- 1). Take a deep breath. Now that we are sure that we are breathing, begin scoring the wall with the scoring tool that you have. We used the paper tiger. It has one rolling head, there is a newer one that has three. However, the one we used was easier to get into the corners. With the scoring tool in hand begin making holes on your wall paper now. Begin with a circular motion on your wall. Make sure to do small circles on your wallpaper. The more holes on your wall paper, and the closer the perforations are, the easier it will be to remove. Do spend a lot of time making as many perforations as possible.
- 2). Once you are done perforating your wallpaper (hopefully it was lots of fun - lol) fill a bucket, or large bowl, with warm water. Submerge the roller brush into the container. With your hands, squeeze a little water off the brush. Now, roll the brush onto your perforated wall paper. Do this in sections. Don't try and wet all the walls. Take your time doing this. Try doing sections of the wall paper. Add some pressure to the brush, as you roll, to ensure that the water will go behind the wall paper, and work on the glue in the back.
- 3). You don't have to wait minutes to begin to take the wall paper down. Other articles told me to wait minutes. With this procedure, as long as you perforated the wall well, and then added warm water with the brush, you can begin peeling the first layer of wall paper off with your finger nails, or use the putty knife to lift a little of the paper off. If you have 2 (two) layers of wall paper, which would be the most common, peel this first vinyl layer off first. To remove the second layer, roll the brush over this second layer with the brush again, much like you did previously. this time use the putty knife to remove the wallpaper.
- 4). Remember, do this in sections. This will help monitor your progress. After all the wallpaper is down, then use your putty knife to plaster over any holes that might have been behind the wallpaper, or any knick that you might have accidentally created with the putty knife in removing the wallpaper. I accidentally created knicks here and there. After the plaster dries, sand it down to a smooth finish.
- 5). As you finish off each section that you are working on, throw the removed wallpaper into the trash bags. I hope this process works for you, it definitely did the trick for me. Remember to sand down the plaster before painting over with a primer for new paint, or before adding new wallpaper.
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