Stripping painted lining paper

[330d]

Hello all,

I have just moved into a house where the walls are painted over lining paper. I have taken wallpaper off many times using a steamer, scorer and strip solution (warm water and fabric conditioner) which has worked quite well.

But dealing with painted lining is a completely different level, its a nightmare to take off.

I have scored the paper, soaked with strip solution and even then with a steamer its a pain to remove. I have only done 1/4 of a room today, with standard paper the whole room would of been done today.

The other issue was if I was using to much steam, the plaster was coming off.

Please has anyone got any tips or tricks to make this easier?

I have seen an old thread here where someone mentioned sanding the paper first? https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/arrrrgghhh-painted-lining-paper.15627/

 

[330d]

Anyone able to help?

 

[Mottie]

A spiked roller and a good soaking?

 

[opps]

If I am confident that the paper was applied by a competent person, I leave it as is and sand through it accordingly, prior to lining over it. If you have access to a decent random orbital sander and dust extractor you can sand through vinyl coated papers and then hit the backing papers without needing to strip the whole lot off.

I work in 120 year old houses, I could use a steam stripper but I know that I risk the blowing 2" plaster. I prefer to work on the assumption that the old paper is helping to hold up the wall and accordingly only disturb the bits that are rough.

EDIT-----------it sounds like you are dealing with walls that have been painted with something like silk. You can not sand that stuff back. Rather than the spiked roller recommended by Motie, I would probably recommend a paper tiger.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/zinsser-paper-tiger-scoring-tool-3mm/3469h


The teeth will be less aggressive and less inclined to damage the exiting plaster