Hi folks,
I'm generally a good diyer but this is my 1st attemp at wallpapering- it's hard innit!
I'm generally doing OK but I wanted to ask about the joins. I have a seam roller and someone told me to press really hard when rolling the seams, but if you do that the paper next to the seems bulges as the excess paste at the join gets pushed away from the join into the rest of the paper.
Also, the paper tends to need a good bit of stretching and pushing to get the edges to meet properly all the way down, but I guess this is normal?
I'm getting better results not bothering with the seam roller and just pushing the edges together. How should I be doing it and what's the best way to use the seam roller?
Also any other good tips on papering would be much appreciated!
thanks.
oh, I should say it's standard vinyl paper onto plasterboard walls (mainly with old silk emulsion, old paper been scraped off, some areas of paint flaked/scraped off and discovered it needs a bit more prep i think. need to redo some of what I've done as bits where the paint came off have shown through as bumps- anyone else out there not an expert- prep is everything!)
I'm generally a good diyer but this is my 1st attemp at wallpapering- it's hard innit!
I'm generally doing OK but I wanted to ask about the joins. I have a seam roller and someone told me to press really hard when rolling the seams, but if you do that the paper next to the seems bulges as the excess paste at the join gets pushed away from the join into the rest of the paper.
Also, the paper tends to need a good bit of stretching and pushing to get the edges to meet properly all the way down, but I guess this is normal?
I'm getting better results not bothering with the seam roller and just pushing the edges together. How should I be doing it and what's the best way to use the seam roller?
Also any other good tips on papering would be much appreciated!
thanks.
oh, I should say it's standard vinyl paper onto plasterboard walls (mainly with old silk emulsion, old paper been scraped off, some areas of paint flaked/scraped off and discovered it needs a bit more prep i think. need to redo some of what I've done as bits where the paint came off have shown through as bumps- anyone else out there not an expert- prep is everything!)