How to Make and Use Homemade Wallpaper Remover?

Wallpapers impart a sense of freshness to the walls of your home. However, some people want to remove them for many reasons. They might want to upgrade their interior decor style. It can also be that the wallpaper doesn’t fit their interior styles and choices. Maybe the homeowners want their walls to be clean and smooth with custom printed tissue paper. Whatever the reason may be, you can remove these wallcoverings from your home with the help of a wallpaper remover.

Liquid wallpaper removers are commercially available on the market. However, these are manufactured from hazardous chemicals, which can damage your skin. Another great disadvantage is that they are expensive. To eradicate these problems, you can make a wallcovering removal solution at home with ease and at a little expense.

Preparing a Wallpaper Removal Solution At Home

If you want to remove the existing paper coverings from the walls of your house but don’t want to spend too much money on these commercial wallpaper removers, then we’ll guide you to making a chemical-free homemade wallpaper removal solution. It will be effective and inexpensive. There will be no damage to your skin through this homemade wallcovering removal solution.

What Will You Require?

At home, you can make your own removal solution for removing wallpaper with the help of ingredients that are already available in your home. It involves some simple ingredient mixing procedures to make your wallcovering removal solution at home. There are some tools and materials required to make it possible. These requirements include:

Ingredients

• Plastic Sheets
• Vinegar
• Water (Warm)

Tools/Equipments

• Tidy Buckets
• Utensils for mixing (mostly cups are used for this purpose)
• Sprayers for misting purpose
• Rinser
• Plastic Knife
• Scraping tools

Simple Instructions To Make & Use a Removal Solution | Complete Guide

You need to follow the given instructions to prepare a wallpaper removal solution at home.

1. Rack Up The Wallpaper

This racking up of wallcoverings is done to allow the solution to penetrate through the upper print layer into the bottom paper layer. It is done by using a scoring tool. It won’t cause any damage to the wall, as it penetrates just enough to reach the bottom layer of the wallpaper. Don’t press hard on the tool and simply place it flat to move it in circles on the surface layer of the paper covering.

2. Blend the Ingredients

Put two cups of white vinegar in a container and add a proportional amount of warm water to the container. Now, slowly mix the two and pour the mixture into a sprayer with a pump top already attached to it.

3. Applying the Wallpaper Remover

Place plastic sheets on the floor to prevent any damage to the floor. By using the spraying bottle, spray the remover onto the wallcoverings with small misty blows. The mixture will dissolve the sticky material that’s attaching the wallpaper to the walls.

Now, use a rinser to spread that mixture over the walls carefully. Distribute the mixture and let it settle on the surface layers for a few minutes for its proper functioning. It is to ensure that the adhesive gets dissolved completely and the superficial layer of paper covering drips onto the floor.

4. Take the Wallpaper Off

Now, after the remover has settled down, use a scraper to detach the wallpaper completely from the walls. If the remover is strong, it will be very easy to scrape off these paper coverings. The large sheets will start falling off the walls on their own and can simply be picked up from the floors.

However, some sections of the wallpaper need harsh scraping to be removed. If the remover has dried in a certain area, apply the solution to that specific section to continue removal.

5. Collect the Wallpaper Strips

The wallpaper strips can be collect in a plastic bag as long as they are remove to avoid any mess on the floor. It will also help you save time by collecting them after you’re do removing the wallpaper. However, the removal solution should not be spray (mistakenly) on the floors of the house, as it can stain hardwood flooring.

6. Steam Up the Wallcoverings For Easy Removal (Optional)

You can choose to steam the wallcoverings to help with their easy removal. The steamer applies warm moisture to the wall. It is best to use a combination of steam and the removal solution for extraordinary results.

Drawbacks of Vinegar Removal Solution

This homemade wallpaper removal solution is inexpensive and provides remarkably astonishing results. However, it has some snags, such as

• It is a relatively slow method compare to any other liquid removal solutions available commercially.
• There will be an obvious vinegar odor until the fumes dissipate in the room.
• This removal solution can soak into the walls unless the walls are paint.

To Summarize!

This simple but effective technique will help you get rid of your home wallpaper. This method helps to create a powerful wallcovering removal solution that can provide extraordinary results. After applying this procedure, air out the room to help with the vinegar odor and to help the removal solution dry out.

Precisely follow these steps to make and use a homemade wallpaper removal solution. Also, follow all the safety guidelines to prevent yourself and your home from any kind of damage.