Thank you! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I've been in wall paper hell! 5x layers. It's all off and you're videos and techniques have saved my sanity and money in buying "gizmos" to remove it. Water & patients rule the day. And the Absolute best product period, BIN! YOU ARE A BLESSING! Anybody reading my post i give u this, forget what you think you know, follow Spencer's advice, and do it right. If you have time to do it wrong, then you must have time to do it twice!
Hi Spencer .Terry from Oxfordshire uk.hanging vescom overlap & cut joint.nice to see you doing good prep videos. The correct primers is the most important prep for wallpapers.good to see mistakes and information,from experience over the yrs. keep it up 😊
Excellent! You explained it so well and clear. Thank you so much. I am now confident finishing my own walls. So many videos out there and this is the only one you need. P.s. i wish I watched this before spending days trying to wash and scrape every bit of a wallpaper paste of my walls
Bless you for sharing your depth knowledge and experience. I for one am most grateful for the level of professional education I have gleaned from your videos.
Hello! This is by far the most useful video I’ve seen. And it’s step-by-step. Thank you for sharing this!! The previous owners at our house have at least 2-3 layers of wallpaper on the walls.
Hello Spencer. I have a room that I removed about two layers of wall paper on horse hair plaster. It is yellowed by the old glue, but is not sticky and is smooth. Can I skim coat directly over it before priming and painting, or do I have to get it off of seal it? Thanks Warren.
Hello Spencer, I just happened upon your vidoes. I made so many notes and I feel can take it on. I already removed the wallpaper before looking at your video on how to remove it. I wanted to know when you fill the gabs, should you wait for it to dry and fill it again or just put the sealer on and the skim coating will fill the rest? Also I am now at the sanding phase before the sealer. I am to buy Gardz. Will that work or should I rather go with BIN shallac based sealer which I already bought?
Im removing painted over wall paper. The dry wall is damaging throughout. When I wet the wall to get off the back the paper, I feel like im making the damage worse. Any suggestions? I am also coming across several patches as well as a bunch of compound at the ceiling joint as they installed quarter inch on the ceiling that I chipped up during removal. Do I patch, retape and fill nail holes before priming for skim coat?
I’m a new DIYer with time & patience and I really appreciate your wallpaper removal videos. I am about to tackle my first project! You used an 18” plastic pool trowel for the skin coating. Would you recommend a smaller one for a woman who’s new to this? That product also comes in a 10 (x 3”), 14 & 16” length. I noticed you recommended the 8” taping knife for beginners rather than the 14” one I think you were using for the skim coating. Thank you!
Test out both of them… What is good for your arm strength? You will know right away. I would purchase both and check both of them out… You probably will do very well with the 8 inch; if you have a strong arm however, you may find that you are removing more Plaster than you like and so you’ll have to check out both
tsellan My apologies; I thought your question was prompted by my reference to all of those three in this video; I just assumed that are used all of those three phrases in this video; I sometimes do and I use the terms interchangeably.
I love your videos, I've watched several of them over and over, beginning to end. I've bought the same product and tools u suggest and I understand the "when and how" of your tutorial videos on wallpaper removal and skim coating (superb videos). My question is this, and forgive me, I'll do my best to keep this as short as possible...my guest bathroom is getting a makeover. I've removed the wallpaper. I'm at the point where the walls are ready to be sealed. However, I have a few other things going on and I need advice on the order in which I should do them. I'm going to seal the walls, caulk, skim coat, prime then paint...but I also need to install the new base boards (I've already removed the old ones), paint the existing door trim, fix a minor crack in the wall above a door, and do some caulking around the vanity and shower. Can u help me out on the best order in which to do this. Do I seal, install baseboards, caulk around vents, voids and baseboards, fix crack, skim coat, paint door trim and then caulk around vanity and shower, then prime and paint walls? What order would u suggest?
This may be a dumb question but the skim coating is necessary and must be over all the walls not just in specific areas? And lastly, when you say to seal again does that mean to use the killz again?
It’s not a dumb question. Is there really any dumb questions when a person wants to know something or six clarification? Many things remain unknown because people are timid about asking questions but really, often times the reason for that is because the teacher was not clear enough. And that is the case here, I should have been more clear. You ask a great question and let me answer is: many people just “patch. “ This means that they do not skim coat of the entire area but let me tell you what the risking result is: that when you paint it, some of your surface will appear perfect where you have patched while others remain less perfect. Therefore, I always skim coat the entire wall; it’s like over building; do you really need it? No, you don’t need it but if you want to make it look right, then you should skim coat the entire surface. Lastly, when you apply the primer/sealer, since you already have it on hand, yes, use the same sealer unless of course you ran out and you want to use something else; as long as it seals raw sheet rock joint compound.
