Festool 495747 Fakir Wallpaper Perforator

I'm a remodeling contractor. We had a large job where we had to remove wall paper from every room in the house - Even the ceilings had wallpaper on them! We started out with a cat's paw and while it worked,it was taking way too much time and physical labor to get the paper perforated. With the Festool Fakier, the time factor was cut by more than half and the effort wasn't nearly as hard as the cat's paw. The product is well made and did a great job of scoring the wallpaper so the release agent was able to penetrate and dissolve the glue holding the paper on the wall.With the Festool Fakier, you can adjust the depth of penetration with a small knob. The blades are extremely sharp (don't set it working side down on a hardwood floor - ask me how I know). We were able to score the wallpaper in a 14x18 room with 9' ceilings in about 20 minutes. Using a cat's paw was taking an hour or more and none of the guys could work a cat's paw for more than 20 minutes at a time. With this tool, we had one guy do all of the walls and ceilings in every room in less than 4 hours. It saved me money and wear and tear on my people. I would definitely purchase if you have more than 1 room to strip.

This thing looks like it would tear a wall to shreds, but that was not my experience. it was very difficult to perforate my wallpaper, and i had to grind it sideways to literally tear rips into the wallpaper, and not just perforated holes.to be fair, i used it on very old, thick wallpaper, with multiple layers. There was plaster on the wall beneath. I suppose its possible that modern wallpaper on drywall or something would perforate much easier than the wallpaper in my house, which was built in the 1890. It got the job done, but the tool did not make the work easy. Also, it has not broken yet. I went through a handful of those palm sized perforators (plastic components always snapped without fail), before I bought this thing. The fact that it has a long handle allows you to use your weight as leverage, and is much more ergonomic. This is the best perforator i have ever used, but I am just not impressed with the entire industry.

I bought this tool because I bought a house with wallpaper in just about every room, and needed a faster and less fatiguing tool than the palm scoring tool. After reading reviews that lauded its ability to out perform most, I bought it. If anybody actually used this tool and have rated it high, I must have received a different version. I am now back to using the more reliable palm scoring tool that cost a fraction of what I just paid, and it performs much better than this product.

If you have a serious wallpaper problem, this is what you need. I'm shredding through four layers of ancient, thick wallpaper and hitting it with piping hot water after. While still a ton of work it's all coming down quite easily.

It was the best tool needed. thank you for shipping it on time.

How is this wallpaper scoring tool different from a $5.00 cat's paw from The Depot? This one costs $140 more. Amazon's description says "Remove single or multiple layers of wallpaper with ease", which is misleading. This tool will score wallpaper only, not remove it. As with all German tools, it is solidly built and will probably never break. I will keep it because the circular motion of a cat's paw is very hard on my shoulder as compared to the easy up-and-down motion of this thing. For what this costs, you can buy a powered sander/vacuum combo which will actually remove wallpaper.

Erfüllt seinen Zweck. Etwas teurer aber gutes Ergebnis

a good tool that makes paper striping easier but way over priced and wonder how long it will last. will keep but not buy again due to price.

Für Strukturtapeten ungeeignet!Wird schnell stumpf. Bereits nach einem Raum mit 16m2 Grundfläche.Das Teil macht viel Lärm und hat kaum die gewünschte Wirkung!Fazit: Jede 25€ Nadelrolle funktioniert besser!

absolut zufriden

Habe mir das Gerät auf Empfehlung gekauft und kann es nur weiter empfehlen!Damit bekommt man auch alte und dicke Tapeten mit erträglichem Kraftaufwand Perforiert!!