Interpol Shrimper
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Right then, unfortunately I've been roped into some ongoing DIY projects around the house (and as I've posted before this is in no way my strong point).
1) I hired a steam wallpaper stripper last weekend and got all the paper off the 2 bathrooms we're doing up, however as the head of the steamer was too big to fit the wall on one side of the toilet pan, has anybody got any handy tips to remove the remnants of wallpaper & paste that are still on the wall before the Mrs paints it?
2) Again, after stripping the paper some of the paint/plaster underneath has come away in patches, we thought it would be just a case of getting some wall-filler and plugging the gaps, however this has caused issues when the paint goes on (even though the finish appears smooth to the original wall).
3) The father-in-law put up a border in another room, but obviously had issues while he was doing this as there's a smear of paste on my freshly painted wall. Can I just try & sponge this off with hot water or will this spread the problem? It might be worth pointing out in this case, we just decided to paint over the existing wallpaper. Didn't think it fair to point it out to him that we'd noticed this mark as the border job seemed like a total nightmare and he did it with no real moaning.
Any help much appreciated! Ta.
1) I hired a steam wallpaper stripper last weekend and got all the paper off the 2 bathrooms we're doing up, however as the head of the steamer was too big to fit the wall on one side of the toilet pan, has anybody got any handy tips to remove the remnants of wallpaper & paste that are still on the wall before the Mrs paints it?
2) Again, after stripping the paper some of the paint/plaster underneath has come away in patches, we thought it would be just a case of getting some wall-filler and plugging the gaps, however this has caused issues when the paint goes on (even though the finish appears smooth to the original wall).
3) The father-in-law put up a border in another room, but obviously had issues while he was doing this as there's a smear of paste on my freshly painted wall. Can I just try & sponge this off with hot water or will this spread the problem? It might be worth pointing out in this case, we just decided to paint over the existing wallpaper. Didn't think it fair to point it out to him that we'd noticed this mark as the border job seemed like a total nightmare and he did it with no real moaning.
Any help much appreciated! Ta.