Thanks for the great vids. Question: do I have to remove *every* small piece of wallpaper backing before proceeding the sanding/sealing/skim coating? I have a room with a small pieces/specs of thin of wallpaper backing paper (yellow) that won't come off with a scraper easily. Wondering if it's necessary to do them all one by one with the scraper or just proceed.
You ask a great question that was answered in this video but that’s okay… After you have done your best if you still have that thing on the wall that is okay, put oil based kills on the wall and let it dry for at least two hours and then go ahead and Skim Coat
Spencer Colgan Wallpaper & Painting thank you! I’ll have to rewatch the vid to see that part, must have watched 3 hours of your videos 😂. Is it important that it be an oil based sealer or would any of the four sealers you mention in your videos work?
Kieran Stanley No no no… If you have bits and pieces all over, please use oil base. And then after it’s dry then you can scrape off the bits and pieces and go about your Skim Coat
Merry Christmas Spencer! I removed wallpaper years ago and neglected to remove all of the glue. Then I painted over it. Of course, there’s a subtle pattern underneath the paint from the glue. Now I want to re-paint the room. Is there anything I can do now, other than do a skim coat?
Great video, i'm currently taking down the wallpaper in my house which I suspect has been there longer than i've been alive - what worries me is that it's taking almost all of the white paper off with it, leaving the wall quite a mess. I'm hopeful that no matter how much brown paper there is - a good oil based primer will work just as well. Thanks!
Don’t you worry about that. Even if all of the white paper is off, just send the brown paper down and make it smooth and then you have so many options to seal the brown paper: 1. Oil base Kilz 2. Roman Pro. 999 3. Gardz 4. Zinsser B. I. N. 5. Weldbond Glue from Amazon: (comparable to Gardz) One part Weldbond: two parts of water Please do let me know how you do
@@spencercolgan Will do Spencer! - I'm in the UK so going to have a go at plastering afterwards. Using joint compound looks a lot more straight forward compared to a 3 mil gypsum coat that will take several passes. Most my family and friends are telling me to hire someone but these videos are giving me confidence :D I'll take some before and after pictures.
You're 2 part series helped me a ton! Quick question: once you sand the areas before applying the oil based primer, do you need to clean the wall of dust?
AFTER THE FINAL SKIM COAT AND POLISH COAT IF NEEDED, WHAT PRODUCT IS RECOMMENDED FOR SEALING WALLS...? BEFORE PRIMING AND PAINTING. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
So skim coat an entire wall before painting (after priming the entire wall) and skim patch smaller areas only before papering, correct? I noticed two answers to this question. ; ) We tried to remove a small area of wallpaper before repapering but it is not going to be worth the hassle. Now we need to smooth the small area of wall paper removal. : ( I’m also considering skim coating an unfinished wall with your method because our contractor sands after he floats drywall - ugh! It’s such a mess and we get to clean up after him. After watching so many of your videos, I think I have the confidence to try this myself!
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Thank you! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I've been in wall paper hell! 5x layers. It's all off and you're videos and techniques have saved my sanity and money in buying "gizmos" to remove it. Water & patients rule the day. And the Absolute best product period, BIN! YOU ARE A BLESSING! Anybody reading my post i give u this, forget what you think you know, follow Spencer's advice, and do it right. If you have time to do it wrong, then you must have time to do it twice!
Brother you are awesome and I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to share your knowledge and wisdom. Smooth teaching
Hi Spencer .Terry from Oxfordshire uk.hanging vescom overlap & cut joint.nice to see you doing good prep videos.
The correct primers is the most important prep for wallpapers.good to see mistakes and information,from experience over the yrs. keep it up 😊
Excellent! You explained it so well and clear. Thank you so much. I am now confident finishing my own walls. So many videos out there and this is the only one you need. P.s. i wish I watched this before spending days trying to wash and scrape every bit of a wallpaper paste of my walls
Thank you Spencer this has helped me with my project immensely!
