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Old 09-17-2013, 12:29 PM
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I've tried most everything on the market for removing wall paper. Is there some sort of secret to removing it, in one room I have 2 or 3 coats of wallpaper, and the other 2 rooms just have extremely well glued wallpaper. the top level of the wall paper comes off but the other levels are

What has worked for you?
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Old 09-17-2013, 12:34 PM
 
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I once had this same issue. I just tore off the walls and put up new drywall.
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Old 09-17-2013, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Boise, ID
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Have you tried steam? My parents own a steamer for clothes and it works really well to remove wallpaper as well. Just be careful, as you can burn your hands if you aren't careful.
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Old 09-17-2013, 12:40 PM
 
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As suggested above, use steam. You can rent a steamer and it makes the job so easy you wouldn't believe it. If you're careful and don't overdo the steam there isn't even that much of a mess.
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Old 09-17-2013, 12:55 PM
 
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I rented a steamer too. Sometimes it just doesn't work.
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Old 09-17-2013, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Bloomington IN
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I don't know if you've tried it, but I have heard that fabric softener (liquid) works well. An internet search should turn up a few recipes.
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Old 09-17-2013, 01:11 PM
 
Location: NC
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If the walls were not properly prepared before the wallpaper was hung, and if it the wallpaper was hung directly on drywall, you are in real trouble. In that case the paper will not only be stuck to the wall if will have become wall. You can paint it or put new wallpaper over top of it, but you will never get it off without destroying the drywall.

Proper preparation requires 'painting' with a solution that will allow you to remove the wall paper, as you are trying to do, when you no longer want it on the walls. It is quick and easy because the solution is colorless and any slop over is easily removed with a sponge. Sometimes contractors skip this important little step.

When you have multiple layers of wall paper, and you don't think you have the problem described above, there is a scoring tool called a paper tiger that puts scratches in the paper so that the steam can get behind it. So you might try that. Then there is this neat tool with a 4 inch blade in it that is a big help with removal.
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Old 09-17-2013, 01:26 PM
 
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I had some I could not get off in a previous house. I used the white textured vinyl wallpaper sold by Sherwin Williams. It hid all the seams and holes where we had tried to take off the stuff that wouldn't budge.
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Old 09-17-2013, 01:55 PM
 
Location: North Idaho
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You have to score the paper. The easy tool for that is called a "Paper Tiger". Buy it in any paint store.

Some fabric softener in water and give it a soak. Then steam and scrape.

Occasionally, all you can do is to remove the drywall and replace it with new drywall.

I found the perfect solution: I pay my painter to remove the wall paper. He's got some sort of machine that does it.
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Old 09-17-2013, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Salem, OR
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We ended up hiring a pro to texturize over our wallpaper rather than remove the walls. He sanded them down to create a gritty surface, I think. We did that 10 years ago and have no problems. We just couldn't get it off.
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