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Bathroom Fitting

Removing wallpaper from chipboard walls

Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.35 PM

We're removing terrible wallpaper from our newly purchased houses bathroom, and having taken off the top layer (using a paper tiger to score) and exposed the liner paper and glued areas underneath ... on chipboard. We thought it'd be on plasterboard so had planned to use a wallpaper remover mix to dissolve the wallpaper glue, to properly clean the wall before looking to pain the walls instead ... but we're now worried that the wallpaper remover solution will instead erode the chipboard resin/glue, and the moisture will spoil the chipboard generally. Is this a legitimate problem? What would you recommend?

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2 Answers

Anonymous user

Hello there, I would recommended you to use hot water only. It hasn't to be boiling. 60-70 degress enought. Clean up the wall or chipboard and keep it dry. Use the small hoover calmly. Daniel

Answered12 September 2017

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Hythe

Use a product called dif by Zinnser score the wallpaper first and really soak it and leave it for about 20 mins

Answered12 September 2017