I put up brown paper wallpaper several years ago. I am trying to take it down now and it seems impossible. I have tried steam, fabric softener diluted with water, and lots of elbow grease. Nothing is working. Any suggestions? I believe I used glue and polyurethane to put it up.
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The easiest way to do this is to remove the top layer of the wallpaper and leave the backing on the wall. Use a puddy knife to lift up a corner of the wallpaper and then start to pull it off the wall. The glue and backing will stay stuck to the wall. You may not get all the paper off the wall but this is OK. Now tape off the baseboard and put down plastic on the floor. You will now need to soak the walls with a lot of water to remove the glue from the wall.
You will need to scrape it off the walls.Steel wool will do to.Wash off the glue and sand it off.Switch back and forth washing and sanding.It is not easy to get off it will take alot of scrubbing.
Denatured Alcohol sprayed over the area will remove polyurethane. Allow to soften and then scrape off. There are youtube videos to demonstrate steps for the removal process. Good Luck!
Any paint store will have wallpaper removers.
This requires a lot of elbow grease to remove, along with scraping,to get glue and layers of paper off. There are chemicals you can buy to soften your paper to remove at your home improvement store!
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