Paint & Wallpaper

(MS) -- Looking for a weekend home improvement project? Removing old tired wallpaper in the hallway, bathroom, or other room of your home is a project that will give you dramatic results with little effort.

Wallpaper removal is easy if you follow a few simple steps and use products available at your local home center, paint retailer or hardware store. Here's how:

Step #1: Score the wallpaper. Most wallpaper has a washable, waterproof surface. Try peeling the top layer away by hand. If it won't peel away easily, you need to score the wallpaper first to ensure that wallpaper stripper solution is able to reach and loosen the glue underneath. PaperTiger Wallpaper Scoring Tool is designed to perforate the wallpaper without damaging the wall for fast and easy scoring. The more holes you make, the faster and easier the paper will come off the walls.

Step #2: Apply a wallpaper stripper like DIF Wallpaper Stripper. Available in a liquid concentrate, gel or fast-acting liquid, it is safe, non-toxic and easy to use. Apply to one wall at a time, starting at the top and working your way down. DIF is formulated to penetrate and breakdown wallpaper paste quickly. In 20 minutes or less, the wallpaper will be ready to be removed.

Step #3: Remove the loose wallpaper. Use a PaperScraper tool to get the wallpaper off the wall without hard work or surface damage. If any glue remains, simply reapply the stripper to the area, wait 15-20 minutes, remove it with PaperScraper or a sponge and rinse with clean water. Before you know it you'll have clear, wallpaper free walls ready for repainting and redecorating!

For more information about removing or hanging wallpaper, or for more helpful home improvement tips, visit www.zinsser.com.

CAPTION: Remove old wallpaper to give an old, tired room a new look.

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