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How to remove wallpaper. Tips removing wallpaper with a steamer.

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Begin by assessing the wall to be stripped of wallpaper. This project focuses on an interior wall approximately 8.5 feet high by 12 feet wide. Gather all necessary tools and materials, including an electric wallpaper steamer, a ladder, a drop cloth to protect the floor, a trash bag for removed wallpaper, two putty knives (2-inch and 4-inch), a screwdriver for removing wall plates, and an Xacto knife for precise cuts around trim. The steamer used is a Warner Electric Wallpaper Steamer, which costs around $400 to purchase, but can often be rented for about $75 a day. Note that the steamer typically comes with two different fittings: a wide one (approx. 6 inches) for general areas and a smaller one (approx. 2 inches) for tight spaces like behind toilets.

Goal: Set up the work environment and ensure all necessary equipment is on hand.

Tools and materials

Drop Cloth — Protecting flooring from water, steam, and wallpaper debris
Ladder — Reaching higher sections of the wall
Putty Knives — Scraping off softened wallpaper and adhesive
Screwdriver — Removing electrical outlet and switch plates
Trash Bag — Collecting removed wallpaper and debris
Xacto Knife — Cutting wallpaper in tight areas, such as along baseboards or trim

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NK Painting. In this task, we're going to show you how to remove wallpaper from an interior wall. We have an interior wall that's about 8 1/2 8 ft high by about 12 ft wide. This wall will take approximately 2 hours to remove the wallpaper. In this task, we're actually using a Warner electric wallpaper steamer. And we purchased this steamer online and it cost approximately $400. And you can actually rent these wallpaper steamers for approximately $75 a day. The steamer comes with two different fittings. A wide one about six 6 in wide and then it has one about 2 in wide. That's for getting behind toilets and tight places. And in this task, you're going to actually need a ladder, some form of ladder, either 6ft or 3ft ladder. You're going to need a drop cloth. And you're going to need a trash bag to put the trash in. And a couple different types of putty knives. We use a 2-in putty knife and a 4-in putty knife to remove the wallpaper. We also use a screwdriver to actually get off the wall plates and switch plates. Use an Xacto knife to cut any type of wallpaper that's behind baseboards or trim that you can't get the steamer behind to actually remove it. During the

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