My wife has me stripping wallpaper.

It was nice having a man card while it lasted.

That sucks.

No, I would say that if you are stripping it, your Man Card is still good. But if she then has you putting up New Flowery Wallpaper, then you are in Trouble.

I should be safe then. We are going to paint.

The thought crossed my mind to just dry wall over it.

Peeling wallpaper is painfully awful.

Are you using DIF?

Fabric softener. Once you get to the glue the softener peels it right off. It's tough getting through the outer layer though.

I thought this was a thread about **** on a Shingle, which I love by the way,couple eggs on top,,yerrrrrrr talkin'..lol,, man card is goot for time being, bro.

is she helpin?

Love Chit on a chingle. We cook it all the time at the FD.

lluvia,

Yes she is helping. We are both taking a break. I am smoking a cigar and drinking cofee. She is watching NCIS.

Where it's tough to peel off, score the surface a bunch of times with a utility/razor knife, apply the fabric softener (if it works--I didn't know) or DIF on it to soak a bit through.

Oh, and mancard still intact...

man card very much in tact, IMHO

Ok, so I have put up and taken off an Imperial ****load of wallpaper (that's = 1.25 U.S. ****loads).

Don't be scoring through the top surface and picking at it. You might as well try and build the Great Pyramid of Ghizeh by yourself, that will be easier than getting the paper off that way.

1st- just peel off the top surface, assuming it's probably a vinyl type wallcovering, then when the backing is exposed, apply a uniform coating of the Dif gel wallpaper stripper. This crap usually clogs the spray bottle and makes an unholy mess, I find it works more effectively after I spray it on the backing to distribute it evenly with a slightyly damp sponge. Wait a couple of minutes and then the backing should come off pretty easily...unless someone has used some type of badazz adhesive instead of the ordinary wallpaper paste. I just use a putty knife to get an edge loosened up and it usually can be peeled then without much effort.

The scoring tool thingy mostly doesn't work fer crap and is a last resort.

Thats mostly what we are doing. We are having a hard time getting the vinyl off of the backing though. It is only coming off in tiny pieces so it is slow going.

What do you use to wash the wall? I am thinking we will have to do something to get the rest of the remaining glue off. Then KILLZ I suppose.

Yeah, pdx you're right. Scoring is last resort.

Try the 4" wall paper scraper before that.

Use a paint roller (cigar roller--no kidding, there is such a thing) to apply the DIF liberally. Forget spraying... PIA ! !

Use a big sponge, like that used for tile grouting, is very effective. Fills your hand up well and still has lots of surface area to be applied. Use warm water for the wash. I use 20-minute drywall compound for any repairs; sand lightly; Kilz (already mentioned); and a good kitchen and bath paint.

When I become dictator of the world I will outlaw wallpaper.

Until then, is the death penalty out of the question for anyone that doesn't prime new drywall before applying wallpaper?

I've stripped a lot of wallpaper recently. Some of it the vinyl layer would peel off (that's easy to strip) and some of it it wouldn't.

If the top layer won't peel off get a paper tiger and run it over the wallpaper. The more holes you put in the top layer of paper the better. If you use the right amount of pressure you won't mark up the drywall underneath the wallpaper. After that, put a thick coat of DEF gel on it and wait about 15-20 minutes. Then take a putty knife or scrapper and start peeling. If you put enough holes in it and waited long enough you should still be able to pull it off in big sheets. Once you get the hang of it it goes pretty quick.

Another good idea is to wash the glue residue off as you're stripping. It's a lot easier to get it off when it's still wet. If you let it dry then try to get it off it's a lot more work.

We've painted over everything that had wallpaper on it and you can't tell there was ever wallpaper on the walls. I'm not putting up any more wallpaper in our house. It's too hard to change it if/when you get sick of it.

Stripping wallpaper is a pain in the azz. I prefer using a steamer to get it off.

I've used a steamer before too. It's a pain in the a$$ and makes a huge mess with all the dripping water. Ideally, you hope to be able to peel off the vinyl layer and then you can wet the paper/glue that's left and just scrape it off.

If not, then the paper tiger and DEF gel works good. The trick is to make sure to put enough holes in the top vinyl layer so the DEF can penetrate and loosen the glue. When you think you've put enough holes on it, put 2-3 times more. If you do it right you can just peel the paper off in one sheet.

Any way you do it sucks and makes a big mess.

There IS an easy way, almost magical; I should have mentioned, but you had already begun...

NOT.

Wallpaper sux.