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Removing wallpaper Jimmie D 02-29-2008
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Posted by Jimmie D on March 2, 2008, 9:41 am

> ransley wrote:
>
>>
>>>Recently while stripping some wall paper my wife ran out of DIF wallpaper
>>>stripper. Not wanting to run out and buy more fore the small area she had
>>>left she sprayed it with SIMPLE GREEN. IT worked better than the DIF.
>>>Much
>>>better. It only had to soak in a couple of minutes and the wallpaper came
>>>on
>>>much cleaner and easier.
>>>
>>>Jimmie
>>>
>>
>>Try laundry detergent, its the enzimes that loosen the glue.
>>
> Water :o)



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Posted by Jimmie D on March 2, 2008, 9:45 am

> ransley wrote:
>
>>
>>>Recently while stripping some wall paper my wife ran out of DIF wallpaper
>>>stripper. Not wanting to run out and buy more fore the small area she had
>>>left she sprayed it with SIMPLE GREEN. IT worked better than the DIF.
>>>Much
>>>better. It only had to soak in a couple of minutes and the wallpaper came
>>>on
>>>much cleaner and easier.
>>>
>>>Jimmie
>>>
>>
>>Try laundry detergent, its the enzimes that loosen the glue.
>>
> Water :o)

Tried the water even hot water and it didnt work so great so we got a bottle
of DIF. This seemed to be doing the job but the Simple Green worked even
better with a limitation. Use it on a small area or it may affect the
drywall.

Jimmie



Posted by Jimmie D on March 3, 2008, 10:30 am

>
>> ransley wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>Recently while stripping some wall paper my wife ran out of DIF
>>>>wallpaper
>>>>stripper. Not wanting to run out and buy more fore the small area she
>>>>had
>>>>left she sprayed it with SIMPLE GREEN. IT worked better than the DIF.
>>>>Much
>>>>better. It only had to soak in a couple of minutes and the wallpaper
>>>>came on
>>>>much cleaner and easier.
>>>>
>>>>Jimmie
>>>>
>>>
>>>Try laundry detergent, its the enzimes that loosen the glue.
>>>
>> Water :o)
>
> Tried the water even hot water and it didnt work so great so we got a
> bottle of DIF. This seemed to be doing the job but the Simple Green worked
> even better with a limitation. Use it on a small area or it may affect the
> drywall.
>
> Jimmie
>
Small = a square tthe width of the wallpaper.



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