I think this is the best video I’ve seen on wallpaper removal and what to do after! Thank you! 👏🏽
Awesome
Bless you for sharing your depth knowledge and experience. I for one am most grateful for the level of professional education I have gleaned from your videos.
What a beautiful thing to say! I should say thank you for taking the time to say something so meaningful.
Amen Dora.
Preparation is always the key to a great finish ... top job as always mr Spencer 👍✊
Great work always starts with greater preparation, as you have demonstrated .
Thank you sir.
Hello! This is by far the most useful video I’ve seen. And it’s step-by-step. Thank you for sharing this!! The previous owners at our house have at least 2-3 layers of wallpaper on the walls.
Hello Spencer. I have a room that I removed about two layers of wall paper on horse hair plaster. It is yellowed by the old glue, but is not sticky and is smooth. Can I skim coat directly over it before priming and painting, or do I have to get it off of seal it? Thanks Warren.
Hello Spencer, I just happened upon your vidoes. I made so many notes and I feel can take it on. I already removed the wallpaper before looking at your video on how to remove it. I wanted to know when you fill the gabs, should you wait for it to dry and fill it again or just put the sealer on and the skim coating will fill the rest? Also I am now at the sanding phase before the sealer. I am to buy Gardz. Will that work or should I rather go with BIN shallac based sealer which I already bought?
Thank you. All of your videos are great.
What do you seal and prime with ? I'm using latex on my top coat
Im removing painted over wall paper. The dry wall is damaging throughout. When I wet the wall to get off the back the paper, I feel like im making the damage worse. Any suggestions? I am also coming across several patches as well as a bunch of compound at the ceiling joint as they installed quarter inch on the ceiling that I chipped up during removal. Do I patch, retape and fill nail holes before priming for skim coat?
I’m a new DIYer with time & patience and I really appreciate your wallpaper removal videos. I am about to tackle my first project!
You used an 18” plastic pool trowel for the skin coating. Would you recommend a smaller one for a woman who’s new to this? That product also comes in a 10 (x 3”), 14 & 16” length. I noticed you recommended the 8” taping knife for beginners rather than the 14” one I think you were using for the skim coating.
Thank you!
Test out both of them… What is good for your arm strength? You will know right away. I would purchase both and check both of them out… You probably will do very well with the 8 inch; if you have a strong arm however, you may find that you are removing more Plaster than you like and so you’ll have to check out both
What's the difference between mud, joint compound, and plaster?
All the same!!
@@spencercolgan I thought plaster was much higher in gypsum, so it was harder. You didn't sand plaster.
tsellan My apologies; I thought your question was prompted by my reference to all of those three in this video; I just assumed that are used all of those three phrases in this video; I sometimes do and I use the terms interchangeably.
I love your videos, I've watched several of them over and over, beginning to end. I've bought the same product and tools u suggest and I understand the "when and how" of your tutorial videos on wallpaper removal and skim coating (superb videos). My question is this, and forgive me, I'll do my best to keep this as short as possible...my guest bathroom is getting a makeover. I've removed the wallpaper. I'm at the point where the walls are ready to be sealed. However, I have a few other things going on and I need advice on the order in which I should do them. I'm going to seal the walls, caulk, skim coat, prime then paint...but I also need to install the new base boards (I've already removed the old ones), paint the existing door trim, fix a minor crack in the wall above a door, and do some caulking around the vanity and shower. Can u help me out on the best order in which to do this. Do I seal, install baseboards, caulk around vents, voids and baseboards, fix crack, skim coat, paint door trim and then caulk around vanity and shower, then prime and paint walls? What order would u suggest?
This may be a dumb question but the skim coating is necessary and must be over all the walls not just in specific areas? And lastly, when you say to seal again does that mean to use the killz again?
It’s not a dumb question. Is there really any dumb questions when a person wants to know something or six clarification? Many things remain unknown because people are timid about asking questions but really, often times the reason for that is because the teacher was not clear enough. And that is the case here, I should have been more clear.
You ask a great question and let me answer is: many people just “patch. “ This means that they do not skim coat of the entire area but let me tell you what the risking result is: that when you paint it, some of your surface will appear perfect where you have patched while others remain less perfect. Therefore, I always skim coat the entire wall; it’s like over building; do you really need it? No, you don’t need it but if you want to make it look right, then you should skim coat the entire surface.
Lastly, when you apply the primer/sealer, since you already have it on hand, yes, use the same sealer unless of course you ran out and you want to use something else; as long as it seals raw sheet rock joint compound.
