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Installing Borders
Tips for Success:
The success of hanging your wallpaper, as well as the ease of taking it down are totally dependant on how well you prepare your walls!
SMOOTH. Make sure you fill all cracks and holes using spackle. Sand until you have a smooth surface with a medium grit sandpaper.
CLEAN. Wash and rinse walls to remove grease and dirt. The surface must be clean and free of mildew, grease and stains.
PRIME. For best results, prime all wall surfaces with a high quality primer-sealer before installing wallcovering. Priming properly is key to easy removal later.
- If you are not bordering against a moulding or the ceiling, use a level to draw a guideline.
- Re-roll border with the pattern on the inside.
- Follow label instructions for soaking the border.
- Slowly remove border, ensuring that the paste surface is wet, and “Book” by folding the border paste side to paste side, accordion style (see diagram).
- Leave border “Booked” for 5 minutes to further activate paste.
- Apply “Booked” border to wall by unfolding each section as you go. Gently smooth into place. Avoid excess pressure as this may remove paste.
- Wash with a sponge to remove excess paste.
Tip:
- If you still find the 15 foot strip too long to work with, simply cut it shorter and match on the wall.
- To join strips in the middle of a wall, overlap the two strips until the pattern matches. Double-cut a seam by cutting through both layers with a razor knife. Pull back the top layer and remove both of the cut ends. Smooth the border flat.
- Having a friend to help makes it easier and faster.
Around Doors and Windows:
- Mitre-cut right angle corner (45º). Overlap the two pieces and make a diagonal razor cut from inside corner to outside corner. Remove excess pieces from over and under the mitre.
- Finished corner.
Installing Borders Over Vinyl
- Apply vinyl-to-vinyl adhesive to wallcovering. Do not wet border.
- Hang border and smooth it as you would wallpaper.
Tip:
- If you still find the 15 foot strip too long to work with, simply cut it shorter and match on the wall.
- To join strips in the middle of a wall, overlap the two strips until the pattern matches. Double-cut a seam by cutting through both layers with a razor knife. Pull back the top layer and remove both of the cut ends. Smooth the border flat.
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