Many families who have not made repairs have long been thinking about renewing wallpaper on the walls of their apartment. However, the process of removing old wallpaper is a very difficult task, especially when using high -quality glue for wallpaper to stick.
To remove wallpaper from the surface of the walls, you can use a wet method or use steam.
In order to remove the wallpaper from the surface of the walls you will need hot water, wet rag, spatula, sponge, metal brush and iron.
Use a sponge for applying a slightly hot water to the wallpaper surface. However, try not to overdo it, as you may absorb excess fluid into the surface of the walls. And then you will have to wait for complete drying, before gluing new wallpapers.
Do not moisten the surface of all walls in the room at once. While you start cleaning the old wallpaper on one wall, the second may dry by this time and you will have to repeat the implementation of this procedure again. If you can’t tear off the wallpaper for the 1st time, you can use the sponge moistened with water in ten minutes. During this time, the absorption of water and the gradual dissolution of the glue should occur in them.
In order to get rid of old wallpaper on the walls, the most convenient tool is a spatula. You need to take this tool and gently put under the wallpaper, raising their edge and then remove them from the surface of the walls. If you could not do this, you can wet the wallpaper again, wait about five minutes, until they get wet, and continue to do the work.
The problem with washing wallpaper occurs due to the fact that they do not allow liquids to easily pass through their surface. Before soaking them, you need to go through them using a metal brush.
The process of removing vinyl wallpaper is usually carried out in several stages. First you need to remove the upper layer, then you must remove the lower paper layer from them.
Gently should be treated with wetting the old wallpaper glued on drywall walls. This material does not love water much, especially if there is a lot of it. If you use a lot of liquids, you can tear off not only old wallpapers from the surface of the drywall walls, but also a layer of cardboard.
An alternative to a sponge moistened with water is the method of removing old wallpapers, from the surface of the walls using a regular iron. You must make ironing them on a wet rag and immediately start removing them using a spatula. In the case of using a steam generator on your iron, you will not need to use a wet rag.