How to remove wallpaper from the walls: 4 ways for different materials

In a dry way, with swinging, with special services or ferry - we give four instructions for removing wallpaper wallpapers.

Even the most beautiful design is annoying. Sharing colors and decor want to replace the new one. There are no special problems, you only need to remove your trim. We will figure it out how to remove old wallpaper with a minimum of labor and not spoil the wall.

How to remove old wallpaper

Why remove old clearance

Preparation for dismantling

Effective dismantling methods

- Dry fashion

- with swinging

- with special preparations

- with ferry

When it is necessary to remove (and when not)

Inexperienced or unfair finishers can assume that it is permissible to glue the finish on top of the old. Allegedly it will even fall better and lasted longer. This statement appeared not from scratch. Indeed, paper stripes need a substrate and are better lying on previously glued materials. Once no other wallpapers, except for paper, was not. Then before sticking, they even pasted a layer of old newspapers as a substrate.

Modern decor is very different. This is one-, two- and multi-layered materials on different bases: Flizelin, paper, fiberglass. The coating will also be varied. Many models of moisture-resistant and washable canvases with water-repellent top layer. Such materials cannot be the basis for further finishing. The waterproof coating does not absorb glue, the new finish will not hold on this basis.

In addition, materials have different density. Therefore, impregnated with adhesive composition will dry in different ways. As a result, races, bubbles and folds will inevitably appear on the new decor.

You can leave old clearance when it is from paper, and the new decor is the same. But then you need to make sure that the clutch with the base is good and will endure the weight of another cloth. If not, "shown" dismantling.

There is another case when the bands do not remove. Rather, remove partially. It refers to multilayer coatings. When dismantling such upper layers are removed, the lower is kept stronger. If it is fliseline, it is not necessary to remove it. It will strengthen the basis and becomes a good substrate for the decor. Paper in this case is definitely removed.

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Preparation for dismantling

It should be understood that the removal process is dirty. When removing bands in the air rises a large amount of dust: it is dried glue, particles of plaster and gypsum. In the form of a shallow suspension, it settles on all surfaces, spreading around the house. It is difficult to get rid of such dust, you will need at least thorough general cleaning. Therefore, before removing the wallpaper from the walls, it is necessary to prepare.

Room preparation

• Take out furniture. It is advisable to remove it all, especially soft, with a fabric coating. It is difficult to remove the petty dust from it.
• The furniture remained in the room should be collected in the center. Fully cover it with plastic film or disposable tablecloths. If there are no, they are suitable for stopping sheets or bedspreads. But it is better to search for plastic. He will better keep pollution.
• Plinths are desirable to dismantle. If it is impossible, they should also be closed by film by fixing the protection of painting scotch.
• Paul also close the film. Place it a little twisted, fix the joints of the scotch, so as not to dissolve when moving. Plastic slides, so on top of it it is worth putting newspapers or cardboard.
• Pay attention to sockets and switches. If the "wet" removal technology is selected, it is advisable to de-energize the room. You can tightly close the instruments with plastic, fix it with a tape.
• The entrance door will be covered with a damp cloth, such as a sheet, on the threshold of bed wet rods. This will help maximize the amount of dust moving to other rooms.

Required tools

All devices must be prepared in advance. Be sure to need an acutely sharpened spatula, stupid is better to mold; Rag either sponge; liter or more pulverizer. To remove moisture-resistant and washable webs, a perforation roller is needed or a bulk tiger. You will need a stepladder or any stand, to get to the ceiling. Prepare bags for trash, better than a large volume.

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How to quickly remove old wallpaper with four ways

There are different techniques how to quickly remove old wallpapers from the wall. The choice of technology is determined by the state of the design and its type. So, what is guaranteed to remove paper canvases may not act on vinyl. Therefore, before proceeding to work, you need to determine the type of decor and check how hard it is kept on the base. Based on this, choose a removal method. Let us wonder each of them in detail.

