How to Strip wallpaper with This Old House

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to strip wallpaper.

Steps:

1 Roll scoring tool over the entire wallpapered area.

2 Mix liquid wallpaper stripper with hot water in a garden sprayer.

3 Use garden sprayer to apply wallpaper stripper to wall.

4 Scrape softened wallpaper from wall with putty knife or paint scraper.

5 Use electric steamer to remove stubborn wallpaper.

6 After initial scraping and steaming, spray wall again with stripper.

7 Scrape away last bits of wallpaper with putty knife or paint scraper.

8 Scrub wall clean using coarse scrubber pad and clean water.

9 Use scraper to remove softened glue residue from clean wall.

10 Let wall dry, then apply new wallpaper, or one primer coat followed by two paint topcoats.