any tips on putting up wallpaper?
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I love wallpapering and have done a lot of it. The main tips are to be sure you walls are prepared well and that you use sizer...makes it easier if you ever decide to remove the wallpaper or the paintable paper. Otherwise, here are some great step by step instructions:
http://www.lelandswallpaper.com/help1.htm
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Higher a professional.
Higher a professional.
Yea, don't. Paint!
No sry, good luck
when you put wallpaper on make sure you use a sqeegy to insure you dont have air bubbles
Go to Lowes and get the kind you dip in water and stick it on. You can,t mess it up. It works great.
it'll be better to get proffesional help, even tho it may cost, itz betta than buyin the wall paper and then have to buy some more for messing it up...it would b way way easier just to higher someone in the professionism area.
Actually it's not really that difficult, if you study the process. Lowes and Home Depot, have web sites, that give you directions in a video.
If you do intend to paper, believe me, it's much better painting, buy the prepasted types. Remember to 'book' the cut portion and let it set for about five minutes.
Booking is where you take the ends of the wallpaper length and fold them into the center and then fold over once more.
A smaller repeat pattern, is always better and cheaper. You don't need as many double rolls.
As you have already taken down up to four layers, are you sure you want to do this. I've personally given up on it, but sometimes an older house cries out for it.
Especially if the walls need it.
Good luck.
PS: One other option you may wish to consider, and that is using a textured paint. That can hide a multiple of sins on your plastered walls. Check your local paint store. That may do the job, with so much less pain. Besides it can look really good in an older home.
Make sure you use sizing! I can't stress that enough. Make sure you have a very sharp cutter.
Make sure you've turned off all the electrical power.
Remove all the covers and plates from your electrical outlets and switches.
Inspect your walls for any holes or cracks that will need to be filled in with spackling compound.
Sand your walls of any excess plaster or paste residue; they need to be smooth for the wallpaper to adhere to them. If you walls currently have a coat of gloss paint on them, you'll need to sand the walls until they have a dull surface.
Use warm water with a mild detergent solution to clean your walls. This will help to not only remove any dirt that may be on them but also clean-up any dust resulting from sanding. Make sure your walls are completely dry before putting up your wallpaper.
Walls that have mildew on them will need to be cleaned with a solution of two cups bleach mixed with two gallons of water. Again, make sure the walls are completely dry before proceeding with wallpaper.
Drywall, walls that had mildew on them and newly painted and plastered walls will need a coat of primer-sealer. Let the selaer dry for 24 hours before you put wallpaper up.
To help prevent air pockets and make it easier for your wallpaper to be positioned, place vinyl wall sizing on your walls. This is known as sizing.
If there's any damage to your trim or ceiling, now is the time to repaint.
To ensure that each bolt of your wallpaper matches, check the run and pattern or dye lot number before you start hanging.
If it is an old home you might consider using oil base primer for the walls...the oil will raise the nap of the wall so the paste has something to hold onto and the primer will also cover many underlying problems...like old water spots..I prefer using Zinsser products myself.
Paintable wallcovering is good and yes make sure you have many sharp cutters..the breakable ones are excellent. Also when using paintable paper I use paste even if it is prepasted paper. Paintable wallcovering is going to take alot of stress due to added moisture and weight of painting.
I also prime the wallcovering to seal the seams to make it moisture tight.
Don't worry to much about air bubbles... if they are bigger than your fist than smooth them out.just be careful not to squeeze all you paste out from behind your paper. Also wallcovering dosen't look so pretty when fist hung, but as it dries the paper shrinks and gets tight on the wall so if the seams are real tight together and kind of tent up on the wall that is a good thing.
It should take you 3 days to do paintable paper because of all the dry time inbetween. Remember to make sure you clean all the paste off the front of wallcovering cause paint and primer don't stick well to paste.
And corners do not wrap corners cut and leave about quarter inch on next wall and then start next strip in corner over the 1/4 inch lap piece.
support your local tradesman, hire a professional.