Hi.

Everyone asked had a favorite response.   Steam;  water with vinegar; or with detergent, or with alcohol, or with ammonia, or paint thinner, or any hot fluid...  Applying newspaper onto the wetted surface (to 'seal' moisture much longer) or thin plastic film for the same purpose...

Assuming all the glues used are the same; what makes more chemical sense ?  Or is just matter of dissolving it and not to react with the glue ?

4 minutes ago, Externet said:

Assuming all the glues used are the same

Why would you assume that?

Rollover it with a wallpaper scoring tool, steam the hell out of it, and peel. 

Edited April 5Apr 5 by iNow

For best results ...
Tear down the old drywall.
Re-drywall, tape, mud and paint.
Never, ever, apply wallpaper again.

The three most important parts of wallpaper removal:

steam, steam, and steam.

 

27 minutes ago, MigL said:

For best results ...
Tear down the old drywall.
Re-drywall, tape, mud and paint.
Never, ever, apply wallpaper again.

Yeah, but I may hate doing drywall even more 

2 hours ago, MigL said:

Never, ever, apply wallpaper again.

The wallpaper is good for the computer desktop, not for the wall.

I personally don't know anyone here who has wallpaper. Maybe in UK? But they didn't brag about their home décor.

A nice wall is a white wall. You can buy a projector and have an ultra-wide screen.

 

 

OTOH, among these modern wallpapers some have good taste. I like this one:

4 hours ago, Sensei said:

The wallpaper is good for the computer desktop, not for the wall.

I personally don't know anyone here who has wallpaper. Maybe in UK? But they didn't brag about their home décor.

A nice wall is a white wall. You can buy a projector and have an ultra-wide screen.

 

 

OTOH, among these modern wallpapers some have good taste. I like this one:

Wallpaper is popular  in older houses, such as we have millions of in the UK, where the walls no longer have an even surface. The pattern hides the unevenness and even small cracks. Victorian houses also tend to have high ceilings, so there is a lot of wall. I have wallpaper in the hall, as the walls there extend up the staircase, making them even higher, so there is a big expanse for minor bulges and depressions to show themselves. But I don’t bother with it in the rooms, relying on my wife’s pictures to break up the expanse of the surface and obscure the effect of any wall blemishes.

5 hours ago, Externet said:

Hi.

Everyone asked had a favorite response.   Steam;  water with vinegar; or with detergent, or with alcohol, or with ammonia, or paint thinner, or any hot fluid...  Applying newspaper onto the wetted surface (to 'seal' moisture much longer) or thin plastic film for the same purpose...

Assuming all the glues used are the same; what makes more chemical sense ?  Or is just matter of dissolving it and not to react with the glue ?

Perhaps favourite responses are because there isn't a one-method-fits-all approach as not all wallpapaers are born equal.

So the first task, before stripping, is to determine the type and nature of the 'wallpaper'.

In some countries, particularly in Europe (not the UK), it is common to take the wallpaper with you when you move.
So obviously the stripping method cannot involve damage to the paper.
Indeed special 'strippable' papers are marketed in these countries.

Moving on some wallpapers (including the UK) are placed over lining paper or some other lining material such as 'cotina' for either extra insulation or damage concealment or anti-damp or all three.
Again obviously you may not want to damage the underlying layer.

As already noted, not all glues are the same either.
Traditional UK glue is based on plant starch for relative ease of subsequent stripping, but may encourage mould and mildew in damp conditions.
More recently modern glues have been available, some designed for ease of stripping, some for the opposite.

The paper itself also makes a difference.
Modern vinyl wallpaper is impervious to water and often even to steam so iNow's comment about scarrifying the wall is appropriate.
 

Finally, love the pics @Sensei  +1.

3 hours ago, studiot said:

Perhaps favourite responses are because there isn't a one-method-fits-all approach as not all wallpapaers are born equal.

Indeed, Banksy has made it almost impossible to preserve a wall with paper...

I usually hire the strippers.  It's so fun to watch them work.

(I'm leaving now)

I had some friends accidentally remove some of their wallpaper making maple syrup indoors (you have to boil it down between 40-70/1, so lots of steam).