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Posted by Pipedown on June 13, 2008, 12:52 pm
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:32:35 -0400, Bill C. wrote:
>
>> Thinking about this a little more....I did not get to the core. The
>> smooth part of the facing pulled off leaving the back part of the facing
>> that I mistook for the core. So what I will have if I continue this way
>> is an unfinished paper surface.
>>
>> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:05:39 -0400, "John Grabowski"
>>
>>
>>><Bill C.> wrote in message
>>>> Hi all, (Sorry if this is a second sending, 12 hours have gone by and
>>>> it is not showing up for me)
>>>>
>>>> I began a wallpaper removal in a kitchen using a steamer and now
>>>> discover that the very bottom layer is contact paper, ugh. The
>>>> contact paper is pulling the facing off of the wallboard! The walls
>>>> are not sheetrock, it has some type of pressed paper as a core. How
>>>> do I repair the damage so far? .....do I put a skim coat or mud on
>>>> the surface? If I need to skim coat the walls do I need to be as
>>>> concerned about pulling the facing off? Will the facing need to be
>>>> replaced? It may be faster and easier for me to pull the facing off
>>>> and make repairs after, put on a new facing or skim coating. Are
>>>> there other things or ways to go forward that I am missing? Maybe
>>>> skim coating over the wallpaper that has been peeling?
>>>>
>>>> The good news is that the steamer is taking off the top 2 layers :-) .
>>>> Right now work is at a stop but it won't be long before the wife
>>>> starts asking questions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I would just reface it with 1/4" drywall since the existing wall is not
>>>standard.
>
> Have you considered a heat gun on low setting or even a steam iron? I
> would think warming the adhesive a bit would allow you to then peel the
> contact paper off. Whatever reside is left could then be sanded lightly,
> primed and finished.
>
> If the heat gun (or hair dryer) works, the mess should be less. How big
> of an area?
>
>
>
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> Franz Fripplfrappl
I think the heat gun idea is worth a try. Any damage you have left on the
surface of the drywall can be skim coated with new mud, you can patch just
about any damage up to small holes. If its worse, get out a utility knife,
score and cut the drywall all the way through, pull it off and replace it.
Right now it sounds like you are decomposing a paper laminate thats glued
down.
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