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My wife and I do it two different ways...
I wet the old backing with hot water and scrape off as much of the paper as I can. My wife skips this part.
Use a hot air gun on the remaining glue (and paper) with a putty knife. If you have it, use the utility knife tool that has like 9 uses. I forget exactly what it's called. But it has that rounded side for scraping the paint rollers, and it's stiffer than a normal putty knife and the edge is sharper. Just explain it to your hardware store and they'll know.
The way I do it, there's mostly only glue to scrape up. My wife uses the gun right on the backing without scraping the paper and it melts the glue right through it. It takes a little longer that way but then she doesn't have to mess with the water.
Either way, the hot air gun works.
We're using a 5000 watt gun was rented for $10/day (in Canada).
We're doing a big hallway that was glued only around the edges and by some doors. It's about 18 x 12 ft and it's taking a full day to do it.
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