

This will give you a good size area to start. Draw a line on the wallpaper from the ceiling line to the baseboard about four feet wide. Other wise you will soften the under laying wall surface too much, and you will have extra wall damage. When using the light weight or heavy duty wallpaper scoring tools we recommend only doing small sections at one time.

Use the light weight scoring tool on drywall or plaster, and the heavy duty scoring tool on plaster only. This is why you only use a wallpaper scoring tool when absolutely, necessary. Notice the wallpaper pictures above, have a lot of wall damage. To minimize wall damage, do not apply too much pressure.ĭon't use the scoring tools unless you have tried less evasive methods first When used in a circular motion the 96 stainless steel teeth makes several shallow cuts, allowing liquid remover to penetrate and loosen wallpaper adhesive. We always recommend trying the light weight Scoring Tool first, you will be able to control the depth of the cut.The Wallpaper Scoring Tool will speed up the time needed to remove very difficult wallpapers, such as foils, flocks, very old or painted over wallpapers. The wallpaper scoring tool should only be used after all these steps above have failed.When will I need a wallpaper scoring tool If the Wallpaper Scraper is not working, and you have tried everything, then you may want to use the wallpaper scoring tool. Sometimes removing wallpaper is just a bear no matter what. Therefore, if the wallpaper isn't removing easily one way, always try pulling in another direction.Remember all wallpapers removes differently. If this does not work, try pulling the wallpaper sideways. When removing wet wallpaper, try pulling from the baseboard up, if the wallpaper does not remove easily, then try pulling from the ceiling down.Who knew that the right direction you pull the wallpaper will make an incredible difference? Finding the right direction to remove the wallpaper can make all the difference between easy and extremely hard.Use a wallpaper removal pump sprayer to wet the wallpaper. This includes all types of wallpaper vinyl, mylar, foil, grass-cloth, embossed, textured, and many others. If pulling the front of the wallpaper does not remove easily, or comes off in little pieces, then it must be wet.The backing of the wallpaper will always have to be wet. You remove the front of the wallpaper dry and the backing of the wallpaper wet. Sometimes the front of the wallpaper removes dry leaving the wallpaper backing on the wall, this is normal.Many times the front of the wallpaper removes easily dry. To determine this, start at the bottom of the wall and lift a corner of the wallpaper with a snap-off razor blade or the edge of a wallpaper removal scraper. Some wallpapers remove easily dry, while others must be wet.Different types of wallpaper scoring tools
