Removing Wallpaper the Right and Fastest Way Part 5

The final of 5 short videos shows the do-it-yourselfers how to remove wallpaper using the best and time tested methods by an experience painter and wallpaperer.

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Howto & Style

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• removing wallpaper
• wallpaper removal
• stripping wallpaper
• wallpaper stripping
• how to remove wallpaper
• how to strip wallpaper

[superhendo216]

Thank you very much for posting these videos. As a first time home buyer and a novice home improver, these videos made me feel confident I could do the job. I appreciate it and keep up the good work!!!!

[gufangsi]

Thanks so much for your time and expertise. I will give it a try!

[info7315]

I only wish I had watched this a couple years ago...I had THE WORST experience removing wallpaper because I did not do it like this THANKS!!!

[atreewithnolife]

awesome a huge help!

[SueEllenLLawton]

This was very useful. I've watched several other videos on this where they use different techniques. i am glad that you go to the trouble to explain WHY you choose to do it the way that you do. I feel Ilke I have learned from the mistakes of others. Thank you.

[MsDemeanor815]

Before watching these vids I was dreading doing this job. You make it look easy enough, so.. I feel like I can do it now. THANKS!

[vicious17]

thanks for the video, still seems like its going to be a pain in the ass to do but atleast i know how to do it right

[will01960]

@Howard492 Thank you for your comment. The response to your question is spread out over three following comments..

[will01960]

@ddsky03 Thank you. If you have any trouble finding it at Lowe's, you'll often find it at a Sherwin Williams store.

[will01960]

Part 3: BTW, after you put on a first coat of self-priming paint, you can go around and patch any gouges or holes that show up before the final coat. They are sometimes easier to see after a coat is on. Just be sure after sanding those patches to then hit them with quick brush of paint over them before the final roll. Also really brush them out thin so that the paint is feathered out and not thick over the patches otherwise you will see them through the final coat..

[will01960]

Part 2:Also some painters believe in painting one coat primer and one coat finish paint. If I were to use a primer instead of a self-priming paint, I would still use two coats of finish paint on top of the primer. The reason is, rarely is the primer tinted the exact color and the finish coat is most likely to have a different sheen than the primer, these differences will definitely lead to poorer quality finish for the room.

[will01960]

Answer Part 1: Primer is only necessary if you can tell that the walls were not previously painted. If they were'nt painted and you will need to prime, I suggest using Ben Moore Aura. It's self priming. A good painter always paints two coats on walls unless they are just freshening up a room with the same color, so with a self priming paint like Aura, you get to save buying two different products for your walls.

[Howard492]

Very thorough and easy to understand. Each vid not to long which is good, at least for me. Whats next primer for the wall?

[ddsky03]

great videos, headed to lowe's tomorrow to by the spray and the solution

[NATYY04]

Thank you very much, the video was very useful. The explanations were very clear. Now I have to try them!

[FupLowdown]

Good stuff man! This was really helpful and straight-forward

[Irishboy61]

great job on videos.....was very easy...wish i watched all your videos in order...i screwed that up myself...i must say, it really help...thanks again..... do you have any videos about spackling now?? lol

[BUDASTEVE]

After removing wallpaper for years "the wrong way" I am anxious to try your recommendations. I have encountered all the problems you described. I am convinced that using the pressure sprayer in stages as you recommend while not perforating the paper will avoid damaging the wall and produce a better result more efficiently. Thanks for sharing these recommendations !

[cadamy]

I bought a 1971 home earlier this year, and it's covered with wallpaper. I've been removing the wallpaper in the foyer the wrong way and gouging all my walls! Thanks so much for all 5 videos. Your knowledge will save me tons of time and frustration!

[Irishboy61]

Great job... Loved the videos... Helped and learned a lot.... Just one thing... Should label them 1 through 5.. .. I missed the one about pulling off the back and getting the paste off the wall... Have to do double the work... My fault... lol ... Thanks again..

[cancienne9]

Thank you for your time and tips. They are very informative. This is the sort of instruction that every DIY person needs to gain enough confidence to tackle a job like this at home.

Thank you again...

[mundomagico77]

Hi. You have made a fantastic set of videos here. I am just about to set up professionally and I am quite nervous, I am just in the process of putting together an order of work manual for jobs and your techniques and tips are just brilliant and have given me confidence. I'd really like to see some more videos on how you paint and wallpaper. You should open your own decorating school should you ever want a change of job! Well done and thanks. x

[homedecomaven]

Thanks so much for the fantastic advice! I'm embarking of a house full of wallpaper removal and needed some helpful hints. I'm glad to hear I'm not crazy in avoiding the wallpaper scoring tool. I have never used them in the past but wondered if I should try one. I'll definitely be avoiding that tool. My heart goes out to the current owners of homes I so lovingly helped wallpaper in the 80's....oh the work they must be encountering now! Hope they find their way to your videos!

[simpsonbb]

Thank you so much. I learned a lot.

[buchaly]

very informative thank you