HOW TO HANG LINING PAPER BEFORE WALLPAPERING

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The way you hang lining paper is really down to your own personal choice. Lining paper can be hung horizontally so that there is no risk of the joints lining up with your wallpaper joints, I prefer to hang the lining paper vertically as it is much easier to do and have never had a problem with the two sets of joints in the lining paper and wallpaper overlapping, they are usually a slightly different width and you can always stagger the joints of your wallpaper so they don't overlap the ones below in the lining paper. To achieve a good wall surface on which to hang the lining paper, fill … [Read more...]

USING LINING PAPER

Achieving a good paint finish on a bare wall using filler and sandpaper is a lot easier said than done, I decided to to remove the wallpaper from various walls in my home, then fill any holes or cracks and sand the walls to obtain what I thought appeared to be a smooth surface ready for painting, but as soon as I started to apply the paint it became evident that the finished look was, for want of a better word, terrible. I overcame this problem by using lining paper on every wall and I was very pleased with the results. Lining paper is relatively inexpensive and can be obtained from … [Read more...]

WALLPAPERING AROUND CORNERS.

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Corners of walls are rarely perfectly square therefore when you reach a corner with your wallpapering you should cut the  strip of wallpaper the width required to reach the corner plus 1" (25mm), this will allow the wallpaper to just go around the corner by 1" (25mm). If this 1" (25mm) section of wallpaper won't stick flat on the wall, then simply make cuts in it so it can overlap itself and stick flat. See fig 1.   Using your tape measure, measure out from the corner the width of your soaked wallpaper plus 1/2" (12mm), mark this measurement on the wall in pencil, then using … [Read more...]

WALLPAPERING AROUND WINDOWS AND INSIDE REVEALS.

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    Wallpapering around a window and the reveals can be a great way to test your patience, sometimes it can be straightforward whilst other times depending on the walls and wallpaper it can be testing to say the least, the method described below is the one I have used in the past and I have been generally happy with the finished results. Extra care has to be taken when wallpapering around windows and reveals as the wallpaper can tear more easily because as the cuts take time to do the wallpaper has more time to soak. I always start as shown in fig 1, with wallpaper strip No 1, … [Read more...]

PASTING AND HANGING THAT FIRST STRIP OF WALLPAPER.

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Before you paste the first strip of wallpaper, use a plumb line and pencil to mark a vertical guideline on the wall, this line should be approximately 1/2" (12mm) away from the edge of the first strip of wallpaper as shown in fig 1 below.    Place the pasting table on top of a dustsheet on the floor and have all your wallpapering tools ready to use nearby. I always have two buckets or trays, one for the wallpaper paste and the other half filled with warm water and a clean cloth for wiping down the pasting table after each strip of wallpaper has been pasted thus ensuring no … [Read more...]