Home DIY

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Mr_Smyth in reply to @Airhead

Thanks. Will investigate that, zinniser stuff is usually good.

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Airhead in reply to @Mr_Smyth

There seem to be a few home made recipes most of which include warm water, washing up liquid, vinegar etc. Sugar soap might be an option too. I have heard that DIF is good for wallpaper removal so I've assumed it will handle the glue too.
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kkg337 in reply to @Mr_Smyth

DIF good at softening the adhesive for removing wallpaper, not fantastic at actually getting it off the wall - it tending to soften it and smear it around, We found

-> paper tiger
-> DIF spray twice
-> warm sugar soapy water and scrape off excess glue, or a quick blast again with the steamer
-> sand

Gave best results, having done 3 floors worth of wall. I’d imagine it is dependent on adhesive used.