Woodchip wallpaper?
Question:AAAAAArgh please help, anyone have any ideas on removing woodchip wallpaper from plasterboard walls. Its driving me round the twist! It seems to come off of the lath & plaster walls no probs but its where its stuck onto the plasterboard the problem arises! Please help!
Answers:
Most DIY shops sell a tool for scoring the paper. Its a series of spiked wheels attached to a handle. I've found that if you use this to break the paint film on the woodchip, it lets steam penetrate to soften the adhesive. So you need a scoring tool, a steamer, a good sharp scraper and lots of patience - and good humour.
Use a steamer and score with a knife but apart from that it's a b!tch to get off.
get one of the new products advertised for artex and coat the wall with it, Laziest answer your going to get.
Hire or borrow a steam wall paper stripper.
The problem may be if the plaster board has not been plastered the paper bond too well then try sanding the lumps off but if it is platered then try a steam stripper but watch out for the dripping water
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I know it worked with me
Hire or buy a steamer, they are really cheep. IT WILL JUST FALL OFF. I had the same problem but the paper had been glossed over, impossible i thought. I scored it with a stanley and the steamer did the rest. Good luck, happy stripping.
This just the worst. I hope it's not a big room as the only cure is a steamer and a scraper. Soree, been there, done it, there is no easy answer.
use a steamer. I moved into a council house and its all woodchip and painted with vinal paint. A steamer does the trick.
Just keep soaking it you'll peel it of using your fingers
Tear off the plaster and put up new drywall.
FOR GOD'S SAKES PEOPLE STOP THIS WALLPAPER MADNESS!
Steamer for definate - I hate the pooping stuff. Our entire house 7 rooms and large hallway were covered in the stuff it took us 6 years to slowly work from room to room, finished last room, our bedroom, and 4 days later our house burnt down. When they rebuilt I got lovely new plastered walls though!!
Woodchip is just vile, isn't it? My dad did almost the whole house in it. Now I'm redecorating my bedroom and hating his poor taste lol. Try getting the top layer off first then wetting the bottom layer to get it off, or steaming it (go easy on the steam, might blow the plaster).
we had this problem and it felt like it was glued with superglue,even the steamer wouldnt shift it.My husband plastered over it.looked fine,although most plasterers will tell you it cant be done,we scratched the surface up first then used PVA before plastering.good luck.
have you tried a steamer
I used plain old warm water my fingers and brute force, oh and not forgetting plenty pf patients.
Don't forget to catch the drips though it can get messy.
I have not heard of woodchip wallpaper but an easy and inexpensive way to remove wallpaper is to score the walls affected and brush household liquid fabric softener over them. Let it set and the wallpaper will peal off. Clean the walls and you're ready to paint or whatever.
it took me whole week with a steamer to get wood chip of our living room walls approx 15x12ft. the paper had been on for about 30 years, you just have to persevere, don't use that smooth over stuff unless you are an expert plasterer it will just look even worse i used it in our bedroom where there were a few dents in the plaster and if just looked worse than ever. sorry but there is no easy way of doing this. try soaking the wall with water 10 Min's before you start it may soften the paper more and make it a little easier.
use loads of washing up liquid in water but dont sud it up use a cloth to wet it soak it well give it ten min then go and scrap it of no problems then it just slids of ,,,
i worked in builders merchants for years and you can buy chemicals that will help, a steamer will do or when I did mind I boiled kettles and poured the water straight onto the paper (mind electrical sockets)
Don't remove it, paint over it, it will last for yonks, My latest woodchip colour is smashing lilac!!
try using water and bicarbonate of soda. if it is solid and wont come off get it skimmed with plaster works a treat.
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