I think I did the fabric softener thing and it was pretty easy and fast, but I only had two half-walls to do (paneling along the bottom half, the breakfast nook part of the kitchen). Trying one room and seeing how it goes sounds like a good approach, you really can't know what you are dealing with until you start in.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Sep 02, 2013 9:06:35 am PDT #4123 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Amy - Sep 02, 2013 9:14:10 am PDT #4124 of 30000
Because books.
Yeah, we took down wallpaper from probably the '50s once, and it felt like actual paper. It was a mess, because it really needed to be scraped. But I've pulled down other paper that came down in long strips, as others have described -- usually newer, slightly more vinyl-y paper.
quester - Sep 02, 2013 9:16:13 am PDT #4125 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
So, Nyad made it!
Connie Neil - Sep 02, 2013 9:21:00 am PDT #4126 of 30000
brillig
She's tried this a couple of times, right?
msbelle - Sep 02, 2013 10:01:46 am PDT #4127 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jesse, any reason not to inform your Dad's family?
lisah - Sep 02, 2013 10:15:00 am PDT #4128 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
This was her 5th attempt!
Scrappy - Sep 02, 2013 10:16:27 am PDT #4129 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
She's 6-fucking-4! Yay, Diana!
Zenkitty - Sep 02, 2013 10:19:56 am PDT #4130 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
(my mother is totally willing to hire someone, but I just feel like I can do unskilled labor myself!)
There's no such thing as unskilled labor... the pros know tricks. My experience with stripping wallpaper has been like everyone else's: sometimes it's totally easy, and sometimes half the wall comes down on your head.
aurelia - Sep 02, 2013 10:42:05 am PDT #4131 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
ION, has anyone stripped wallpaper? How long does it take?
My experience is... longer than you think.
sarameg - Sep 02, 2013 11:04:44 am PDT #4132 of 30000
Only time I stripped wallpaper was probably 30 years ago, and it was a party, so I'm pretty sure the adults were tipsy. It took 2 days to do a whole huge house.
So I got my swim in (not open water 110 miles with sharks, and only 40 laps circle swim uhg before the pool closed rather than my usual 54+6, but not bad for 10 days off) and went and picked up stuff at Target and TJs. I was nursing a wicked headache, so came home and ate half a salad before promptly barfing it up with little drama and crashing for 2 hours. I don't think I'm doing the return-from-vacation right.
Trying some pretzel chips and hummus. Not sure what happened there. Maybe from not eating enough yesterday? Dehydrated? (I thought I was ok.)
Kinda sapped the rest of the day. I might still go wash the car. Waiting to see if my stomach behaves.