadily.
Make sure you take your time and work slowly without being in a rush because over-stretching it will ruin it beyond repair. Be sure not to allow the sticky ends of the wallpaper to touch one other if you are trying to reserve it for reinstallation elsewhere. Don’t allow the sides to touch each other as they are very difficult to remove.
2. Strippable Wallpaper
The best kind to eliminate is strippable wallpaper, just like our Sure Strip Wallpaper. We developed it with a pre-pasted backside so it will be quite simple to remove. Use a scraper or utility blade to peel back a little top section.
After, pull the rest of the sheet downwards. Ensure that your hands stay close to the area that is currently attached to the wall. Use a spray bottle full of water to keep the paste stimulated. Repeat with the excess sheets of wallpaper. If you come upon any portions that appear stuck or difficult, use a spray bottle or water sponge to loosen the paste a lot more. Should there be any residual paste, simply wipe the walls down with some dish detergent mixed into warm water.
3. Traditional Wallpaper
The kind of wallpaper that a lot of people dread dealing with is Traditional wallpaper. However, the right techniques and equipment make all the difference. First, use a scoring instrument to poke little holes everywhere across the surface of the wallpaper. This helps the water and remover solution saturate through the wallpaper and get to the paste.
Blend hot water or wallpaper remover and douse the punctured wallpaper in 3-foot sections to shorten removal. Purchase wallpaper removal either online or from your local home improvement store. Conversely, create your own DIY wallpaper removal solution by blending hot water with fabric softener or vinegar. Alternatively, use a wallpaper steamer machine that you could rent from your local home improvement center to loosen the paper.
Important! If you are attaching wallpaper straight onto drywall, don't over-saturate for extensive periods of time. Additional wetness can create extensive damage. Use a scraper or a spackling knife to eliminate the wet wallpaper very attentively so you don’t damage the wall structure. Wipe away any excess residue with a formula of warm water along with dish detergent.
4. Wallpaper with a Peelable Top Layer
Wallpaper with a Peelable Top layer is normally made from plastic that can be taken off while the backing stays on the wall. This wallpaper demands a two-step removal that begins with taking the top layer off from the wall first. Warm water or a spray bottle can loosen if it gets stuck. Any backing layers that are stuck on should come away much easier with wallpaper remover. Gently scrape the paper off of the walls. Wipe everything down with a sponge and your water and detergent combination to take any paste off.
Finishing Up
Give your wall two to three days of drying time after your wallpaper stripping process is done. Feel free to use some fans to help accelerate the drying process. Your space will be ready for recovering in a few days. Hang your new wallpaper and enjoy your new vibes. When you move in your furniture, you will be ready to entertain.
