Whether you have carpet or wood floors, laying down protective covering is an important step before removing wallpaper.
If you cannot take the furniture out of the room, relocate everything to the center of the room so you can access each wall. Removing furniture from the room or covering it in plastic will also ensure that nothing is damaged by water or debris.
Because you will be dealing with water to remove the wallpaper, covering the exposed outlet is an important safety measure.
If you need extra light in the room, buy some large lamps and plug them into another room’s outlet with extension cables.
If your wall is made of drywall, be especially careful when scraping off the wallpaper, as it is more fragile than plaster.
Scoring tools are palm-sized, round tools that are used specifically for wallpaper removal.
Your solution should stay warm for 10 to 15 minutes before needing to be reheated.
By soaking your walls in sections, you are able to keep moving and working while the solution soaks into the paper.
Depending on your wallpaper, it may come off the wall in large sections, or in small, tiny strips. You can purchase a rounded-edge stripper or putty knife online or at your local hardware store.
If the underlying adhesive is difficult to remove, soak it directly with your solution and scrape gently until it is gone.
Although wallpaper steamers are safe to use, they will sometimes leak or break.
Take care not to dig the edges of the putty knife into the wall.
If you started at the bottom of the wall, work your way up, removing each section until you reach the ceiling.
