Hanging Wallpaper - Paranoid or missing something?

Step 4. Go and buy yourself a Swan and Morton scaple set and a couple of packs of baldes. In my experiance you can never have a sharp enough blade when cutting this stuff. Stanley's are useless as are sissors.

If there are any overlaps on the lining paper you can just sand them down with some fine grade paper to remove the raised edge

well, if you want to avoid gaps without spending a long time butting paper up against the last drop, overlapping can be a very effective and quick strategy.

However, immediately run down the centre of the overlap with a straight edge and a _very_ sharp knife, peel away the offcuts and flatten down.

Works a treat.

cheers Richard

-- Richard Sampson

email me at richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk

Don't bother hanging lining paper horizontally, it's completely unnecessary (that's why it's a different width to normal paper).

If you have nervese of steel and a steady hand, do the glossing last and get a nice line. Otherwise, paste comes off gloss better than gloss comes of paper!

If the wallpaper is patterned, make sure the pieces soak well and for the same length of time before hanging. They will stretch and you want them to stretch the same amount to match the patterns.

You should be able to butt join all seams to a good enough standard. Use overlaps in corners and reveals with the raised edge away from the light if possible.

Treat yourself to those electric 'scissors' for trimming the paper where it meets the skirting, etc. Brilliant - if like me you've not had much success with the score and cut method.