Friday. Alhamdollilah.
There’s apparently a sumbitch of a storm headed our way but I can’t get enough of a handle on it to determine how much bad weather we’re actually supposed to catch– while I’m usually not the type to get all yaah blaaah weather forecasters, dude, it really seems like this time none of my usual sources have any kind of common theory on how much snow my area is supposed to get; estimates range from one inch (effectively, none) to over a foot, which would mean that I wouldn’t have to go to OtherJob tomorrow. And since I’ve spent most of this week avoiding work in general, another day where I didn’t have to do anything would be nice.
(Racks brain for a couple of minutes; comes up with zero entertaining anecdotes)
Oh, here’s a thing: It took me way too long to realize this, but one important thing I left out of the big Terrible Decisions update last week? Wallpaper. There’s fuckin’ wallpaper everywhere in my bathroom, and that’s gotta come off, and by my reckoning that’s gotta come off first, before literally any other work of any kind happens. So… this week, and starting this weekend, because I want that done before my two-week at-least-get-the-tub-done clock starts ticking over winter break.
At least it’s a really small bathroom.
I know nothing about wallpaper removal except that it is said to be terribly annoying. As I firmly believe every single thing having anything to do with home improvement to be terribly annoying, I have no trouble whatsoever believing this. So you’ve got that to look forward to this week, along with maybe a couple of 2013-listy sorts of things.
Just, uh, nothing interesting today. That’s okay, right? Please say you still love me.
SAY IT GODDAMMIT.
EDIT: Just checked. Traditional wallpaper. Just… kill me.
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get a wallpaper perforator. it’s got spiked blades and pokes a zillion holes in the wallpaper. Then you can try wallpaper remover. When that doesn’t work, do what we did and just get the hottest water you can manage applied directly to the walls with a spraybottle. Once the wallpaper is good and wet, and the water’s soaked through all the tiny holes your perforator made to loosen up the glue/backing, it peels off okay. Still a pain in the ass, but not insurmountable.
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We had the best results soaking the wallpaper with a wet rag of hot water and then using a wallpaper scraper. The remover solution was overpriced and didn’t do a damn thing.
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i had a man who does this work tell me how to do it.
and this site does it his way:
http://www.familyhandyman.com/walls/the-best-way-to-remove-wallpaper/view-all
I have to paint all the interior shelves of my walk-in pantry..but ima waiting to january. What a job hauling all that stuff out..where to put it while the paint dries…arrgh!
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I’ve never bothered with wall paper. I’m a big fan of just painting over everything. I can’t even line my cabinets and drawers with contact paper. I just end up with wadded sticky paper balls. Are you going to take picture of all your hard work? Great post! Thank you!
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I agree, removing wallpaper is a daunting task, and I’ve removed more than my fair share of it, let’s just say I’m in the over 5 room category of removing wall paper and the best solutions I have found is not that bad. The scoring tool, steam, and the wallpaper remover solutions are at best, OK, in my opinion. Here is what I use now; If you can peel away the top layer of the paper, peel away, then go buy some of the pink cheap fabric softener and spray it on the wall, wait until the paper and glue gets mushy or bubbly, then just scrape away with a pancake spatula. Not toxins, and your house smells good. It gets messy since it turns the paper and paste to mush, but it much easier to work with and you don’t have to worry about toxins, rubber gloves, burning yourself with steam, or stepping on the scoring tool. I feel your pain.
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