Border

When my boyfriend moved into his apartment in July, we painted a couple of rooms and put up a wallpaper border as a chair-rail in another. He’s moving earlier than expected (next weekend instead of August) and has to remove the border and repaint the walls the original color. The paint was really dark (red and navy and hunter green) and we’re using Kilz to cover it. But we’re having a hell of a time getting the border off. What is the easiest (and cheapest) way to get it off. We’ve tried soaking it with water, and that has taken most of it off, but there are some parts that just won’t budge. The was the first time either of us have put up wall paper, and we didn’t really know what we were doing when we put it up, and we didn’t really think about taking it down at the time! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

All you really need to do is use hot tap water let it soak in and then scrap it with a paint plastic putty knife. The hotter the water you can stand will work better. Let it soak in for about 10 minutes, while you are scraping that spray or just use a rag and bucket on the next area. Good luck!!!

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1. kittty Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 5:10 pm

   All you really need to do is use hot tap water let it soak in and then scrap it with a paint plastic putty knife. The hotter the water you can stand will work better. Let it soak in for about 10 minutes, while you are scraping that spray or just use a rag and bucket on the next area. Good luck!!!
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   I have removed wallpaper many, many times. That is why it is very important to use a good primer first.

2. Leelah J Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 5:28 pm

   Steam it.

   You should be able to rent a steamer from Lowe’s or Home Depot.
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3. xxgibsonxxsg Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 5:43 pm

   You could soak it with hot water or steam it off
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4. angel_eyes982 Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 6:22 pm

   steam works well.
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5. timathyt Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 6:40 pm

   steam it off is the best way if you don’t have a steamer made for wallpaper then you could use a iron but just the steam of the iron don’t put the iron on the paper or you’ll bake it to the wall. any spots that you can’t get off you could sand them with a sander since your repainting the walls anyway.
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6. luvinjamaica Says:
   March 1st, 2010 at 7:11 pm

   use a damp towel and an iron. 1 person holds the towel while the other irons it on the wall. the glue will loosen and you can use a putty knife to scrape off. be patient
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