When I encounter tough wallpaper, I use a cowbell to scrape the adhesive. The tougher it gets, the more cowbell I use. More cowbell is always the answer. (thanks for the video, it helped me out of a jam)
Thank you Mr. Spencer. This helped me think outside the box, since I just entered a desperation stage, in trying to remove this wallpaper band. It's so stubborn and it's not even holding moisture. I guess I'm not doing anything wrong, just need more patience to go through inch by inch...
I love your videos explaining every detail. My problem is getting the wallpaper at the bottom of my walls near my baseboard. How would you suggest to remove the bottom 1/2 inch of wallpaper?
I watched a handful of videos and tired a few of the methods and nothing worked like your method. Finally getting this stubborn, double layered(!!) wallpaper off!
Spencer, thanks so much for this video!! I had a (thankfully) small area of 37-year-old wallpaper to remove, and nothing worked well until I tried your “plan B” method. It worked like a charm and saved me tons of time. Kudos for your fine content! 👌
Plan C) 80 grit on a electric palm sander to open surface. Plan D) sand and skim seams prime and hang over it. Plan F) go to bar and lament why you ever agreed to strip wallpaper 😂
Do me a favour; I love plants say; I have never done that but please explain plan date to me and what do you mean by that… I’m going to try that I have an idea about what you mean but I want you to tell me in detail if you don’t mind - explain plan d.
@@spencercolgan sometimes of the old paper is solid and to labor intensive to be cost effective to remove we remove any loose bits, sand the seams as often they're wired and will show thru, then a light coat of spackle or joint compound to flush out those areas then prime with kiltz or bullseye 123 or if it's old paper (porous) gardz. Still a fair bit of prep so we always try to remove when possible. I'm sure you do pretty much the same? I also picked up a perforating roller in Germany similar to paper tiger with teeth but much more solid and faster with less wall damage.
capowacko I would love to meet you; obviously, you are a true professional who is expert. I would really love to meet you… Where in this great country do you live?
Hi Spencer, I have followed all your videos to help me prepare drywall walls for wallpapering and paper removal. I sealed the drywalls with a high quality Groproc sealer and when wanting to take the paper down again a few days later, because the paste had damaged the ceiling paint, and the low tac masking tape used to protect the wallpaper from the new paint damaged it, I decided to start again. The top layer of paper peeled off relatively easily, and the underlying paper pulled off in complete sheets after being sprayed with a sealer remover concentrate. The problem I am faced with is its almost impossible to remove the jelly like adhesive even when sprayed with concentrated adhesive remover and washing up detergent. The scraper, cloth and sponge just spread it around. My question is, if I leave it to dry then lightly sand to flatten the wall and then coat it with another layer of sealer, will it be safe to wallpaper of this? Thanks for the great videos.
I’m sorry I did not see this come up either on RUclips or in my email; I would have answered you ASAP my friend Mr Graham Brown. Do you still need help with this? How did it come out?
@@spencercolgan Hi Spencer, I had to make some decisions, so I left the paste to dry over several days then sanded it and sealed it. I repapered the wall and it’s looking great. I changed to a different paste that I found much easier to wash off. Your preparation videos really helped, when it came to removing the new paper without damaging the drywall. It’s all in the preparation 👍
Meant the elderly lady asked me to remove the wallpaper and paint everybody else trying to charge her expensive rates just for a bedroom I only charged her 100 for everything bedroom closets windows cutting everything I love helping people even though I'm broke god is good I wanna help them that's why I need to learn
This is an excellent question. Wallpaper that has paint over it, depending on how old it is, can be easier or more difficult. If it is very old, not only does the paint to make the wallpaper brittle and messier and easier to remove, but the paint can make the wallpaper more difficult if it is over vinyl and many years of paint has covered it. In both cases what I would do is to use a wall perforator which puts hundreds of holes through the wallpaper and then you wet it down in the paint will actually assist you in removing it and why is that? Because the paint will keep the wallpaper from tearing and it will tend to keep the wallpaper together so that you can remove the wallpaper in bigger sheets when you tear it down
My dude, in this video you're Christopher Walken, but in the last one I watched you had Arnold Schwarzenegger vibes. I want to learn how to remove wallpaper, but instead I have an illegitimate kid with the maid and I keep telling my wife "I could have used more cowbell." Thanks for the tips though.
