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

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The project aims to remove wallpaper from an interior wall, estimated to take around 2 hours for a wall approximately 8.5 ft high by 12 ft wide. To accomplish this, you will need specific tools. An electric wallpaper steamer, such as a Warner brand steamer, is central to the process. These can be purchased online for around $400 or rented for about $75 a day. The steamer comes with two different-sized fittings: a wide one (approximately 6 inches) and a smaller one (approximately 2 inches) for tight spaces like behind toilets. Additional necessary tools include a ladder (either 6ft or 3ft), a drop cloth to protect the floor, a trash bag for removed wallpaper, two sizes of putty knives (a 2-inch and a 4-inch), a screwdriver to remove wall and switch plates, and an X-Acto knife to cut wallpaper in areas behind baseboards or trim that the steamer cannot reach.

Goal: Understand the project scope and gather all necessary equipment.

Tools and materials

  • 2-inch Putty Knife Unspecified — Scraping off softened wallpaper
  • 4-inch Putty Knife Unspecified — Scraping off softened wallpaper from larger areas
  • Drop Cloth Unspecified — Protecting the floor from water, steam, and removed wallpaper debris
  • Ladder Unspecified — Reaching high areas of the wall
  • Screwdriver Unspecified — Removing wall plates and switch plates
  • Steamer Fittings — Applying steam to tight spaces and corners
  • Trash Bag Unspecified — Collecting removed wallpaper debris
  • X-Acto Knife Unspecified — Cutting wallpaper in hard-to-reach areas like behind 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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