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Often when you move into a new apartment or house, there is something décor wise that you don’t like. We have all been there, walking into a room and asking yourself, “What were they thinking?” Paint is easy enough to fix: just paint over it. A slightly more complicated problem is wallpaper. While pretty, wallpaper that has been plastered on a wall for a long period of time gets ripped, scuffed, and eventually begins to peel. What to do with the unattractive vegetable print wallpaper in the kitchen?
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In situations like these, there is a simple but admittedly tedious way to get it off the walls. Take a bucket, fill it with water, and mix vinegar into it liberally. Buy a roll of brown paper towels and soak washcloth-sized pieces in the solution. Afterwards, apply the paper towel pieces to the wallpaper and give it a good soaking. Once it is wet, take a paint scraper and start scraping. Hopefully the wallpaper will peel off in sheets. If not, it will take ten times as long but will eventually all come off. Yes it will smell awful and you will probably need to scrub it after to get rid of the smell, but it’s better than vegetable wall paper! A few other alternatives to using vinegar are acetone nail polish, paint thinner, or any other solution that will dissolve glue. I promise that none of them will smell good though…!
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Making use of different kinds of solution would depend on your choice. They may have a very awful smell but, that is all right for you will be able to achieve what you are really planning and that is to remove all those old wall papers so that you can be able to change them look better.
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The smell can really be a bother, especially to squeamish people. This is a tedious task, but there are a few suggestions that might help. Using a steamer or hot water with fabric softener will save you the smell issue. Thanks for sharing though!
Wallpaper removal is really a very tedious task especially when the glue is very strong. Thank you for sharing this post. This natural way of removing wallpaper will definitely benefit several homeowners who are dealing with such situation. Again, thank you for sharing.
You just have to try not add any more damage to you walls when you attempt to remove the existing wallpaper on your own. The surface needs to be even so that when you apply the new one or paint over the wall, it will look flawless.
Thanks for the tips!