Comments on: How to strip woodchip wallpaper

By: Dora

Dora — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:32:41 +0000

Right..basically i live with my mum and her room..the living room and my room have woodchip wallpaper. I agree with every single one of you..woodchip is a challenge to take off and i dare’nt even try as i will get too agitated and will end up leaving it to look like a right old mess. Basically I want to redecorate my room from top to bottom and really have a strong desire to get rid of the woodchip. Do you guys recommend I should leave it and wait till i move out? (which will be in a few months!) And also I know this is not relevant to the topic we are discussing, but does anyone know how to flatten an artexed ceiling as it has been crappily artexed and looks like icicles hanging down with sharp points?

Your help is much appreciated

Dora (Not the explorer) xxx

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By: delly

delly — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:55:20 +0000

i complety agree with the who invented wood chip post and do you know what makes it worse!?! they still sell the bloody stuff, its still in the shops which means people still buy it!! why!!
i have loads in the hows i bought, to make it worse they have papered some of it straight on to wood and and plaster board (unskimmed!!)
nightmare! will try the T bar scraper tho!

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By: Sara Kennedy

Sara Kennedy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:30:00 +0000

everyone i have spoken to would rather build a house from scratch rather than scrape a whole house full of woodchip! put me off a little.

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By: Sara Kennedy

Sara Kennedy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:28:05 +0000

Who the hell invented woodchip. Seriously. Viewed A Perfect 3 STORY house today. WOODCHIP FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. – no chance. will take me years to get off. maybe at least 30 layers of paint?

Would Rather pull all the walls down!!!

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By: Tiggy

Tiggy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:31:27 +0000

Oh God, t his all sounds like too much hard work for me. And my flat even has woodchip papered ceilings! And it’s not my flat! I’m just renting. Sigh.

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By: Stephen C

Stephen C — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:53:57 +0000

K Craig is right, the woodchip ceiling was stripped in less than an hour. He does not have anything to do with this company, except that he was a client. The comment was not an advert for the company, but a factual report on what happened, and what the company does. There were two operators on that job. Please note that wallpaper on ceilings is usually well pasted, otherwise the paper would fall and/or sag due to gravity. So there was no question of it being an ‘easy job’.

Note to editor: if still not convinced, you can email me and we will arrange for a demo for you.

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By: sharon p

sharon p — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:36:08 +0000

nb – doing the above also meant that any thing you put on top of wood chip 1) does not go on well 2) will come off eventually – 3) bubbles up (no matter how long the paper has been on there

better to remove it forever and start from scratch -

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By: sharon p

sharon p — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:23:35 +0000

Tried sanding – not great – (but smooth wall – wallpaper still on wall!!

OMG – apply smooth over polycell (i did it VERY badly !!) – wait till dried (2 hours) then find a corner and peel – whole lots comes off in big pieces – no water – no scoring – no steam (most important little effort!) !!! 10 mins to do whole wall !!! no trace of wood chip hooray !!! – ( some one sugessted applying walpaper paste – i think there may be an element of truth to that !!! – and perhaps cheaper!)

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By: sharon p

sharon p — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:33:29 +0000

thank you for submitting this post – tried various ways of getting rid of that nasty painted over woodchip – stripping does not work properly and takes forever – I tried that polycill smooth over – went every where but the wall – now going to try the 1700 grade lining paper – as posted above – and will let you know…….

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By: kimbers

kimbers — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:59:15 +0000

I am looking to buy a house that is a great credit crunch buy but is mostly covered in woodchip (dark turquoise on the stairs walls and ceiling (what posessed them to do that!) Looks like its been on for years – wonder whats underneath it?

After reading the comments I’m considering trying to detexture it by belt sanding the stuff. Anyone tried that?

A big well done to you all for your woodchip removing achievements – sounds like saintly dedication and determination. I’ll join the ban woodchip campaign.

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By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:36:29 +0000

I have woodchip wallpaper in the house I’ve purchased recently and it comes in 2 effects: Painted and non-painted. In my experience, the painted effect (where someone has taken a brush or roller to the paper) was easier to peel than the non painted version. The painted version comes on in large chunks with a proper wall paper stripper (I’m using the 4″ version) as it’s held together with the paint. However the non-painted version is more difficult and comes off in tiny pieces. I’ve tried steaming the non-painted version but you have to wait there for ages. I’ve heard that washing up liquid should help so I’ll give that a go tonight.

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By: emma

emma — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:41:44 +0000

i think u should relly get some wallpaper

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