@@spencercolgan thank you so much! That was super helpful. This is my first time doing it in my home so just wanted to be sure!
@@spencercolgan also, can you use a water based sealer or does it need to be oil based? I'm just worried about the smell but want to do it right.
@@alyssafiliberto2292 there’s no smell
@@spencercolgan ok! I thought you said in your video that kills had a very strong smell. Thanks!
Thanks for the great vids. Question: do I have to remove *every* small piece of wallpaper backing before proceeding the sanding/sealing/skim coating? I have a room with a small pieces/specs of thin of wallpaper backing paper (yellow) that won't come off with a scraper easily. Wondering if it's necessary to do them all one by one with the scraper or just proceed.
You ask a great question that was answered in this video but that’s okay… After you have done your best if you still have that thing on the wall that is okay, put oil based kills on the wall and let it dry for at least two hours and then go ahead and Skim Coat
Spencer Colgan Wallpaper & Painting thank you! I’ll have to rewatch the vid to see that part, must have watched 3 hours of your videos 😂. Is it important that it be an oil based sealer or would any of the four sealers you mention in your videos work?
Kieran Stanley No no no… If you have bits and pieces all over, please use oil base. And then after it’s dry then you can scrape off the bits and pieces and go about your Skim Coat
Spencer Colgan Wallpaper & Painting 🙏
@@spencercolgan Can you paint directly over oil kilz?
Beautiful love your videosv
Merry Christmas Spencer! I removed wallpaper years ago and neglected to remove all of the glue. Then I painted over it. Of course, there’s a subtle pattern underneath the paint from the glue. Now I want to re-paint the room. Is there anything I can do now, other than do a skim coat?
How long do you need to wait between compound applications? Then before you do the final seal, and then before you can start wallpapering?
As soon as it dries!! 1 hour or so
So before I roll on my KILZ Original interior/exterior oil based primer, I need to apply a sealer?
Great video, i'm currently taking down the wallpaper in my house which I suspect has been there longer than i've been alive - what worries me is that it's taking almost all of the white paper off with it, leaving the wall quite a mess. I'm hopeful that no matter how much brown paper there is - a good oil based primer will work just as well. Thanks!
Don’t you worry about that. Even if all of the white paper is off, just send the brown paper down and make it smooth and then you have so many options to seal the brown paper:
1. Oil base Kilz
2. Roman Pro. 999
3. Gardz
4. Zinsser B. I. N.
5. Weldbond Glue from Amazon: (comparable to Gardz) One part Weldbond: two parts of water
Please do let me know how you do
@@spencercolgan Will do Spencer! - I'm in the UK so going to have a go at plastering afterwards. Using joint compound looks a lot more straight forward compared to a 3 mil gypsum coat that will take several passes.
Most my family and friends are telling me to hire someone but these videos are giving me confidence :D I'll take some before and after pictures.
You're 2 part series helped me a ton! Quick question: once you sand the areas before applying the oil based primer, do you need to clean the wall of dust?
A quick mopping off of the dust is all that’s necessary. Get a 20-30” wide dust mop.
Hey Spencer
You mentioned in a previous video that we can use PVA/wood glue to seal the brown paper. Does that still work?
Yup. Elmers too.
what do you seal the skim coat with. oil based kilz?
A great vid cheers spencer, a Hoot!
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AFTER THE FINAL SKIM COAT AND POLISH COAT IF NEEDED, WHAT PRODUCT IS RECOMMENDED FOR SEALING WALLS...? BEFORE PRIMING AND PAINTING. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
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Ensure Painting Plus , if you’re wallpapering afterwards, use Roman pro 999, or zinsser Shieldz. If you’re painting afterwards, use zinsser 1-2-3
Awesome! Eager to give it my best
Do you have to skim coat the whole wall? Or just the brown paper bag spots?
Brown spots.
So skim coat an entire wall before painting (after priming the entire wall) and skim patch smaller areas only before papering, correct? I noticed two answers to this question. ; )
We tried to remove a small area of wallpaper before repapering but it is not going to be worth the hassle. Now we need to smooth the small area of wall paper removal. : (
I’m also considering skim coating an unfinished wall with your method because our contractor sands after he floats drywall - ugh!
It’s such a mess and we get to clean up after him. After watching so many of your videos, I think I have the confidence to try this myself!
I can't smell it!😂