How to remove old paint from the wall

If you decide to paste over the wall Wallpaper or to make them more decorative coverage, you first need to remove the old paint from the surface. Only fully cleaned and laundered wall guarantees a good result of cosmetic repair. There are different ways to give the painted surface pristine. What exactly will suit you, will have to decide for yourself.

You will need

• - Stripper;
• - sponge for applying the stripper;
• newspaper;
• - sandpaper;
• - a heat gun or iron and foil;
• - scraper or "Bulgarian";
• - personal protective equipment (overalls, goggles, mask, respiratory protection, rubber gloves).

Instruction

1. Use the stripper – the so-called tools, specifically designed to remove discarded paint materials from various surfaces. Typically, for walls it is recommended that a gel-like chemical compound that will not quickly spread at work. Typically, these solvents well dissolve the old paint, but they are far from harmless. You have to scrub them the old finish, after opening the doors and Windows, closing all remaining in the room thing Newspapers and armed with personal protective equipment. To clean the walls the paint was more effective, help yourself with sandpaper.
2. Satisfactory results are obtained by heat treatment of old painted surfaces, because under the influence of hot air the paint becomes soft and begins to bubble. At this point, it easily scraped from the wall. To work you need the heavy iron of Soviet era, or of modern construction Hairdryer. Hot sole plate heat clean the wall using foil sheets; Hairdryer hold the same directly to the surface. Usually exposure to heat helps to cope even with the old paint, but you have to work hard and spend a lot of electricity.
3. Finally, you can arm yourself with a sharp scraper, and best of all - "grinder with an emery disk, and start scraping the old paint from the walls. This method is the most economical in terms of money, besides its use in the air no harmful vapors. However, you should be prepared for the fact that around you will fly a huge amount of dust and particles of paint and old putty. Take care to protect your eyes and respiratory system.