How to remove paint from the wall in the bathroom?

Before decorating the walls of the bathroom, you must get rid of the old paint, of course, provided that the walls were originally painted. Leave the paint on the walls can not, because it eventually begins to exfoliate. There is a great risk that the new wall covering will fall off with the old one, and much earlier than the owner would like. And if you consider that the mass of paint loaded with a new coating increases significantly, then the likelihood of flaking, respectively, also increases.

Removing old paint is much easier if the repair was done long enough and the finish began to slough off on its own. If the staining was done recently, then it will be necessary to tinker. Sometimes people are confused that the removal of the old coating from the wall is associated with a lot of noise and building dust. In fact, there are so many cleaning methods that it is necessary to choose the most suitable. So, consider the most common ways how to remove paint from the wall in the bathroom.

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Minimum noise

This method is suitable for those who have met inordinately nervous neighbors who love silence. Yes, and the owners, if they do not have the opportunity at the time to move to another apartment, excessive noise will not add comfort. How to clean the wall of oil paint? Remove coating from surfaces without unnecessary noise in the following ways:

• Using acetone or another solvent.
• With the burning of paint.

Despite the fact that these two methods are fundamentally different, they have common positive and negative features:

• Plus is the complete absence of noise.
• Less is in danger and harmfulness of both methods.

Important! The use of both the burner and the solvent requires extreme caution. Otherwise - you are threatened with a burn, not thermal, so chemical. Therefore, you need to work in a mask-respirator and protective gloves. In addition, the solvent does not always allow you to effectively remove paint from the wall, and the burner, if mistakenly handled, can damage the walls.

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Dust - minimum, costs - also

This method will allow you not to irritate neighbors with unnecessary noise, and the cost of large does not require. So, before you clean the wall from the paint under the tile, you need to purchase:

• Spatulas.
• Ax( it, probably, also it is not necessary to buy, in many houses it is available).

The use of a spatula is intuitive. The compact size of the device makes it possible to penetrate even the most difficult corners of the walls. However, economy-savings, but this method will require a lot of time and no less patience.

The use of an ax is associated with a great noise, but still it is less than when working with power tools:

1. At first, you should make frequent notches( the coating is blown up).
2. Then, in the "top-down" direction, remove the paint from the walls.

Compared with the spatula, the coating is removed much faster. But it should be remembered that the ax requires a certain physical strength, as well as caution in use.

Important! The ax can not be used if the coating is applied to a thin layer of primer or directly to concrete. In addition, the instrument must be very sharp, otherwise - no effect will be achieved.

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"Speed ​​and pressure": how quickly to clean the wall from the old paint?

This method is acceptable for those who can not take into account the noise factor, and remove the paint from the walls in the bathroom as soon as possible. In this case, modern electric tools( a perforator with a set of special nozzles or a Bulgarian) will help.

Advantages of this method are obvious. Cope with the work can only be a couple of hours, and it can not be called time-consuming. It does not require physical strength, but the ability to work with power tools.

However, this method is not without certain drawbacks:

• Non-compliance with safety regulations can lead to even more disastrous consequences than unskilled work with an ax.
• Large amount of building dust.
• A strong noise that will not please any neighbors or household members.
• With a bulgarian or a puncher, you can not get to hard-to-reach places, so with a complex pipe configuration, cleaning the paint from the walls under the tile will not be easy.

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Acrylic water-based paint

How to clean a concrete wall from an old paint? The peculiarity of this coating is that it has good adhesion, and therefore - none of the above methods for removing paint from the walls is not suitable. However, there are no hopeless positions, so - for work!

1. It is impossible to wash the acrylic dye with water. And soak the cover with warm water to such a state that it will easily succumb to a spatula, is quite real. It is important to have time to remove the soaked paint. Otherwise, after drying, it will harden again.
2. You can remove the acrylic waterproof dye only with the help of an electric tool. As they say, with all the ensuing consequences. If the coating is applied in a thick layer, it can be burned using a burner.
3. There is another interesting way to clean walls with a water-based coating. Okleyte them with old newspapers. As a connecting layer, you can use wallpaper glue, PVA or a regular paste. After the glue dries, you can tear off the newspaper from the wall along with the paint.

Important! Softened water-based paint again acquires coloring properties. Therefore, make sure that the coatings that you are not going to dismantle and the sanitary ware items are protected from the particles of the material.

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How to remove water-based paint from walls in the bathroom - chemical method

It turns out that it is possible to wash off the coating with special substances - effective but less hazardous than a conventional solvent. Here are a few options:

• There are special washouts on sale. The instructions detail how to use these substances.
• Self-made wash. Dissolve 200 ml of iodine in 10 liters of water and apply to a water-based coating. Do not forget about the toxicity of iodine: even its evaporation in a large concentration is harmful to health.
• Soap foam, mixed with salicylic acid, helps quickly get rid of the acrylic dye.
• Soap foam with chloroform or dichloroethane well removes latex paint.

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Do I need to remove the dye?

If you have planned to finish the walls with gypsum boards, then you do not need to get rid of the old coating. The same applies to suspended ceilings. Otherwise, if the paint is chosen as the finishing material or ceramic tiles. In this case, you can not do without removing the old paint.

We told you about all the ways how to remove paint from the wall in the bathroom. And to remove the old cover yourself or hire professionals - this question everyone decides for himself.