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Removing Wallpaper Using A Steamer. Wallpaper Removal Hacks. DIY home improvement wallpapers

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Video by The Idaho Painter

The Idaho Painter

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This project details the process of removing wallpaper, especially multi-layered types, using a steam wallpaper remover. It emphasizes preparing the work area, stripping the top vinyl layer, then using steam to soften the paper backing and adhesive for scraping, and finally, proper cleanup.

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you just stain my sister-in-law's garage door up in the mountains and they live in california and he made a video and so i sent him the lake like you want to see your garage door so the vinyl won't the vinyl covering doesn't come off first on this stuff it's two layers of wallpaper you got the border over this oh the border is coming off right sometimes this comes off in two pieces and sometimes it comes off in one but like that's you're like just way too harsh you're not making the video good with all those sounds so that vinyl paper just rips right off show me how it rips off i'm doing the paper right now down here a drop-off runner and towels tucked up against the baseboards so no water gets on the carpet what are you doing chris stop she's picking up the wet towels and she's all completed for the day stop it this is not a good wallpapering this is not an easy job huh no look at it it's like totally sticky please don't video honey really you're going to be a star a movie star tomorrow yeah i'll give a wallpaper tomorrow yeah this is going to take more than just i mean how many hours people across the world want to know how to do this right now are you using any chemicals no you're just using water yes hot water you're using this steamer [Music] how can you keep trying to have your back together depends on during this section you know what chris don't i worked out today i've been doing bills all day and you said you need to do this you should ask them if they want you to paint look at this door chris no i'm looking at the wallpaper removal and how do i hear this stuff oh yeah so you just hold it there you've already pulled up the vinyl top coat of the wallpaper that comes off easy you have to use the steamer to do that no that comes off easy you just ripped it off i ripped it off while the steamer was warming up yes oh look at you don't even have draw claws you didn't tell me about getting a job did you no how come you never look this way you always want to start that wall a little bit yeah i do looks like it's coming off pretty easily feel it it's super gluey and nasty it's not coming off easy you just hold that steam in there for a while till it saturates the paper it gets it all happy and it's coming you can start to see the paper it gets darker so the steamer just has just plain water in it you don't like using any chemicals no other tools let me see a putty knife they're using what does it look like what is that like that orange putty knife here's a different view here now a full body viewer really you're the professional at doing this and give me a drop you do this every day and now you won't do it on video no you're not going to be doing it tomorrow yeah i will you think i'm going to finish this today yeah this little room yeah this room could take eight hours it's eight hours just to do this little laundry room we just got oh look how it's coming off wallpaper over here on the side usually you can sometimes you can pull the sheets up this was the way it looked and then she pulled off that vinyl coating first and then it left the paper backing that's actually glued to the wall and the walls have been painted with a satin no it's like a flat it's not the paint's flat so it's making the glue stickers so you just hold it steady there for a while let it soften it up then lightly scrape it off you want me to do this for the video what you want me to do it for the video yeah you do it for the video that's your wallpaper there's like a fishtail are you still videoing really chris i don't have a job top it does not look professional i don't

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