Removing Paneling Glue From Walls

Apply heat directly to the glue with a heat gun or hair dryer set at its highest heat if the glue doesn t come off.

Removing paneling glue from walls. Continue applying heat and scraping until all the adhesive is stripped off. Repeat until all panels have been removed. Scrape the paneling glue off of the plaster wall with a putty knife and place the scrapings into a disposable container. Step 4 dump any unused remover back into the original container for storage.

Step 1 scrape as much of the glue from the walls as possible with the paint scraper. If the glue has hardened use the heat gun to re soften the glue. Elbow grease and a few helpful tools are all that is needed to remove the wall paneling glue and have the surface ready for painting. A pry bar is helpful in detaching the paneling from the wall.

Scrape soft glue residue off the drywall with your chisel once the panel is off. Be careful not to damage the drywall by scraping to hard. Let it sit for the amount of time indicated on the adhesive packaging. Using the brush paint the adhesive remover directly onto the adhesive.

Throw the removed panels in your trash bin or dumpster. Removing the paneling and not damaging it or removing the paneling and replacing it with drywall can be a more difficult task. Having a good sense of what is behind your paneled walls will. Not only is the paneling more difficult to remove glue residue remains on the wall and it won t come off without at least some damage to the wall material.

Do not gouge the walls. Remove large sections at once when possible in order to minimize the damage to the drywall. The best way to minimize this residue. The heat causes the glue to soften.

Repeat the process until all of the adhesive has been removed.