Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
Leave well alone. If ever there was a case for getting someone in, it's wallpaper.
How easy is it to hang wallpaper?
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This isnt a bad guide for someone thats never done it before - its a bit wordy but pretty accurate. The site itself is quite handy too.
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/wallpapering.htm
My personal tip would be to use a caulking tool instead of a brush for smoothing the paper out - use it at a very low angle and gently - its much better for getting bubbles out of the paper
Dont oversoak papers - nothing worse than when it falls apart!
Always follow the instructions on the roll and always make sure when getting multiple rolls that you get the same batch number and the same pattern number (if it has a pattern number) otherwise the rolls wont match
Start from a window and work your way round, but if you have a fireplace start from there (ideally with your first strip exactly in the middle of the chimney breast)
Size the walls first if the walls are dry or porous and dont be afraid of putting loads of paste on the walls!
Use plenty of paste on the paper and double check the edges! Its easy to miss the edges.
When buying paper, its 'normally' four strips to one roll (although could be more when matching a pattern. Treat a window or door as a ordinary wall to make sure you buy enough as you will have offcuts.
If you are using lining paper, 1000g paper is good to use (you can also get 800 and 1200g) as it is thick but not so thick that its hard to hang. Lining paper also comes in doubles or quads, which are just waht they say. Double size rolls or rolls that are 4 times as long as a normal roll
If you are new to it, paste and hang one strip at a time.
Cant think of anything else for now!
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/wallpapering.htm
My personal tip would be to use a caulking tool instead of a brush for smoothing the paper out - use it at a very low angle and gently - its much better for getting bubbles out of the paper
Dont oversoak papers - nothing worse than when it falls apart!
Always follow the instructions on the roll and always make sure when getting multiple rolls that you get the same batch number and the same pattern number (if it has a pattern number) otherwise the rolls wont match
Start from a window and work your way round, but if you have a fireplace start from there (ideally with your first strip exactly in the middle of the chimney breast)
Size the walls first if the walls are dry or porous and dont be afraid of putting loads of paste on the walls!
Use plenty of paste on the paper and double check the edges! Its easy to miss the edges.
When buying paper, its 'normally' four strips to one roll (although could be more when matching a pattern. Treat a window or door as a ordinary wall to make sure you buy enough as you will have offcuts.
If you are using lining paper, 1000g paper is good to use (you can also get 800 and 1200g) as it is thick but not so thick that its hard to hang. Lining paper also comes in doubles or quads, which are just waht they say. Double size rolls or rolls that are 4 times as long as a normal roll
If you are new to it, paste and hang one strip at a time.
Cant think of anything else for now!
Looby
Well-Known Member
It's not that hard. Me and Magic Sam lined my whole bedroom then he papered half of it. Everyone told us how difficult it is and how we shouldn't have bought expensive paper the first time (Laura Ashley) and it was fine. He did a brilliant job and my bedroom is gorgeous. He's starting on the lounge next week when I'm in Brighton but the whole room needs stripping first.
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
Some idea of how allergic to DIY I am can be gleaned from the fact that my reaction to this thread was to wonder what the wallpaper had done wrong and whether or not a lethal injection would be more effective anyway.
I've done patterned wallpaper before, although it was a pattern that runs down the centre of each roll, so pattern matching only needed to be approximate. Plus the wallpaper was dead cheap and we were broke.
I find getting a clean cut at the top and bottom the hardest thing.
These days, I'd probably pay a decorator to do it properly, especially if I were buying expensive paper.
I find getting a clean cut at the top and bottom the hardest thing.
These days, I'd probably pay a decorator to do it properly, especially if I were buying expensive paper.
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