How to remove wallpaper

How do you remove wallpaper?

Before you start to remove your old wallpaper you’ll need to prepare the room first by taking out, or moving, any furniture and laying down a waterproof dustsheet.

Try lifting a corner of the paper to see whether the top layer comes off the wall easily. If not, use a sharp knife to score the paper carefully, enabling water to soak through and penetrate the backing paper.

Next, add a little squirt of washing up liquid to some warm water and sponge the mixture across the scored paper, starting at the bottom and working your way up.

Wait 10-15 minutes for the water to soak in.

Using a stripping knife, scrape the paper away from the wall carefully to avoid damaging the wall. Clean the wall down once all the paper has been scraped off to remove any glue residue.

If the paper is proving more difficult to remove a removal solution can be used.

Woodchip wallpaper can be especially challenging, so when removing this paper type scrape the surface off, which will remove the woodchips and some of the paint layers allowing access to the back layers which will enable you to soak through and remove.

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