First time wallpapering, tips please!

crystaltips_68

General wallpapering tips needed, thanks!:beer:

ormus

get some other mug to do it.

wallbash

Cut all your full drops first , before you cover the table in spilt paste.

Don't rush the pasting , if you miss a bit , you will be in trouble.
If you have lumpy paste.. chuck it, make up new lot correctly

Size the walls .

Don't try a complicated patten .
Cut longer , then trim

aahbarnes

Leave each length for 10 mins after pasting until hanging. This expands the paper slightly, when it dries on the wall it'll then contract, leaving no bubbles.

wallbash

Knicker elastic and string

Have two long loops of elastic. they go round the ends of the table , stops
paper rolling back

String across pasting bucket , wipe off excess , and you have somewhere to balance
pasting brush.

SailorSam

Measure twice and cut once.

crystaltips_68

:beer::beer::beer:
Some FANTASTIC tips there!! Many, many thanks!!!:T:T:T:T:T

27col

Make sure that you have a vertical line on each wall to ensure that the first length is absolutely vertical.

ormus

dont get an elaborate pattern paper. much harder to match up correctly for a newbie.
esp large patterns.

summat like this is far easier.

dannyxx25

wallpapering is alot of hassle, putting it up is the easy part, taking it down can be a nightmare. Give paint another consideration, if not then don't paint over the wallpaper when you get bored of it!!

Millerdog

Give the walls a thin coat of 'wishwashy' paste too. It makes them nice and slippy which helps the paper to slide more easily when pattern matching.