@capowacko Your comment may save my project. Recently have given up my wallpaper removal & paint project. This gives a glimmer of hope. These 38 year old Walls have 3 layers of paper and heavily ridged vinyle wallpaper glued right over original walls which have no sealant. It took 4 days to remove 8 meters of wallpaper. Spencers’ advice helped tons because taking time saved the walls. There are over 30 meters left so plan F seemed the end solution, except covid blocked that idea.😂 What type mask must be worn to conserve lung health while sanding? I will do all plans and include plan C and plan D as you describe, but what do you mean by “ sand and skim seams and “hang over it”? Is this used when hanging new wallpaper only? Can I skim, seal, prime and Paint using your method? Can’t bare the thought of more wallpaper. If you have a different plan for painting, would appreciate your comments. Wishing you all the best and Thanks to Spencer and your comments.
I found if you have difficult wallpaper, keep it dry and use a flat razor scrapper and it talked the top paper off. Then use water, wait, then peel the underlayer.
Please go on my RUclips channel and check out my latest wallpaper removal video; it’s for Wallpaper that refuses to come off; I think you’ll like it it’s called when wallpaper removal becomes impossible do this
I have some wallpaper that is bonded to the wall. I won’t budge. I will try the scoring because...... He is right, the moisture only goes in along the edges of the paper. There needs to be a way to let it in.....
John A Why don’t you try this? Scrape off anything Loose. Then prime over the wallcovering with kills, oil base. When that dries, go over it one more time with kills, oil base. Then get your spackling knives out and give it a nice skim coat to Dash three times. Then prime your skim coat with Guardz from Zinsser
ann garvock Thank you so much for your input. I do this procedure in so many different ways. And these videos I make are the product of almost 3 years of video making. I agree with you. I wish I could just bang the walls down with a bunch of hammers sometimes LOL
What a load off rubish . Two handed scraper with replacement blades soon gets off most of the paper then wet to remove the backing ,leaves the wall in perfect smooth condition . Bit if sanding and your done
This is bs and it's wrong. I hung wp for a living when I was young - went to PDCA trade school. Don't score the WP with a razor knife. You will never get it off except in strips. This guy shows you exactly the WRONG way to do it. Terrible!
Hmmmm. Thanks Lance. Tip for ya...watch and learn. And speak little. This is how it’s done. I do it here: ruclips.net/video/yKXHOdXWLAE/видео.html And here: ruclips.net/video/aEG78AaR0FI/видео.html
@@spencercolgan hmmm..been there done that ..I kept practicing and then I went back to the fifties and learned a secret trade with no water and removes one to fifteen layers on any surface....glad to see no one is using the old trade secrets on. line......ps there was another tip in there..you seem pretty intent on stripping wall paper...in 50's they put it on quite religiously and they new how to take it off religiously...just saying ..free tip..good luck...
When I encounter tough wallpaper, I use a cowbell to scrape the adhesive. The tougher it gets, the more cowbell I use. More cowbell is always the answer. (thanks for the video, it helped me out of a jam)
May I ask. What’s a cow.....
@@spencercolgan hahahaha!!!!!
I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell 🤣
Saved me so much work. Thanks. My wallpaper was practically waterproof.
Thank you Mr. Spencer. This helped me think outside the box, since I just entered a desperation stage, in trying to remove this wallpaper band. It's so stubborn and it's not even holding moisture. I guess I'm not doing anything wrong, just need more patience to go through inch by inch...
Great video I shall try this thank you. The paper I'm trying to get off is like its been super glued to the wall.
ruclips.net/video/9JnLY82UyLY/видео.html
Please watch this
I think mine is literally superglued. Like someone tried to tack it down where it was peeling 🤦♀️
I love your videos explaining every detail. My problem is getting the wallpaper at the bottom of my walls near my baseboard. How would you suggest to remove the bottom 1/2 inch of wallpaper?
I watched a handful of videos and tired a few of the methods and nothing worked like your method. Finally getting this stubborn, double layered(!!) wallpaper off!
Spencer, thanks so much for this video!! I had a (thankfully) small area of 37-year-old wallpaper to remove, and nothing worked well until I tried your “plan B” method. It worked like a charm and saved me tons of time. Kudos for your fine content! 👌
Yup, you're method is the best and most efficient. Thank you!!
Plan C) 80 grit on a electric palm sander to open surface. Plan D) sand and skim seams prime and hang over it. Plan F) go to bar and lament why you ever agreed to strip wallpaper 😂
Do me a favour; I love plants say; I have never done that but please explain plan date to me and what do you mean by that… I’m going to try that I have an idea about what you mean but I want you to tell me in detail if you don’t mind - explain plan d.
