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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:47 PM Original message |
Removing wallpaper is a Horrible, Nasty job. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wallpaper is from the devil. It is terrible to remove. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hey! |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Hahaha!!!! |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes, we did. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. No joke! Where did y'all end up staying? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. A little bit. I wanted to see Mud Island but we were running behind |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. There's some dohickey |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. advice always welcome. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. you can rent a steamer too |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Mom's hint that people thank me for... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thank you. I'll try that because "Dif" isn't working. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I swear... text of an email after I told co-worker.... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's true |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Yeah. This one isn't very good. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've never tried it, but "people say" fabric softener works. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Thank you Dora. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. fabric softener/water mix does work. |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Careful, there could be some oil in fabric softener |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. The wallpaper in the kitchen of our first home was attached with JOINT COMPOUND. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I ripped all of my" country" kitchen wallpaper out in a fit of pique... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. These people picked (in 1995) a brush strokes (think 1987) inspired |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Wallpaper is the devil. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I almost did that but this market sucks and is a buyer's market |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yeah |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Pretty sure Houston. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I understand completely |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. It does, doesn't it? |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ohhhh..I hate removing wallpaper. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Erm...ahhhh... ahem... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Is the paper over drywall or plaster? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. when my parents bought their house, they tried to remove the wall paper |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Oh my goodness, your poor parents is right. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. lisa is a bit like that too, drives me cuckoo. to be fair though she has gotten much better |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. We recently tore down a wall in my mother's old house... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. hahahahaha. I bet. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. Thanks for the tips, everyone! |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. If you're planning of re-papering.... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I hate wallpaper. This is just the last room that we never got around |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes it is. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Me either. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. wallpaper is nasty, steaming it off |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. My hands are feeling quite gicky and goopy |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Yeah, well |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. One suggestion |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. Thanks. It's plaster so I'll have to mud and sand a bit but so far |
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masmdu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
41. Vingar and Water...Makes the Job E-Z! 4parts h2o to 1part vinegar |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. The Dif gel didn't work so well, but it's finally done. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Tips on removing wallpaper |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Too bad I couldn't right click on the kitchen. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. I'll help. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. And I just went to the market so I would even make you lunch. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Wonderful. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. We lived in a house built in 1924 that had 17 layers of paint/wallpaper |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Oh boy. Kind of like Murphy Brown, eh? |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Murphy Brown premiered in 1988 while we were working on the house. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
52. Our home built in '52... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. How cool. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
58. wallpaper should be illegal, |
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