Hanging Wallpaper

[holbayhead]

The sequence I use is...

1. Measure length roughly
2. Cut roughly
3. Slap some Paste on
4. Put it on the wall
5. Butt it up
6. Slide to match pattern
7. Smooth out lumps and air bubbles
8. Trim top and bottom

However it's been suggested to me that I should measure exactly first time and cut the paper dry to avoid the possibility of tearing the "wet" paper (step 8)

What's your method ? :silly:

[tuscan_v8]

Well I do exactly the same as you do. My father is expert on wallpapering so I've learnt it from him.

[B17NNS]

Whenever I have wallpapered Ive used your method.

If you put a light score in the paper and then trim with a good pair of scissors the paper shouldnt rip.

[chim_knee]

holbayhead said:

to avoid the possibility of tearing the "wet" paper

Won't happen so long as your blade is TOTALLY sharp.

To get top quality cuts and wallpapering you should change the blade regularly.

Though... don't look closely at my wallpapering as I found this out the hard way!

[mechsympathy]

holbayhead said:

What's your method ?

Get someone else to do it I don't do enough to get good at it and I really can't be arsed trying.

[staceyb]

Dont wallpaper paint instead

[yertis]

holbayhead said:

However it's been suggested to me that I should measure exactly first time and cut the paper dry to avoid the possibility of tearing the "wet" paper (step 8) What's your method ?

Who suggested this method? It's stupid. Impossible to do a decent job like that.

One thing I am good at is putting up wallpaper - I adopt the same standards as I do at work. I even trim top and bottom with a scalpel and 500mm straight edge

[Plotloss]

Woke up this morning to discover my darling daughter had pulled a strip of wallpaper from the side of the bath fascia (I know, 70's but its a rented house so I'll be buggered if I am improving it)

How do you hang wallpaper horizontally?

[Egbert Nobacon]

Plotloss said:

Woke up this morning to discover my darling daughter had pulled a strip of wallpaper from the side of the bath fascia (I know, 70's but its a rented house so I'll be buggered if I am improving it) How do you hang wallpaper horizontally?

Lay down.......

[diddyman]

I prefer...

1. Measure length
2. Slap some Paste on trim top and bottom
3. Butt up on the wall
4. Slide out lumps

[B17NNS]

holbayhead said:

to avoid the possibility of tearing the "wet" paper

is this what happens to girls with stubble?

[holbayhead]

mechsympathy said:

holbayhead said: What's your method ? Get someone else to do it I don't do enough to get good at it and I really can't be arsed trying.

and the wallpapering ?

[Sleep Envy]

holbayhead said:

8. Trim top and bottom However it's been suggested to me that I should measure exactly first time and cut the paper dry to avoid the possibility of tearing the "wet" paper (step 8) What's your method ?

As others have said a really sharp blade and a flat edge helps.

Alternatively if you're hanging a simple patterned wall lining dry cut the top to get it square and then you're only wet cut is at the bottom against the skirting.

ETA - I find applying paste to both the wall and the paper helps to slide the paper without it creasing.

Knowing this means I need to get out more

>> Edited by Sleep Envy on Tuesday 27th September 11:13

[holbayhead]

yertis said:

Who suggested this method? It's stupid. Impossible to do a decent job like that.

and

[off_again]

holbayhead said:

What's your method ?

Either:

1) Pay someone to do it for me (preferred method)
2) Get the wife to do it

I HATE wallpapering.... I cant stand it and will do anything to avoid it!!!

[holbayhead]

diddyman said:

I prefer... 3. Butt up on the wall

interesting stencil pattern

[wedge girl]

I prefer getting my plasterer in.

[diddyman]

[holbayhead]

staceyb said:

Dont wallpaper paint instead

agreed.. if the wall is smooth for a decent finish but it can take time to prep a wall properly so papering can be quicker and easier ...can't it?

[andy mac]

Wallpaper tends to look a bit crap after a short amount of time..I'd rather paint...