Enbie Book

I had lunch and played a game for 30 mins or so, but despite that I've been at this since 09:30 and I've barely done 8m square. Layer upon layer, each hiding damage from 25+ years ago. Christ, I'm tired.

AAAAAH THIS SHIT IS HARDER THAN MY TEENAGE ERECTIONS WHY WONT WALLPAPER JUST DIE DIE DIE AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

#HomeImprovements #DIY #TossMySalad

Apr 3 at 1:32pmWeb
Show threadEnbie Book3d ago

I gave up for the day.

Sometimes one needs to regroup, and munch on a bowl of veggies and play Cyberpunk.

Show threaddodothedev🦤💻3d ago
@book
Yas! Now you're talking!
Show threadEnbie Book3d ago

Hey, where's that endlessly screaming bot?

@scream

Do your thing.

Show threadEndless Screaming3d ago
@book AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
Show threadEnbie Book3d ago
@scream See, @DodoTheDev ? This doop gets it.
Show threadEndless Screaming3d ago
@book AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Show threaddodothedev🦤💻3d ago
@book @scream
Looks and sounds like me talking to users and management on a daily basis.
Show threadEndless Screaming3d ago
@DodoTheDev AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Show threadA-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSC3d ago

@book

Been there... many times.

On one wall, the residue was so bad that hours of trying to scrape, sand, steam and treat the walls to get rid of whatever they used to hang the wallpaper... I gave up, filled in the cracks and gave it a light sand... and threw a 2100 grade lining paper.

Did the job and you'd never even know it was there.

Show threadMycotropic3d ago

@Anomnomnomaly @book

Skim the whole damn thing with plaster and pretend it never happened!

Show threadEnbie Book3d ago
@mycotropic If I had known this were an option before starting, I might have done this.
Show threadEnbie Book3d ago

@Anomnomnomaly I've been taking off the layers of wallpaper, slowly slowly. I didn't give consideration to scraping residue, sanding.

I only thought of paper, tidy with polyfilla, and paint. Shit, I hav3 so much more to do.

Show threadzipkid - Breaker of Systems3d ago
@book use a plant sprayer, with warm water and a tiny bit of soap. Spray on to wet the paper thoroughly. Scrape off what lets go. Spray some more… done! 😉
Show threadEnbie Book3d ago
@zipkid Great idea. A little 'damp' doesn't seem to work. Instead, I'm using a bowl of extremely soapy water and a sponge. The wallpaper is lapping it up, layer by layer. Seriously, it's three layers deep.
Show threadzipkid - Breaker of Systems3d ago
@book yes, that works too. Remember to put the water on, whichever way, and give it time to soak in, before attacking it.
Show threadAlison Meeks3d ago
@book There should be a bylaw that if you put it up you have to remove it before you leave.
Show threadAlison Meeks3d ago
@book Am reminded of a very hot summers few days when I was about 14. Mom and I going to redecorate my room. She had put about 9" of a decorative paper trim all around the top of the walls for little me. At some point Dad had painted the ceiling and rather than cut in he ran down the paper a bit. What a hellish experience that was.
Show threadEnbie Book3d ago

@Alison I'm dealing with the same thing. Instead of paint, the trim (border) is fitted with glue and staples.

And its on top of three layers of wall paper. Not joking.

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh

Show threadAlison Meeks3d ago
@book May the force be strong and renting a steamer may not be a bad idea.
Show threadMarcos Dione3d ago
@book "we'll need a bigger scraper".
Show threadKim Possible 3d ago
@book We ended up just hanging extra drywall in our dining room, because there were three layers of wallpaper, one of which was vertical stripes, and no amount of prep nor paint was going to hide it. It meant bringing the recessed power outlets forward to be flush with the new wall, but it was so worth it.
Show threadEnbie Book3d ago

@kimlockhartga *cries in poor*

I would love this. Give up a few centimetres of space for a one day job instead of six? Heaven!

Show threadKim Possible 3d ago
@book I have no idea how much drywall costs have increased since 2008, but I bet it has skyrocketed! And now we have big bookcases in front of that wall, so no one even sees it.
Show threaddodothedev🦤💻3d ago

@book
Omg, I nearly died at that last bit. Beer nearly came out my nose 🤣🤣🤣

My ex wife and I tried to remove wallpaper. With a steamer. On the hottest day of the year. We were dead afterwards.