Re: [gardeners] OT
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:30:22 -0500
margaret lauterbach wrote:
> At 04:43 PM 6/15/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >At 12:51 PM 15-06-99 -0500, you wrote:
> >>drusus@golden.net wrote:
> >>
> >>> At 11:24 AM 07-06-99 EDT, you wrote:
> >>> >RE: Removal of wallpaper. There is a product that you apply and viola
> >the
> >>> >wallpaper comes off. Wallpapers to Go used to carry it.
> >>> >
> >>> >Mary-Anne
> >>>
> >>> Not if you have 6 layers all put on with old-fashioned horesehide glue.
> >>> Plain old hot water , scrape and spritz works better, is cheaper. Next, I
> >>> am going to try George's 50-50 vinegar solution... I have ONE room left to
> >>> do in the town house, about 4 at the farm, but that doesn't look too
> >>> difficult there. One layer of paper, for starters.
> >>>
> >>> Lucinda
> >>
> >>If the house at the farm is very old the paper may be laid over
> old-fashioned
> >>plaster and lath walls. If so you will have to either be very careful not to
> >>pull them down or just take them down and put up sheetrock in place of.
> >Depends
> >>on whether you are restoring to original or making the place liveable for
> the
> >>next 50 years. <VBG>
> >
> >>scraper and take lots of breaks out in the garden to keep from going batty.
> >>
> I thought rental places had steamers used for wallpaper removal. I remember
> a history prof at UC Riverside reserved the use (rental) of a steamer on a
> day when the thermometer shot up to 115 degrees. He was not a happy
> do-it-yourselfer.
>
> Lucinda, whatever you do, retain that real plaster. It makes rooms quieter
> by far. Drywall doesn't. Margaret L
If the paper is laid on the wall properly the steamer will take it off. Wouldn't
touch the stuff in the master bath. It was glued directly to the sheetrock with no
other wall preparation done. I would take Kay Lancasters idea, put 1/4 inch
sheetrock over it.
George