jak of in Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I am removing wallpaper from my kitchen and a lot of the glue/adhesive residue will not come off. Any thoughts on either how to remove it, or what to do to seal it so I can paint the walls? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Mix vinegar and water in a spray bottle, soak the glue and wait a few minutes. It will scrape right off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I used the DIF spray, a steamer, a scraping tool, wet rags, and lots of elbow grease. We started our repainting project in August, which began with removing wallpaper borders from the kitchen, wallpaper from 2 walls in the living room as well as the hallway up stairs. After 3 weeks, we only got the kitchen and hallway done. Then school started. Thus, the project is incomplete. Waiting until spring to finish the wallpaper removal and perhaps summer to paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I tried Berta's suggestion. Unfortunately, that didn't do much for our super-duper wallpaper glue (on unsized walls.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmhearn Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Do you have that tool that is like a claw that you use to poke holes in the wallpaper first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak of in Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks for the replies. I have removed the wallpaper and the paper backing with vinegar and water. Both came off easily. However, there is a lot of residue left on the walls, even after I scraped they like crazy! The wallpaper was applied over a painted wall, if that makes any difference. Anyway, I'm not sure how I can get all that off....it would be a huge job! I just wanted to see if anyone has had experience with this and what they did to solve the problem. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 It depends on teh vintage of your glue. The vinegar solution works great on old glue. Newer glue (or the model airplane glue my dad used to make the edges quit peeling up) won't be touched by it. If it's really persistent, I'd try Goo-Gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Oh. Our kitchen in our first house was like that! It was such a pain! We ended up having to use textured paint -- so if all else fails... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak of in Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Okay, I had read this when searching......and I asked a paint guy at Menards. He said I could apply Zinsser Gardz Problem Surface Sealer over the glue and it seals it so then I can paint over it. I'm going to try it. I really, really hopes this works! If it doesn't.....hmmm...I might have to talk my dh into adding beadboard to my kitchen walls! I actually wanted that to begin with, but he wasn't comfortable with doing it. Thanks for the replies. btw....I am NEVER applying wallpaper again! What was I thinking?! It was actually was very pretty, so I guess that's what :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I have removed a house full of wallpaper applied by Satan--I mean--the prior owner, and even with all of the suggestions others have posted, I had one room with glue that never would come off. I finally sanded it mostly off, and then I embraced the texture and painted over it. Two or three coats of paint later, you cannot see the texture any more. Like yours, the paper (both layers!) was off, but the glue remained. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I started off using fabric softener and a sponge. It worked well but I am allergic to it. So I bought this from amazon. The best fifty dollars I ever spent. http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Products-282018-1-Gallon-Wallpaper/dp/B0009XEL4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391817037&sr=8-1&keywords=wall+paper+steamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsJewelsRae Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We used Downey fabric softener in spray bottles, let it soak in and most came off. We had one room that literally nothing would take off the layers of curling wallpaper and we gave up and drywalled over the whole living room, another room was almost as bad but we rented a wallpaper steamer remover from Home Depot and managed to get most off, we had to sand the walls a lot to get the glue off, it was still rough and patchy but it's mostly covered by a light flat paint- plus we live in an old farmhouse so it's more forgivable. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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