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    Residual wallpaper paste - Please help

    Right - Have spent nearly four hours this evening sponging the walls with a strong sugar soap solution, then scraping with a 4" blade, then scrubbing with a green scourer and then rinsing loads with hot water repeatedly. I'm knackered - nobody told me DIY was this exhausting. Will the walls...
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    Residual wallpaper paste - Please help

    Thanks for advice - I can't seem to get hold of Zinsser Gardz anywhere apart from online. I spoke to a guy at a decorating store who asked me what I wanted it for and he advised he'd probably not bother with Gardz and just paint the walls anyway. Some people have suggested hot water and a...
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    Residual wallpaper paste - Please help

    Hello all, Just moved into new home which is about three years old. I'm not very good at DIY but determined to do the best job I can in decorating my lad's room. I stripped off the wallpaper which came off fairly easily and underneath the walls had been painted pink previously - the walls...
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