Comments on: Pure Comedy

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:36:17 +0000

Good news! Mary updated us and she did- with the help of a steamer. So glad!

xo,
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By: caligurl

caligurl — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:27:01 +0000

hmmmmm… wondering if she ever got the wallpaper off… or if she just got drunk on beer! lol!

By: Lana

Lana — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:59:54 +0000

(I’m really late…just found this blog today!) I learned the hard way nothing works unless you take the top layer of wallpaper off first. I got a steamer and it just burned my hands and got the floor and walls all wet. Straying diff on the top of the wallpaper did nothing. So I ripped off the top layer (The plasticy decorative stuff) off and then there is a layer underneath it that you spray the gel Diff (Easiest and less mess) and that takes the rest of the paper right off. Find the seams and start ripping.

By: AlexM

AlexM — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:44:38 +0000

Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

By: EGB

EGB — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:42:19 +0000

I’m so glad to read that I was not the only one struggling with the same thing! I really thought I was doing something wrong! Now on to hanging the new wallpaper…

By: Liv

Liv — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:26:33 +0000

My husband and I had to drywall OVER the THREE layers of wallpaper in our bathroom. One layer right on top of another, THREE TIMES. It took me half an hour to get about 2 square feet semi-cleared off the wall, and that’s when our buddy (who does finsih carpentry) told us to slap drywall up over everything.

I suppose this is only a solution if you’ve almost completely gutted the bathroom like we did. Good luck.

By: Cee

Cee — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:14:05 +0000

John, Sherry & Mary, thank you for the entertainment. Too much fun!

I found a metal scraper & a bottle of hot water worked best for me. I removed an entire dining room full of 1980′s blue & white teacup wallpaper from my walls with this method. Oh and a hideous ballerina border too.

You can do it Mary! :)

By: MaryB in Richmond

MaryB in Richmond — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:43:26 +0000

Wow — y’all are terrific! I was using the Paper Tiger (sorry I failed to mention it) but I think I wasn’t using it with enough enthusiasm, so I’m going to go over it again first. I didn’t know about using HOT water (helloooo, microwave!) and I’m going to give it another go with all these great ideas tonight.

I’m literally afraid of the steamer — I can’t tell you all how bad I am with anything remotely mechanical, and I just have this mental image of me at the emergency room…

Thank you, Sherry and John, and I promise an update later tonight or tomorrow! Woo-hooo!

By: Alysia

Alysia — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:36:17 +0000

Ditto the fabric softener. It works like a dream. Good luck!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:15:16 +0000

I have been down that road in a number of rooms in our house and one of them was the bathroom. I agree the steamer removes the wallpaper well. BUT, note to self, do not leave the steamer on in the porclein bathtub while you go run to do something else for a minute because it will leave a mark. I did this and was faced with yet another home improvement project — re-finishing the bathtub! ;)