Wallpaper and Wallcoverings - removing wallpaper

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04-04-01, 07:18 PM
I would like to remove wallpaper in my kitchen, which has been on the wall for at least 9 years. It is located in a very bad spot, right above the kitchen sink, and has been splattered by water, etc. In some spots where I have tried to clean it off, it is actually scrubbed off the wall. It is attached (very securely) to sheetrock. How can I get this off and do minimal damage to the sheetrock? Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

04-08-01, 05:47 PM
The easiest way I have found to remove wallpaper is to score it and then spray a mixture of hot water and a capful of good quality fabric softener in a standard spray bottle over the area that you want to remove. This does no damage to the wall underneath the paper and it just glides right off!

[Edited by popeye6 on 04-08-01 at 07:53]