Apprentice Wall Paper Strippers

William, Beth and I have finally finished stripping the kitchen, dining room, and two bathrooms of a home in Ellicott City.
Here a few pictures of their/our hard work.

Dining Room during:


Dining Room after:


Kitchen:


So, what did we learn during our brief appenticeship?

1. Don't ever apply paper dircetly to bare drywall or plaster/mud! Always prime the wall before applying paper!!

2. Never paint over wall paper! There will come a day when your painted wall paper will begin to peel at the edges, and you will finally be forced to remove it. By painting it in the past you have made your job much harder. The paint makes it very difficult for chemical strippers to do their job, and it stiffens the paper, making it hard to get big strips of paper off at one time. (ie, The paper becomes more brittle and only comes off in little pieces.)