bobby carlos Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 My niece is having her living room papered and painted (not the woodwork). No change out of £800 Must be some size of living room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Just bought a house and the place is covered in woodchip wallpaper. What's the best way to remove it? I've spent the last hour reading various forums. Steamer and scraper the way to go? Or would the walls take a skim of plaster to cover it up? Buy a wallpaper scorer. Will cost you about £10. Go over the whole room with it. Then put washing up liquid in hot water and soak about 3-4 sq meters. Leave it for 5-10 minutes. Then soak it again. Soak it as heavily as you can - use a paint brush or, better still, a slusher (wallpaper pasting brush). Make sure you have a good quality scraper - one that doesn't bend, at all! If you use enough water and leave it to soak long enough (you probably won't - no one ever does) it'll come off. Alternatively buy some DIF wallpaper stripper - it's a chemical stripper and it works. Still use the scorer first. If you can't get a scorer use the edge of your scraper. The afore-mentioned steam stripper will work too - again, still score the paper first. You must keep the plate on the paper long enough for it to penetrate it. The key is patience and letting the water, steam or chemical do the work for you. I own a painting & decorating business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Its one of the shittest DIY tasksOnly if you use crap tools and don't know how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 My niece is having her living room papered and painted (not the woodwork). No change out of £800 Does she live in Blenheim Palace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I've got a £500 note with your name on it. Did Invergowrie Arab give it to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 My niece is having her living room papered and painted (not the woodwork). No change out of £800Whilst not knowing the room size, if the room is to be stripped first and if the decorators are going to line the walls prior to hanging the wallpaper then it could easilly come to that.Consider that the material cost when wallpapering is always considerably higher than painting and that hanging wallpaper takes considerably longer. For example - we used wallpaper a fortnight ago that was £85 a roll and a little further back, £70 farrow and ball hand printed stuff. Go on wallpaper direct and you'll find prices that will make your eyes water! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Go on wallpaper directMaybe later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shades75 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Must have been where i was going wrong, was tedious as f**k when i last did it thoughOften people use cheap scrapers that are thin, too sharp and bend. They're useless but it's hard to justify, I suppose, spending £15 on a good scraper if you don't use it often.It's the same when people paint themselves. They buy a pack of brushes for £5 and wonder why it takes ages and looks a mess. I blame the makers of these products incidentally, they're simply not fit for purpose and play on the customers lack of knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Michael Angelo :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 When you've finished stripping your wallpaper fancy coming to the Burke and Hare with me and RiG TSNY? #lads #stripping #talkingatcrosspurposes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I used a bucket of cold water and washing up liquid. Washed down the walls. Left it for 5 minutes and it came off much easier than using the steamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top six next year Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 I used a bucket of cold water and washing up liquid. Washed down the walls. Left it for 5 minutes and it came off much easier than using the steamer I bought a steamer for £30 and polycell wallpaper stripper. Thanks for all of the advice on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Never had a problem with woodchip. But then again, Im not a minker. ^^^ artex covered walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Artex is the fucking devil, when I was a kid I used to crack my head of the bloody ceiling because I had one of those bunk beds with the computer desk on the bottom. Hurt like f**k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Must be some size of living room8 metres x 6 metres x 4 metres high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby carlos Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 8 metres x 6 metres x 4 metres high That's a fair size to be fair and as someone else posted it could depend on who supplied materials and whatever else was involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Only if you use crap tools and don't know how to do it. Surely someone's mentioned the moist sock method? Throb's the expert. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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