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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostWallpapering is a mug's game
Either hire someone who knows what they're doing or slap some paint on.
You WILL notice the imperfections even if no one else does and they will drive you potty.
Life is waaay to short for wallpapering.
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Originally posted by Lockhouse View Post"....wallpaper edges are stretched during hanging, as it dries on the wall, it may return to its original shape causing the gaps...." Over flattened - too rough with the papering brush
You'll be back in the saddle in no time.
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostCommon wallpaper and covering problems
You said you sized the walls though.
As it was your first and second strips I can't imagine you let then soak for too long. And you would have only brushed them down and rolled the seams so not due to overwork. How did you size the walls? And what is the surface of the wall you are papering onto? Plaster (old or new?) or painted plaster? Or summat else?
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Easy to spruce up when required
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostWallpapering is a mug's game. Fortunately for me, Mrs SB usually insists upon doing it, so I am happy to let her.
Too much woodchip, anaglypta and sixties / seventies style stuff in my past. I prefer plain white walls.
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Originally posted by Lockhouse View Post....
It's at this stage, that I notice that a gap has appeared between the first two pieces of paper that I'd put up, and as I watch another gap appears between the second and third pieces. Obviously I'd over-flattened\wettened the paper and it was contracting.
Gaps Between Strips
Cause:
1.If small gaps appear between strips, they are usually caused by improper surface preparation that results in poor adhesion.
2.Gaps can also be caused by not butting strips tightly
Solution: Customers should be advised of the importance of following the manufacturer's instructions regarding relaxation time after booking strips. If not enough time is allowed, the wallpaper may continue to expand on the wall causing bubbles or blisters. If too much time is allowed, the edges may dry out and thus not adhere. Improper surface preparation may also cause some wallpapers to contract on the wall resulting in gaps. If wallpaper edges are stretched during hanging, as it dries on the wall, it may return to its original shape causing the gaps. They can sometimes be camouflaged by coloring the wall the same color as the ground with a solvent-based marker. Tinting the primer/sealer approximately the same color as the wallpaper ground is another way of hiding possible gaps.
Read more: Common Wallpaper and Wall Covering Problems | DoItYourself.com
As it was your first and second strips I can't imagine you let then soak for too long. And you would have only brushed them down and rolled the seams so not due to overwork. How did you size the walls? And what is the surface of the wall you are papering onto? Plaster (old or new?) or painted plaster? Or summat else?
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Wallpapering is a mug's game. Fortunately for me, Mrs SB usually insists upon doing it, so I am happy to let her.
On the odd occasion that I have made the effort, she goes to great lengths to point out miniscule issues. However, the same miniscule issues do not seem worthy of comment when she does it.
I have yet to convince her that she should try her hand at sandtexing chimney breasts while clinging perilously to the top of a wobbly 30-foot ladder. Then we will see just how good her attention to bleeding detail is!!
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Wallpapering - never again!
I finished decorating the lounge, all except the chimney breast which the missus has bought some snazzy repeating patterned wallpaper for. Been a few years since I've done any papering but I thought (I'm quite handy with a paintbrush), no problem I'll give it a try. So Sunday morning get everything set up, walls sized, ready to go.
First piece goes up like a dream. Second piece takes me over an hour, it goes down the side of the fireplace so is inset and has to follow the ornamental scrollwork on the side of the hearth. A couple of slight tears in the paper but not where you'd notice.
Third piece also takes me an hour, it's a narrow folding piece round the corner of the chimney. The wall is not straight and I can't get the thing to lie flat round the corner. I end up ripping the paper and starting again.
The fourth piece goes in the bin, I thought I'd got the pattern lined up but had cut it short by 1/2 inch. Redo the fourth piece, takes another 45 mins.
It's at this stage, that I notice that a gap has appeared between the first two pieces of paper that I'd put up, and as I watch another gap appears between the second and third pieces. Obviously I'd over-flattened\wettened the paper and it was contracting.
I then rip the whole lot down in a massive tantrum have a mega-flounce and tell the missus to "buy some emulsion" amongst twenty or thirty well chosen Anglo-Saxon expletives.
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