Today the task was to tackle the wallpaper. It's about 3 layers deep from what I can tell and painted over at least once. What that means is that it's going to be a pain in the @$$ to take off. I am definitely curious what lies beneath - a healthy plaster wall or a crumbly mess?
Today's tools:
- gloves
- 100mm scraper
- wallpaper remover
- a poky, pointy stick
- some elbow grease
Although it looks like some medieval torture device, the pointy stick is actually for perforating the wallpaper to allow the wallpaper remove to really soak in. It worked a treat and the task was easier thank planned (although I planned for the worst).
The wallpaper remover gets mixed with water (kinda like a dish soap consistency). After about 10 min, it eats away at the wallpaper adhesive and it can be scraped away with a scraper. Recommendation is to invest in a good one to save some effort in getting the paper off the wall. The on that I use has replaceable blades so that it's always sharp.
Still, the task took the better part of the afternoon and made quite a mess - see from the pictures. I even had to enlist the work of a couple of smaller helpers to get finished. Good news is that the wall underneath all that paper was in pretty good shape. Now that I've finished with the sockets, I'll get around to doing a skim coat of plaster and it will be ready for paint.
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