@@spencercolgan sometimes of the old paper is solid and to labor intensive to be cost effective to remove we remove any loose bits, sand the seams as often they're wired and will show thru, then a light coat of spackle or joint compound to flush out those areas then prime with kiltz or bullseye 123 or if it's old paper (porous) gardz. Still a fair bit of prep so we always try to remove when possible. I'm sure you do pretty much the same? I also picked up a perforating roller in Germany similar to paper tiger with teeth but much more solid and faster with less wall damage.
capowacko
I would love to meet you; obviously, you are a true professional who is expert. I would really love to meet you… Where in this great country do you live?
This one www.obi.de/tapetenabloeser-tapetengrundierungen/lux-tapetenwolf-zum-anreissen-von-tapeten/p/6569172
@@spencercolgan about as far away as you can get.....Southern California
Anyone else hearing Christopher Walken?
You guys got fat why everybody starved on the streets now it's my turn
Dude I was just thinking this
We need more cowbell
He's keistering a pocket watch for sure...lol
I hear bill burr
how about just painting over it if its not damaged at all.
Just tried that and it works a treat thank you.
Hi Spencer, I have followed all your videos to help me prepare drywall walls for wallpapering and paper removal. I sealed the drywalls with a high quality Groproc sealer and when wanting to take the paper down again a few days later, because the paste had damaged the ceiling paint, and the low tac masking tape used to protect the wallpaper from the new paint damaged it, I decided to start again.
The top layer of paper peeled off relatively easily, and the underlying paper pulled off in complete sheets after being sprayed with a sealer remover concentrate. The problem I am faced with is its almost impossible to remove the jelly like adhesive even when sprayed with concentrated adhesive remover and washing up detergent. The scraper, cloth and sponge just spread it around.
My question is, if I leave it to dry then lightly sand to flatten the wall and then coat it with another layer of sealer, will it be safe to wallpaper of this? Thanks for the great videos.
I’m sorry I did not see this come up either on RUclips or in my email; I would have answered you ASAP my friend Mr Graham Brown. Do you still need help with this? How did it come out?
@@spencercolgan Hi Spencer, I had to make some decisions, so I left the paste to dry over several days then sanded it and sealed it. I repapered the wall and it’s looking great. I changed to a different paste that I found much easier to wash off. Your preparation videos really helped, when it came to removing the new paper without damaging the drywall. It’s all in the preparation 👍
wish you would have shown what to do after you get off the paper IF the backer paper is pasted to wall
Meant the elderly lady asked me to remove the wallpaper and paint everybody else trying to charge her expensive rates just for a bedroom I only charged her 100 for everything bedroom closets windows cutting everything I love helping people even though I'm broke god is good I wanna help them that's why I need to learn
sounds like Christopher Walken 😂...thank you
How do you remove wallpaper if someone put a coat of paint over it?
This is an excellent question. Wallpaper that has paint over it, depending on how old it is, can be easier or more difficult. If it is very old, not only does the paint to make the wallpaper brittle and messier and easier to remove, but the paint can make the wallpaper more difficult if it is over vinyl and many years of paint has covered it. In both cases what I would do is to use a wall perforator which puts hundreds of holes through the wallpaper and then you wet it down in the paint will actually assist you in removing it and why is that? Because the paint will keep the wallpaper from tearing and it will tend to keep the wallpaper together so that you can remove the wallpaper in bigger sheets when you tear it down
The wall paper in my room is immune to all techniques
@@SatanenPerkele sure as hell feels like it.
@RAVEN AK47 thank youuu im gonna try it
I have impossible wallpaper covering 3 entire rooms! I'm going to the palm sander!
Fellas-I’m telling you, you’re gonna want more cowbell err water.
Advice please for removing double wallpaper and paint :/
Put in the search Spencer Colgan when wallpaper removal becomes impossible
My dude, in this video you're Christopher Walken, but in the last one I watched you had Arnold Schwarzenegger vibes. I want to learn how to remove wallpaper, but instead I have an illegitimate kid with the maid and I keep telling my wife "I could have used more cowbell."
Thanks for the tips though.
Lol!!!! Lol!!!!!!!!
Good if your wallpapaering after but not good if your painting.
I bet you do a good Chris walken impression
Great tip and thorough. Does anyone else think he sounds a bit like Christopher Walken?
I hate too much explanations
Spencer: thanks for quick reply.