1. "Dry" technique

The method is good for materials of any type, weakly retaining on the basis. Most often it is a single-layer paper.

Progress

1. We get up on the stepladder, go up so that it is convenient to work under the ceiling.
2. Through a sharp spatula, we use the top corner of the first strip. Carefully pull it down, trying not to break. Firmly glued fragments neatly separating tool.
3. Similarly, remove the remaining strips.

Based on the glued fragments may remain. They are swollen and removed by the spatula. Important moment: do not need to sharply pull the wallpaper. It may be faster, but the putty can partially collapse. Then it will be necessary to further align the base. It is better to do everything neatly and gradually.

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2. With advanced swinging

The technique is suitable for any type of finishing. We offer step-by-step instructions, how to quickly remove wallpaper from walls using a "wet" method.

Removal process

1. We are preparing a mixture for disconnecting. In warm water, it is better to add additives to be guaranteed to twist the glue. For example, add a skeleton, vinegar or linen air conditioner. For firmly glued cloths, a solution from the economic soap can be made. Its clutch on a grater, a little water is added and boiled to obtain a gel mass. It is again bred to a liquid state.
2. Perflect the protective layer of the finish. It is necessary that the liquid leaked into the base and the glue. The easiest way to do perforation with roller or a wallpaper tigrome. If there is no, acutely sharpened by the knife or the spatula turn the strips on the decoration.
3. Abundantly applied on the wall prepared composition. We use a sponge pulverizer for this or rag. Choose a convenient way for myself. It is important not to overdo it so that the fluid does not flow into the floor. We are waiting for at least 20-25 minutes until the canvas splash.
4. We rise to the stepladder. We subsequent the top edge of the strip with a spatula, carefully pull down. After removing one band, go to another. Scraps immediately collect in the bag.

The most difficult to remove the web glued to the PVA. It is poorly dissolved with water, so it is necessary to swing it in a specially prepared solution. For the preparation of such a 4 liter of water and a terry of the economic soap. Rub the soap, and boil fluid. Then diluted with water and add 9% vinegar (250 ml of vinegar per 5 liter of solution). Mix well, applied to the decoration.

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3. With the applying of a special program

In stores you can find special means for removing the old wallpaper bands of Quelyd Dissoucol or Metylan. Before buying, you need to trace to match the type of material. There are preparations for phlizelin, paper, vinyl canvas, there are universal means. The latter do not always work well with all types of coatings, so it is better to look for a specialized composition.

The removal technology is similar to the previous one when the finish is previously discharged. Only in this case, the selected means is used instead of water. Before working, it is most often necessary to breed. It can be gel, powder or liquid. In any case, act exactly according to the instructions. It is not recommended to change proportions to how alimony. This will affect the effectiveness of exposure.

4. With steam exposure

Hot water vapor dissolves the adhesive layer, and the canvas is easily removed. The easiest way to work a steam cleaner or an iron with a vertical sweeping. The technique is filled with water, waiting until it is warmed up, then the ferry affects the fragment of the canvas. As the strip is dug, it is carefully removed.

An ordinary iron also helps to remove the design, but it is a little more difficult to do it. Take a large flap of cotton fabric, it is abundantly wetted, pressed against the wall. Preheated to a maximum iron stroke the rag before drying. The softening canvas are approaching a sharp tool and tighten down. Multilayer coatings will first perfect, with single-layer paper work without preparation. The technique is good for removing the wallpaper decor with drywall, another way of it is very difficult to remove the design.

It remains to find out how to remove the liquid wallpaper from the walls. It is necessary to understand that it is not a strip of material, but a dried mastic. In terms of its properties, they rather resemble a putty. They are applied in the same way. However, remove the liquid wallpaper is much easier than the putty paste. They are abundantly wrapped with warm water, they give soften and gently scrape the spatula. After they can be dried and removed to store or reuse.