Wallpaper stripping

Mumto2

Can anyone recommend a good product for very stubborn wallpaper removal?

Have used a steamer & also B&Q wallpaper removal liquid, but coming off in extremely small pieces with difficulty.

It's very old woodchip with many, many years of paint over it.

Thanks

greyteam1959

Best thing to try is scoring the wallpaper with something, not too deep or you will mark the plaster underneath.
Then wet the wallpaper well with warm water with some washing up liquid in.
Let it soak in for 30 minutes or so then give a try.
Thats really all you can do.
HTH

mr_parsnip_features

I'd echo what mervyn said:

We've not long decorated a room which had layers of wallpaper - some of which was woodchip.

Wet it and leave it. If necessary work on one layer at a time. Get a good scraper and it's then just a matter of time scraping.

Once we'd done this, we spent a fair amount of time stripping layers of flaking paint.

We've vowed never to have wallpaper again and instead just repaint when necessary. It does depend on the qualiy of the plaster though (the the quality of the painting - which for our first attempt was pretty poor (we were advised to use a brush - to avoid the texture you get from a roller. Turned out we used the wrong brush and the texture is worse than a roller - despite it having taken about 5 times as long! - rollers in future! You live and learn)).

nickj_2

use one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-Maxi-Orbital-Wallpaper-Scorer/dp/B0001IWE4G/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1331583842&sr=8-9

wet the paper after it has been scored , then steam off ,it will be hard work , but worth it

chiefgoobster

nickj wrote: »

use one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-Maxi-Orbital-Wallpaper-Scorer/dp/B0001IWE4G/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1331583842&sr=8-9

I'd 2nd the link above....it's a right handy piece of simple kit.
Just be patient, score the paper well and let the warm water soak in.Re soak and re soak.

stick the kettle on,crank up the radio and strip !

Ainsley1

Just had to do something the same last year and agree with the other posters! Plenty of elbow grease too!

Mumto2

Thanks all - have been working at it one & off for 2 weeks now!

Have got one of those scorer thingys & done all things above, so guess there's no miracle cure and just need to plod on.