@capowacko
Your comment may save my project. Recently have given up my wallpaper removal & paint project. This gives a glimmer of hope. These 38 year old Walls have 3 layers of paper and heavily ridged vinyle wallpaper glued right over original walls which have no sealant. It took 4 days to remove 8 meters of wallpaper. Spencers’ advice helped tons because taking time saved the walls. There are over 30 meters left so plan F seemed the end solution, except covid blocked that idea.😂 What type mask must be worn to conserve lung health while sanding? I will do all plans and include plan C and plan D as you describe, but what do you mean by “ sand and skim seams and “hang over it”? Is this used when hanging new wallpaper only? Can I skim, seal, prime and Paint using your method? Can’t bare the thought of more wallpaper. If you have a different plan for painting, would appreciate your comments. Wishing you all the best and Thanks to Spencer and your comments.
Here is my latest. Please watch. Answers all your questions.
ruclips.net/video/9JnLY82UyLY/видео.html
I found if you have difficult wallpaper, keep it dry and use a flat razor scrapper and it talked the top paper off. Then use water, wait, then peel the underlayer.
Sounds AWESOME!!!!!!
LOOK’S LIKE NICK FROM DENVER .....FROM WALLS BY DESIGN. AWESOME THANK YOU
I cant use this technique because its woodchip wallpaper
What about using a metal scouring pad….
No. It will get all gummed up
Thank you!
Please go on my RUclips channel and check out my latest wallpaper removal video; it’s for Wallpaper that refuses to come off; I think you’ll like it it’s called when wallpaper removal becomes impossible do this
ruclips.net/video/NDzzOo6PkQU/видео.html
What a pain in the rear! Looks like you have to have the patience of Job!
I have some wallpaper that is bonded to the wall. I won’t budge. I will try the scoring because......
He is right, the moisture only goes in along the edges of the paper. There needs to be a way to let it in.....
John A
Why don’t you try this? Scrape off anything Loose. Then prime over the wallcovering with kills, oil base. When that dries, go over it one more time with kills, oil base. Then get your spackling knives out and give it a nice skim coat to Dash three times. Then prime your skim coat with Guardz from Zinsser
I solved the problem by getting a small razor holder. I was able to get under the edges and and pull pieces off.
i just rented a a steamer then you don't have to deal with toxic remover fluid
Water isn't toxic, that's what he used
It does not look as if it is working to me , l use a steamer and it works better than that , this method takes to long .
I think you might be right. Thank you again. Where are you from
@@spencercolgan , I am from the Scottish highlands , the county is Caithness, and the town is Wick , I live 7 mile from the famous JOHN O GROATS .
ann garvock Thank you so much for your input. I do this procedure in so many different ways. And these videos I make are the product of almost 3 years of video making. I agree with you. I wish I could just bang the walls down with a bunch of hammers sometimes LOL
That isn’t difficult try 9 layers of paper each layer painted over the last one Turing to rubber under steam.
He sounds like Gorge costanza from Seinfeld!!!
No he doesn't.
I almost fell asleep
The worst time consuming method ever, like peeling an egg. That will take hours and hours, a Tiger perforator is the best gadget ever !
Your tags sticking out the back of your shirt
I didn't know Christopher Walken did wallpaper!
Needs more cowbell.
What a load off rubish . Two handed scraper with replacement blades soon gets off most of the paper then wet to remove the backing ,leaves the wall in perfect smooth condition . Bit if sanding and your done
If you’re sure of that, why did you waste your time going to this video? I’m not convinced of the veracity of your comment.
Video should have been about 2 min. not 10.
Someone should send you a script. Lol. Have you considered acting?
Who do you say that Tom??
Ten minute video for 30 seconds of info
I feel like this video needs more cowbell
This is bs and it's wrong. I hung wp for a living when I was young - went to PDCA trade school. Don't score the WP with a razor knife. You will never get it off except in strips. This guy shows you exactly the WRONG way to do it. Terrible!
Just get on with it. We don't need a running commentry.
He must charge by the hour. LOL Ridiculous.
Not interested in your face. Show the wall
Sound terrible!
Should of titled the video plan B
Hmmm I can't say I've ever seen a professional use water or spray bottle to remove wall paper...tip for ya..keep practicing...
Hmmmm. Thanks Lance. Tip for ya...watch and learn. And speak little. This is how it’s done.
I do it here: ruclips.net/video/yKXHOdXWLAE/видео.html
And here:
ruclips.net/video/aEG78AaR0FI/видео.html
@@spencercolgan hmmm..been there done that ..I kept practicing and then I went back to the fifties and learned a secret trade with no water and removes one to fifteen layers on any surface....glad to see no one is using the old trade secrets on. line......ps there was another tip in there..you seem pretty intent on stripping wall paper...in 50's they put it on quite religiously and they new how to take it off religiously...just saying ..free tip..good luck...
@@lanceladue2818 why don't you actually say something of use rather than being a Dick. 50s trade secrets ffs.