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Everyone knows what blacklists and whitelists are, but we don't call them that where I work, because it's not policically correct and is upsetting for some users. Well, actually it only upsets one user, but apparently this is enough for us to change our ways and refer to them as the 'banned address list' and 'global safe list' instead, from now on. I promise I'm not making this up.
Policically correct or just pedantic and timewasting? I'll let you decide.
OK, slightly off topic for me but I've just spent the weekend scraping walls and need to get this off my chest. Hopefully this post will save some poor souls a few hours of needless scraping and help ridthe world of woodchip.
Here's a DIY tip for anyone about to strip a room of woodchip wallpaper. Don't waste your time with normal wallpaper scrapers as you will be there scraping away for days, especially if there is more than one layer of paint on the walls. What makes this job so tough is the water or steam does not penetrate through those layers of paint, and if you get the walls too wet there is a danger you will ruin the plaster underneath.
The best woodchip removal method is to get yourself a heavy duty scraper with a razor sharp blade (a bit like this one), and scrape the top layer off the walls while they are dry. You should then find layer underneath then comes off very easily if you use a steamer or a wet sponge. The remains will just turn into pulp as you scrape it off. Scraping the top layer is still hard work but I'm talking from experience when I say it will take a lot less effort and man hours than using a normal scraper. If your room is very large you will also some spare blades for your scraper as they are easily blunted when you hit wall plugs, loose plaster or other objects in the wall.
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