How to Remove Wallpaper

Removing wallpaper is tiresome, tedious work. But hiring someone to do the work can be expensive. Here are some quick and inexpensive tricks to removing wallpaper yourself.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Water
• laundry softener
• Glass cleaner (i.e. windex)
• Fork

1. Mix one capful of laundry softener(any brand or scent)to a pail of warm water. With a sponge apply mixture to wallpaper. Start peeling. If wallpaper is stubborn to remove try scoring the paper with a fork.

2. Another trick is to use straight window cleaner(any brand). Spray directly on wallpaper or you can pour into a bucket and sponge on. Once again, if the paper is hard to remove, score with a fork.

3. With either method, before you reapply any paper or paint, clean walls of any leftover residue with plain or soapy water.

4. There are solutions you can buy at most home improvement stores specifically made for removing wallpaer, but they are no more effective than the above solutions and cost more.

Tips & Warnings

• It's easiest to remove paper by starting at a corner. It will usually pull off in larger sheets this way. A paint scraper or butter knife can be a useful tool to help with stubborn areas.