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Removing Wallpaper from a Wall

by Mike on August 29, 2009

Wallpapering is hard, but to remove wallpaper is even harder. Despite the difficulty, it is necessary if you want to remodel your room. This article intends to guide you through removing wallpapers easily. Turn off electricity As the process of removing wallpaper requires the usage of water, you need to turn off the electricity to [...]

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  2. Getting the Wallpaper Down
  3. Using Wallpaper to Make Your Bathroom Look Bigger
  4. Wallpaper maintenance
  5. Stripping Old and Putting Up New Wallpaper

Most homes have small bathrooms. It is best to use light colours to decorate small spaces like bathroom to make it look spacious. However, light colours do not mean it has to be the same old white colour. With wallpapers, you can add your own unique style into decorating at the same time making it [...]

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Buying the Right Wallpaper

by Mike on August 9, 2009

Ever got tired of waiting for the paint to peel? Well, look no further than wallpapering the four walls of your home! You’d be surprised what a simple wallpaper can do to brighten up (or bring down the mood, depending who you are) the atmosphere in your house. Not only that, it’ll be sure to [...]

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Wallpapering is a method widely used to change the look of your walls in the home without resorting to the need of re-painting. Wallpapering can be a DIY project you can do over the course of a couple of weekends (depending on the size of your wall) or just an overnight job. There are many [...]

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Stripping Old and Putting Up New Wallpaper

by Mike on August 4, 2009

Wallpapering isn’t a difficult project to undertake, as long as you adhere to certain requirement that needs to be done prior to putting up the new wallpaper. As with the previous chapter discussing prepping the wall, you need to remove any existing old wallpaper before sticking the new ones on the surface of the wall. [...]

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Prepping the Wall before Wallpapering

by Mike on August 1, 2009

Prepping a wall before you begin the actual wallpapering is a very important step to ensure that your wallpaper adheres to the wall properly. Not only that, it also ensures that removing it in future is easier should you decide to change the wallpaper then. Vinyl-acrylic sizing is applied to the wall like paint to [...]

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Wallpaper around openings

by Tom on June 7, 2009

When you begin your wallpapering project, always start by papering a wall that does not have doors nor windows. Always begin at a inconspicuous corner, working away from the window. Always mark a vertical line on the wall, using a plumb line, as walls and wall papers are half the time not true or square, [...]

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Wallpaper maintenance

by Tom on June 7, 2009

Wallpapers from the last 25 years or so were “washable,” meaning that the ink would not run if you wet it lightly. Newer wallpapers came with vinyl coating, vinyl acrylic, solid sheet vinyl, laminated vinyl, etc. Most wallcoverings are labeled “non-washable,” “washable” or “scrubbable.” Make sure you know what type of wallpaper you have before [...]

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Repairing Wallpaper

by Tom on June 7, 2009

Using the “torn-patch method” to repair small holes: 1. Smooth out the torn paper as much as possible. 2. Find a piece of wallpaper with a matching pattern, and tear out a patch so that the underlying paper doesn’t show (figure A). 3. Dampen the back of the wallpaper to activate the adhesive. If the [...]

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Hanging Your Wallpaper

by Tom on June 7, 2009

Set up a large worktable in a different room that will allow you to spread out the wallpaper and cut it to size. A sheet of 3/4″ plywood placed over sawhorses works well. 1. Determine where and how you want the design of the wallpaper to begin at the ceiling. 2. Measure and cut out [...]

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Getting the Wallpaper Down

by Tom on June 7, 2009

Remove all switch plates and outlet covers from the walls, and move furniture out of the room. Spread drop cloths on the floor at the base of the walls where the wallpaper is being removed. New wall papers have vinyl coating, and multi layer wallpapers are designed to prevent water from getting in and softening [...]

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Wallpaper – Prepping The Wall

by Tom on June 7, 2009

Prepping a wall is important to ensure that your wallpaper adheres to the wall proper. It can also help to ensure an easier process when removing them in future should you decide to change the wallpaper. Prep the wall with a vinyl-acrylic sizing which is applied like paint but dries quickly and somewhat tacky. This [...]

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Wallpapers Tools and Materials

by Tom on June 7, 2009

Tools for Prepping Walls * Safety glasses or goggles * Respirator or face mask * Ear protectors * Rubber gloves * Pry bar * Paint scraper * Fan * Hand sanding block * Orbital sander * Screwdriver * Putty knife * Sponge * Rags Materials for Prepping Walls * Spackle (compound) * Fine-grit sandpaper * [...]

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Selecting Wallpaper

by Tom on June 7, 2009

When you’ve decided on wall-papering your home, the next step of course is to choose which wallpaper you want. The retail cost of a roll of wallpaper can range from $18 to $250 per roll. However, the price of wallpaper doesn’t necessarily reflect the product’s durability. Some of the more expensive wallpapers are fairly delicate [...]

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