How to do wallpapering?

wallbash

Its my lunch break , and the last of the paper is up :j big clear up time .

if i were to have textured paper again

Big difference between embossed and the dreadful wood chip ( although in my time , must ave put up many rolls of woodchip)


Why are you still here?? off to BQ with you!

spirit

wallbash wrote: »

Its my lunch break , and the last of the paper is up :j big clear up time .





Why are you still here?? off to BQ with you!

Gotta work for the money to pay for all these things :eek: sadly.

LandyAndy

Steve_Groves wrote: »

A slightly less drastic approach (although will not give quite as good a finish) is to slightly unscrew the sockets and switch plates so that they allow you to put the paper behind them.

When papering I will then paper over the socket and cut a cross from the corners of the plate and peel back the 4 paper triangles created. These can then be trimmed down and the edge tucked behind the socket and the paper smoothed out.

HTH

I do that as well. Straightforward and gives a perfect finish. I never turn the electric off.

I've always found wallpapering very enjoyable.

spirit

I think i will quite enjoy it once i get cracking. Did I ought to start in a corner or on a straight run or doesn't it matter?

They make it look soooo easy on 60 minute makeover!

wallbash

I do that as well. Straightforward and gives a perfect finish. I never turn the electric off.

I bet 95% of people do it that way ... me , just awkward.

Never start in a corner, you cut back to a corner.

Where to start ?
I work away from a window /light source
( can't remember why , but I do )

Think how many drops you are doing on the wall. You don't want to being putting up a silly strip of paper an 'inch ' wide. to finish.

So make a mark on the wall about 18 inches from the corner. Then using the roll as a guide , mark roughly off the drops , check how much the last roll covers . Adjust the 18 inches .

Drop a plumb line, I just use a large spirit level.

Ps we all have different ways of wallpapering .

LandyAndy

I think you should start near a corner next to a/the window and work away from the window. Start just under one drop out from the corner. If it's your first time do a wall with a few straight drops first (no switches or other impediments) to get the feel for it.

Do you know anyone who could show you. I learned from my Dad and there are all sorts of little tricks to getting it to fit properly round windows and doors and getting patterns to fit symetrically on walls etc.

You will need a bucket for the paste (assuming you aren't using ready pasted paper) and wooden stick or similar to stir it with, a pasting table, a large pasting brush (http://www.trade1st.co.uk/Resources/Images/802be11d-86f2-4250-95c3-78485518fb74.jpg), a wallpaper brush (http://www.trade1st.co.uk/Resources/Images/4537876a-0556-4f6a-bfcc-b606bf3e82f7.jpg) A pair of large sharp scissors, a plumb line (make one out of string and a bunch of keys), a soft pencil.

Before you hang the last piece write on the wall how many rolls you used. That way you'll know next time.

Do any painting of windows/skirtings/etc before you start to paper.

wallbash

Before you hang the last piece write on the wall how many rolls you used. That way you'll know next time.

Better way , write on the top of the door.

LandyAndy

wallbash wrote: »

Better way , write on the top of the door.

Make sure you are really happy with the doors before you do this.;):D.

LandyAndy

Tie a piece of string between the pivot points of the bucket handle (across the centre of the bucket). Gives you somwhere to rest the brush (handle on the edge, hairs on the string) and also to scrape off excess paste.

spirit

LandyAndy wrote: »

Make sure you are really happy with the doors before you do this.;):D.

i'm changing the doors too ;¬)