Ho do you remove vinyl base trim along the bottom of drywall ?

Question

I'm going to remodel the laundry room and right now there's a vinyl wall base that is glued along the bottom of the drywall. Any suggestions on how to remove it ?

Answer 1

Run a knife along the top edge to cut any paint. This will prevent the dry wall paper from being ripped above the base. Then use a hot hair dryer or a heat blower, Heat the base as you pull off. You will still do some damage to the drywall paper, but you can fix or redo with wood base.

Answer 2

You can try using a drywall knife and slip it between the wall and the trim to pull it away from the cork at the top. If cork was not what was used, some of the paper from the drywall will come off with the removal. If that is the case, you can just pull the vinyl away and then you can fix this by skimming the wall with some more dry wall mud in the affected area.

Answer 3

Using a utility knife to cut along the top edge to get through the paint and drywall paper surface is probably the best solution.

However, you can also install new wood trim directly over the vinyl, especially if there isn't a large bottom edge on the vinyl. You might have to run one more piece of a small quarter round trim or similar on the top edge of the new moulding to cover the gap at the top edge. You might want to check the new moulding thickness at the door trim first to make sure it doesn't stick out too far past the door trim.

Answer 4

removing it without causing any damage will probably be difficult. Before you basically rip it off, use a utility knife and score the drywall paper at the upper edge of the base trim so the ripping drywall paper stops right at that point. You can replace it with the same type vinyl base or use a wood base the same thickness as the original moulding. Hope This Helps!!!

Answer 5

Their isn't much to do except grab a corner and pull some of the drywall might be stuck to it. I suggest putting new trim on that is a little taller than the old vinyl base then you won't have sand or patch anything.

Answer 6

Vinyl Baseboard Molding

Answer 7

i would try a 3 or 4 inch wide putty knife with a wedge blade (ground thinner at the business end) and a metal cap on the handle. tap lightly at first to see if the glue gives easily. if the glue is dry it may fracture without much force and the remaining glue should scrape off with the same tool hand held. if the glue has not dried you may have to apply a bit more elbow grease and time. either way there may be some wall damage to repair.

Answer 8

Use a drywall knife to protect the wall and then another one to work it away from the wall. Keep doing this all the way down the wall and it won't mar the surface.

Answer 9

This is how I did it. When my helper showed up for work, I handed him a 4" putty knife, pointed to the vinyl base trim, and said "put some a s s into it." Five minutes later, it was gone.

Answer 10

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