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    Wallpaper help

    Hi , the wrinkles are not flattening.at all and remain like a bubble/wrinkle and are very thin the paper is almost like tissue paper in these wrinkles I can't take a photo of it either because it's so white with the new paint on it, doesn't show what I'm trying to describe If there was...
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    Wallpaper help

    I can try and take a photo
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    Wallpaper help

    Thanks, I'm a 2.5 hr ferry trip + 1.30 hr bus trip away from.a Poundland, the decorators shops here don't even know what a pkt of size is. the thought of having to redo the whole ceiling + the part between the picture rail & ceiling is scary. Thanks for replies .
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    Wallpaper help

    Thank you both for replies Its wider than a foot that was just an estimate ,im loath to strip it as it joins the ceiling paper , yes it would definitely strip of easily but I don't have a blade of a type that I could cut it evenenly to separate it from the ceiling paper which is the same . And...
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    Wallpaper help

    Would it be possible to wallpaper over existing anaglpta , I have tried painting an area but the paper is wrinkling when I paint ,it seems to be too thin to take the paint . I’m really loathe to go about the stripping of this paper it’s about a foot wide just above a picture rail TIA
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    Wallpaper peeling

    I'll try the one and only DIY shop to see if they have this type of product. The edges are hard and dried up so possibly adhesive would be better and hold more securely than paste.which if it doesn't adhere after drying makes the paper even harder Many.thanks
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    Wallpaper peeling

    I remember the old size and the smell a very strange smell, I couldn't believe that a decorators shop didht know what size was ,he had never heard of it . Some of the back of the wallpaper is black like soot but not the part I had pasted and stuck down I've peeled a bit more back and see its...
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    Wallpaper peeling

    Thanks for replying It's a good vinyl vymura paper so i can possibly take the paste off with a sponge. I hadn't thought that the previous paste was a barrier. But guess it is ,if I had spare paper I would strip it off and refresh or even use a lining paper but I have no.spare .
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    Wallpaper peeling

    Thank for replying , I used solvite powder paste dissolved No it's not new plaster very old 1930 house. I.went into a decorators shop a few months back to buy size and he didht know what I was talking about sadly. So no size in shop here. I'm just trying to re-glue the original wallpaper in...
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    Wallpaper peeling

    I've had peeling wallpaper on a chimney breast due to dampness ,this dampness has now been resolved wall completely dry Ive pasted the wall paper seems to stick but then it comes away hours later . I don't have spare wallpaper so can't strip the wall to redo it , any tips to stick it back...
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