This is your complete guide on how to remove contact paper from any surface. Contact paper ideas are a great way to completely change the look of anything. But removing old contact paper from surfaces can feel like a daunting task and can leave behind lots of sticky residue. Let me walk you through exactly how to remove it.
If you have been around here for any amount of time, you know that I love to use contact paper – not just to cover up unsightly surfaces but also to decorate and in crafts.
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The first time I used contact paper was when I updated my kids’ bathroom countertop with contact paper. I get a lot of questions about them and have an update on how the contact paper countertops looked 10 months later.
Of course, the next most common question I get is how to remove contact paper?
What do you find underneath?
Do you get a sticky residue from the contact paper adhesive?
How about around the sink area? Do you get mold?
To answer all your questions (and mine), when it was time to move, I decided to record the video of me taking it off and looking underneath!
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If you would rather just read about it, here are the frequently asked questions about removing contact paper from countertops –
The answer to that depends on the quality of the contact paper. I used this one and it was really easy to simply pull it up as you can see in the video. Of course, if you have old contact paper used as shelf liner from the 70s in your kitchen cabinets, that will require some amount of elbow grease.
As I said, it depends on the quality of the contact paper. You should try removing contact paper using the below techniques (in order)
Again, the answer to that is in the quality.
The marble contact paper I used on the kids’ bathroom countertop or the kitchen countertop, did not leave any residue behind at all!
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In fact, I had cleaned it thoroughly before applying the contact paper and once I removed it, the countertop was exactly like it was before it went on!
But if your contact paper leaves a residue, you should be able to clean it up using soap and water.
If it still doesn’t take all the residue away, you can use an adhesive remover to get it all out. This is my favorite one!
Now here, it gets a bit tricky. It depends not only on the quality of the contact paper, but it also depends on the wood surface you applied it to.
If the wood is bare, you most probably will have to try technique #2 above to remove it and possibly use a heat gun in place of a hairdryer. You will most probably get a residue left behind.
You can use an adhesive remover to get the adhesive off on the wood.
If the wood is well sealed with a good quality varnish, you should be able to apply and remove the contact paper with minimal damage. However, if the paint or varnish quality is not great, the paint will peel off with the contact paper.
If you removed contact paper and a sticky residue is left behind, it is very easy to remove too!
If you need to remove adhesive from painted or sealed surfaces, you need to be sure to use a citrus-based remover like this one. Solvent-based adhesive removers can dissolve the varnish and mess up your furniture!
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