Bathroom Destruction

We started out with the intention of scraping off the peeling paint and repainting the walls. Then we discovered that underneath the layers of paint, the original layer over the 80+ year-old plaster and lathe wall was... A piece of linen cloth. Then we discovered that we could grab the edge of this linen cloth, pull, and peel off every layer of paint with it in huge sheets. The entire painted area of the bathroom has now been "peeled" down to the plaster. It took us about an hour once we made this wondrous discovery.

Then, we may have gotten a bit carried away. We decided to see if we could also peel off the ugly, painted-over, plastic "tile" using the same method. It started out great in our test area, so we dug in whole-heartedly on the main wall... and we now discover that the cloth layer appears to not continue all the way down the wall. Uh-oh. We are now trying Plan B: the super-stripper that we bought with the intention of peeling paint is now being tested on the putty that was used to put up the crappy tiles. Initially, it seems this might do a decent job of cutting the putty so that we can remove it with paint scrapers. But we haven't actually tested that yet. I will update this page with the details as they continue to unfold...

Lady Lily, Paint Peeler Extraordinaire

Here's the documentation!