Removing a wall border?

[beevo12]

Does anyone know how to do this? Is there a special way to do it? I know you can't just peel it off because there would be a bunch of paper left on the wall right??

[juliemag]

Hey I just did this last night! :p You can rip down the border itself. Then spray the paper part underneath with water and scrape it down. Should work. ;)

[beevo12]

oh really? Thank goodness it sounds easy! Thank you so much! I'm just trying to think ahead here. LOL

[amtaylor]

If the water alone doesn't get off all the paper and glue, mix in some liquid fabric softener... it does the trick!

[beevo12]

Fabric softener huh?? Never would have guessed! Thank you!

[stevesbabygirl]

Spic n Span works fantastic on this sort of thing! DH and I used it to remove the wallpaper border in our guestroom when we bought our house.

[ButterflyJen]

If you want something specifically designed for removing wallpaper, try WP Chomp (http://www.acehardware.com/sm-wp-chomp-wallpaper-remover--pi-1817551.html). We used this to remove a border in our half bath and it worked like a charm. Though I wasn't pregnant at the time - not sure if there are warnings with that product or not.

[phart]

Water and vinegar mixture works well too.

[phart]

And to add...if you have a hard time the Paper Tiger and Paper Scraper were great tools for me:)

http://paint-and-supplies.hardwarestore.com/48-wallpaper-tools-and-access.aspx