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Textured wallpaper

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Hi
If anyone knows the answer to my question I will be very appreciative.
I am considering wallpapering a room using a textured wall paper. I would overlap the internal corners but think that because of the thicker textured paper it’ll form a ridge and also won’t stick where the overlap is.
How should I do the internal corners ?
Many thanks to anybody who can help..
 
Do you have any links to the paper?

If it is a paper that will be painted, it might make sense to cut it at the internal corners and then caulk the corners.
 
Thanks for your reply. That’s a good idea. I am not sure exactly which type of textured wallpaper but was hoping not to be painting it. I was wondering if I can just go round the internal corner with one length and just butt up against the edge with the next length on the adjacent wall.
 
Thanks for your reply. That’s a good idea. I am not sure exactly which type of textured wallpaper but was hoping not to be painting it. I was wondering if I can just go round the internal corner with one length and just butt up against the edge with the next length on the adjacent wall.

Ok, if it is not going to be painted, yeah, you will need to run it around the corner.

Check the light sources in the room to determine where the overlap will be least noticeable.

I normally go for about an inch of overlap.

If the texture is really, really deep, you could run some soft filler over the edge of the overlap (eg Red Devil OneTime) to feather it. You will
need to seal it though.

Sorry, without seeing the paper it is difficult to advise further.

If the textured paper has a repeating pattern, you will need to run around the corner and then run back into the corner to line it up.

I normally pull back the first layer from the corner and then trim the second into the corner using a straight edge and knife, a pencil a scissors works though and means you don't have to pull the first back. Then push the first layer back into the corner and lay the second over the overlap.

I hope that makes sense.
 

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