Sea Sick Without a Ship
Well, we survived lunch yesterday. I've had out patient surgery that was less agonizing.
I'm still not sure how it went or how it'll work out. At this point, there is nothing else for us to do. We're already doing every thing in our power that we can think of to make it work out. Either it will or it won't. The ambiguity makes me sick.
In the mean time, we'll muddle through the best we can. I'm hoping to get 3 or 4 folks up to the Queen this weekend. If so, we should finish laying the kitchen floor, maybe get a couple more rooms wired, and perhaps finish striping the master bedroom's wallpaper.
My mother had a tip for wallpaper removal that seems to help. If you take a utility knife or razor blade and score the wallpaper before you soak it with water, it helps the water soak through to loosen the glue faster. It also comes off easier.
I'm still not sure how it went or how it'll work out. At this point, there is nothing else for us to do. We're already doing every thing in our power that we can think of to make it work out. Either it will or it won't. The ambiguity makes me sick.
In the mean time, we'll muddle through the best we can. I'm hoping to get 3 or 4 folks up to the Queen this weekend. If so, we should finish laying the kitchen floor, maybe get a couple more rooms wired, and perhaps finish striping the master bedroom's wallpaper.
My mother had a tip for wallpaper removal that seems to help. If you take a utility knife or razor blade and score the wallpaper before you soak it with water, it helps the water soak through to loosen the glue faster. It also comes off easier.
posted by John | 4:01 AM
3 Comments:
If you use very hot water to soak the wallpaper, and add some white vinegar (about 1 cup per gallon of water), it might help it come off more easily. I've been reading for a while, but I can't remember the hot water situation at the moment.
I hope things work out for your house -- it sounds like it's going to be beautiful, and you're working so hard on it.
I used the Zinsser DIF stuff to strip 2 layers of 80 yr old wallpaper at my neighbor's house. We scored it, then soaked with stripper, then it peeled off quite easily by hand and she was able to fill, sand, and paint the wall. It looked like it was pre-1950s at its base layer. I know that the stripper is kind of expensive, but if it saves you some time...
I use Dawn dishwashing liguid and hot water in a spray bottle. Or use a sponge with the hot soapy water.
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