wallpapper boarder isn't stuck!

[Kristy Smith]

I just put up a wallpaper boarder and the edges didn't quite stick. Is there anything I can use to stick them down for good without ruining the wall?

Kristy

[PhotoMan]

Use longer nails?

[Caroline or Greg :P]

[Tom]

Had same problem...bought a paste designed for "paper to paper" at Menard's. Still sticking a year later.

[Richard J Kinch]

Plain old polyvinyl acetate glue, aka Elmer's, etc. Wipe on a thin amount with a Q-tip, wait a few moments for it to get tacky, stick down paper.

[PhotoMan]

But will it work on boards?

[Truitt Bottsford III]

Yea and at one time they used flour & water. If they needed it stronger they'd add molasses.

The bugs loved it.

[Truitt Bottsford III]

Love to be there when you try to remove it.

[Richard J Kinch]

Yes.

[Richard J Kinch]

It removes easily.

[Truitt Bottsford III]

I've made my living installing & removing wallcoverings for the past

25 years. I've seen what happens when it's been repaired with elmers glue. It does NOT remove easily.

[Richard J Kinch]

I suppose that is true if the repair was incompetently applied.

As I said, you have to apply a thin layer and let it dry to a tack first. Not gobbed on like paint. Then it holds securely but can be lifted later. If you nevertheless have a "gobbed" area, you can always lift it easily with paint remover. (PVA is the base for a lot of indoor paints.)

The expensive "seam repair" products are typically just the same PVA cement.

The usual starch or modified starch pastes are just not capable of holding down curls when moisture is present. You need something moisture- resistant, and this necessitates something more complicated (but not necessarily more difficult) to remove.

[Truitt Bottsford III]

Oh.

Ok.

Guess we've been doing it wrong all these years. Maybe you could come to work for me & show me how it's done. My business typically grosses only $90K/year. With your knowlege & expertise, I could have you bid my jobs for me. Then you could explain to my clients how it's 'really' supposed to be done.

[mark Ransley]

Kinch know it all . Even pros can't compete. Nobody but him knows anything about anything.

[Richard J Kinch]

Being good at hanging paper makes you a polymer chemist?

[Stormin Mormon]

But mark, I thought you and -I- had something special?

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