OHbaby! Forums : Stripping wallpaper.. https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:34:20 +0000 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:56:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=16704 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : We stripped the wallpaper and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=369188&title=stripping-wallpaper#369188 Author: T_Rex
Subject: 16704
Posted: 29 April 2008 at 9:56am

We stripped the wallpaper and painted most of our old house before we sold it. It was actually really easy, even though some rooms had 2-3 layers of wallpaper.
We ripped off all that we could get off just by ripping it (that often worked for the top layers, not for the bottom ones though). Then we had a bucket of water and wallpaper stripper that we sponged onto the wall. By ripping the paper off where we could, it gave us access to the under layers and once it had been left for a few minutes, it just peeled off really easily. The instructions were on the packet and we bought it from Mitre10 i think. It wasn't very expensive, and definitely worth it in my opinion!
If you are going to paint it, rather than re-paper it, I wouldn't use a paper tiger. We got one, but found it left marks on the jib underneath that took aaaaages to sand out, and it was easy enough to get the paper off without using it anyway. And where we didn't sand the marks out properly, you can see them through the paint - whoops!
Good luck with it. Its hard work, but it does feel good at the end to see what you've acheived.]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:56:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=369188&title=stripping-wallpaper#369188 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : lets just say the lovely wallpaper...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=368261&title=stripping-wallpaper#368261 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 16704
Posted: 28 April 2008 at 3:00pm

lets just say the lovely wallpaper walls that i so lovingly painted for him while 8mths preggy.....have a fabulous white wall patch amongst the red ]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:00:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=368261&title=stripping-wallpaper#368261 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : LMAO! Vanessa.. I guess hes been...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367782&title=stripping-wallpaper#367782 Author: MissCandice
Subject: 16704
Posted: 28 April 2008 at 7:34am

LMAO! Vanessa.. I guess hes been doing it at home has he.. By the time hes finishd here he will hate the sight of it and never touch it again lol]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:34:23 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367782&title=stripping-wallpaper#367782 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : i could send jack around kandice,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367717&title=stripping-wallpaper#367717 Author: jack_&_charli
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 10:25pm

i could send jack around kandice, he's great at stripping wallpaper!! ]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:25:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367717&title=stripping-wallpaper#367717 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : our friend is a painter and he...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367638&title=stripping-wallpaper#367638 Author: my2angels
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 9:49pm

our friend is a painter and he stripped ours, he used hot water and something maybe dishwashing liquid and sprayed it on with a cheap old spray bottle, left it then sprayed again and it came off easy. In another room we did first we used a wallpaper steamer and it was horrible, everything was wet and sticky and it was just terrible!]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:49:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367638&title=stripping-wallpaper#367638 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : I was going to suggest the same...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367489&title=stripping-wallpaper#367489 Author: Bubbaloo
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 8:19pm

I was going to suggest the same thing Stacey did good luck it is a horrible job not looking forward to when we start doing our renovations here.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:19:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367489&title=stripping-wallpaper#367489 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : Awwww i wish you lived here!! Its...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367479&title=stripping-wallpaper#367479 Author: MissCandice
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 8:15pm

Awwww i wish you lived here!!
Its a horrible horrible job!

Heres the small amount that took us 4 hours to do!
And then everything we still have left to do.

Its our living room upstairs, excuse the mess we have to shift stuff around so it doesnt get dirty.
We have no carpet as its lino up there, so we are painting the walls white, with a blue feature wall, and laying new grey carpet.

Oh they might be abit yellow from the light.

The little bit we done.



What we have left.

]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:15:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367479&title=stripping-wallpaper#367479 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : We&#039;ve got a steamer Kandice...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367446&title=stripping-wallpaper#367446 Author: KH25
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 7:59pm

We've got a steamer Kandice    Not much help though... good luck, its such a horrible job. Although we did our entire house before we sold and luckily it was only 10 years old so only one layer of paper.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:59:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367446&title=stripping-wallpaper#367446 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : Or spray it with vinegar, it stinks...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367310&title=stripping-wallpaper#367310 Author: thunderwolves
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 5:26pm

Or spray it with vinegar, it stinks but dissolves the glue pretty quick

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Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:50pm

Hmmm might try again, and add more dish liquid. We aree doing our living room now and its HUGE!]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:50:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367277&title=stripping-wallpaper#367277 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : Thats what ours did (we did 3/4...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367274&title=stripping-wallpaper#367274 Author: kebakat
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:49pm

Thats what ours did (we did 3/4 of our last house this way) and then spray it again, get a butter knife that is pretty thin and doesn't have a surated edge and use that to help scrape the remaining paper stuff off.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:49:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367274&title=stripping-wallpaper#367274 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : Yeah we tried that in the last...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367270&title=stripping-wallpaper#367270 Author: MissCandice
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:47pm

Yeah we tried that in the last room we done stacey, and the glue is so strong that it only took the top layer of paper off.

I just paid $20 for a product (a tiny bottle) called DIF. Works, but slowly..]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:47:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367270&title=stripping-wallpaper#367270 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : Get a spray bottle, warm/hot water...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367269&title=stripping-wallpaper#367269 Author: kebakat
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:46pm

Get a spray bottle, warm/hot water with dishwashing liquid, spray it on and wait a bit then tear it off.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:46:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367269&title=stripping-wallpaper#367269 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : Lol sorry no advice here, my Dad...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367268&title=stripping-wallpaper#367268 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:45pm

Lol sorry no advice here, my Dad thought he would be a handyman and try strip the wallpaper in the room that was going to be bubs, he tried everything and made such a mess, he only did just above the wardrobe & then gave up and called in a professional who just wallpapered over the old stuff because it was so old (and several layers), it would have taken forever.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:45:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367268&title=stripping-wallpaper#367268 <![CDATA[Stripping wallpaper.. : Its the worst job in the world.. Any...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16704&PID=367261&title=stripping-wallpaper#367261 Author: MissCandice
Subject: 16704
Posted: 27 April 2008 at 4:37pm

Its the worst job in the world..
Any tried and true tips?

Does anyone in christchurch have a paper tiger or steamer we could borrow?
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