If you're planning to paper all walls in a room, choose the least conspicuous area as your starting finishing point. It's almost inevitable that the pattern won't match perfectly as you return to the start.
If there are stubborn grease spots on walls that you're going to paper, seal them with clear nail polish or shellac so that the grease won't soak through the new wallpaper. To make wallpaper hanging easier, a right handed person should work from left to right and a left handed person from right to left.
Tint wallpaper paste slightly with food coloring so that you can see exactly where you've applied it. Save time when applying wallpaper paste bv using a short napped paint roller. To eliminate a bubble in wallpaper after the paste has dried, take a razor blade and slit the blister twice across its center, forming an "X." Peel back the slit's four tips, dab paste under them, press down, and smooth with a seam roller or the back of a spoon.
Wallpaper a ceiling with the strips positioned crosswise they're shorter and more manageable. Accordion fold each strip, pasted area against pasted area, and unfold it as you go along, supporting the paper with one hand and smoothing it onto the ceiling with the other. After wallpapering a room where there'll be a lot of moisture such as a kitchen or bathroom cover all seams with clear varnish to help guard against peeling.
When papering over wall anchors or places where you plan to reposition shelves or pictures, insert toothpicks in holes left by screws or picture hooks. As you cover these sections, force the toothpick points through the paper to mark reinstallation points for screws or hooks. Save time when hanging the wallpaper itself by smoothing it with a clean, diy paint roller. Ifyou attach the roller to a long handle, you can reach the ceiling or the tops of walls without climbing a ladder.
Use a squeegee to eliminate bubbles and wrinkles in vinyl wall coverings. To eliminate a bubble in freshly hung wallpaper while the paste is still wet puncture the blister with a sharp needle or pin. Press the blister inward from its edges toward the puncture, squeezing out excess paste. Wipe this excess off with a damp sponge, and then press the area flat with a seam roller or the back of a spoon.
Repairing Wallpaper
It's a good idea to save wallpaper for patching. Let it "weather" and fade at the same rate as the paper on the wall by taping a piece or two on a closet wall. If you do this, it will correspond in color density as well as pattern to the paper already on the wall. If you lack wallpaper scraps for patching, try touching up the design in worn areas. Carefully use felt tip pens to restore rubbed or faded colors.
If you don't have a seam roller to use to tame a loose wallpaper seam, rub the seam with the back of a spoon. White glue can substitute for wallpaper paste. To repair a damaged wallpaper section, tear don't cut a patch from a piece that's been "weathered." Because less defined torn edges blend imperceptibly with paper already on the wall, the patch will be virtually invisible. Note: Don't remove damaged wallpaper before placing a patch on it. Paste the patch directly over the damaged surface.
Removing Wallpaper
When preparing to remove old wallpaper, soak it first with very hot water applied with a paint roller; add a touch of detergent to the water to hasten the process. If the paper is foil, or vinyl coated, score its surface so water can penetrate. When removing old wallpaperwith a steamer, save the ceiling for last. As you work on the walls, steam rising from the applicator will loosen the ceiling paper. Much of it will start sagging from its own weight, and peeling it off will be easy.
If there are stubborn grease spots on walls that you're going to paper, seal them with clear nail polish or shellac so that the grease won't soak through the new wallpaper. To make wallpaper hanging easier, a right handed person should work from left to right and a left handed person from right to left.
Tint wallpaper paste slightly with food coloring so that you can see exactly where you've applied it. Save time when applying wallpaper paste bv using a short napped paint roller. To eliminate a bubble in wallpaper after the paste has dried, take a razor blade and slit the blister twice across its center, forming an "X." Peel back the slit's four tips, dab paste under them, press down, and smooth with a seam roller or the back of a spoon.
When papering over wall anchors or places where you plan to reposition shelves or pictures, insert toothpicks in holes left by screws or picture hooks. As you cover these sections, force the toothpick points through the paper to mark reinstallation points for screws or hooks. Save time when hanging the wallpaper itself by smoothing it with a clean, diy paint roller. Ifyou attach the roller to a long handle, you can reach the ceiling or the tops of walls without climbing a ladder.
Use a squeegee to eliminate bubbles and wrinkles in vinyl wall coverings. To eliminate a bubble in freshly hung wallpaper while the paste is still wet puncture the blister with a sharp needle or pin. Press the blister inward from its edges toward the puncture, squeezing out excess paste. Wipe this excess off with a damp sponge, and then press the area flat with a seam roller or the back of a spoon.
Repairing Wallpaper
It's a good idea to save wallpaper for patching. Let it "weather" and fade at the same rate as the paper on the wall by taping a piece or two on a closet wall. If you do this, it will correspond in color density as well as pattern to the paper already on the wall. If you lack wallpaper scraps for patching, try touching up the design in worn areas. Carefully use felt tip pens to restore rubbed or faded colors.
If you don't have a seam roller to use to tame a loose wallpaper seam, rub the seam with the back of a spoon. White glue can substitute for wallpaper paste. To repair a damaged wallpaper section, tear don't cut a patch from a piece that's been "weathered." Because less defined torn edges blend imperceptibly with paper already on the wall, the patch will be virtually invisible. Note: Don't remove damaged wallpaper before placing a patch on it. Paste the patch directly over the damaged surface.
Removing Wallpaper
When preparing to remove old wallpaper, soak it first with very hot water applied with a paint roller; add a touch of detergent to the water to hasten the process. If the paper is foil, or vinyl coated, score its surface so water can penetrate. When removing old wallpaperwith a steamer, save the ceiling for last. As you work on the walls, steam rising from the applicator will loosen the ceiling paper. Much of it will start sagging from its own weight, and peeling it off will be easy.
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