Taking Down Wallpaper
If you have drywall be careful not to oversteam.
Taking down wallpaper. Turn on the machine and wait for the water to boil. Then use your rigid scraper to pry a corner of the wet wallpaper and backing off of the wall image 2. You ll want to ensure that no peeled wallpaper strips or glue residue accidentally touches and sticks to these features as it comes down from the wall. Pull off the facing.
Basically the process works this way. Hold the steamer to the wallpaper to loosen the adhesive. Apply solution and scrape off wallpaper use your pressure sprayer to apply the hot water solution to a four foot wide section of the wall image 1. Scrape the wallpaper off with a putty knife.
Do this step without using any water to begin the old wallpaper removal process. Make sure the power is off. Wait for two to three minutes to allow the solution to work its magic. With your goggles and gloves on place the stripper s steam pad firmly on the wallpaper for about 30 seconds.
If the steam doesn t penetrate the. Pour warm water into the reservoir. Everything is going to get wet and sticky during this project so carefully protect the.