Undesirable wallpaper that shouts "Remove me!"

A bucket

(optional) A three-inch scraper (available at hardware stores)

Some drop cloths (see Tips)

A garden sprayer

A window squeegee

Optional:

A scoring tool

A few sheets of sandpaper: coarse and medium grades

A chemical wallpaper remover

A pair of goggles

A stepladder

A paint brush

After you've cleared the wall surfaces and prepared your materials, give yourself 1-2 hours to strip the average-sized room.

2torial #0527: Learn2 Remove Wallpaper Get ready to strip! There are a few different methods to remove old wallpaper. The easiest is to strip it off the walls dry. This is possible with newer papers, which are made so that you can pull them off without assistance from water or chemicals. Using steam is another method, but may not be worth the blisters on the wallboard that can result. Note well: you must steam and scrape at the same time, which requires effort and time just the same. You're also obliged to clean up the equipment and fork over extra cash to rent a steamer. The third way is the traditional wet-and-scrape method, which is the approach discussed in this 2torial. This will take some effort--which is well worth it if it's necessary. But is it? If you're planning to hang new wallpaper on top of the old, it may not be necessary to remove the undesired layer. As long as it's a single layer of smooth wallpaper--that's well-attached to the wall--you can get away with hanging the new paper directly on top of the old. Step 1