Shaving the walls
Dec. 8th, 2002 06:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mik3capToday I spent about five hours scraping wallpaper glue off my walls. The process was very physical, very mind-numbingly zen. Spray walls with DIF - wait - wet walls with sponge - wait - scrape scrape scrape - wash walls again. I'd take the scraper, run it along the plaster, then dip it in the bucket and shake it off to get the scum off it... just like shaving the walls.
This DIF stuff I'm using is great. It's this enzyme that just dissolves the glue; it all comes right off and washes away.
My good friend Seth came by in the early part of the afternoon and he actually helped me out quite a bit. We got three of four walls completely clean. All that really remains is the wall with the windows in it, so it's not really a whole wall even. I can start priming the room at least. I may even get it all painted before leaving for Virginia this weekend...
Still no water yet. Apparently a plumber has to come check all the pipes, and then the gas company has to come and check everything... man, I hope I can move in before Christmas. Damn it all anyway.
This DIF stuff I'm using is great. It's this enzyme that just dissolves the glue; it all comes right off and washes away.
My good friend Seth came by in the early part of the afternoon and he actually helped me out quite a bit. We got three of four walls completely clean. All that really remains is the wall with the windows in it, so it's not really a whole wall even. I can start priming the room at least. I may even get it all painted before leaving for Virginia this weekend...
Still no water yet. Apparently a plumber has to come check all the pipes, and then the gas company has to come and check everything... man, I hope I can move in before Christmas. Damn it all anyway.