c'mon awake people! tips on papering ceilings solo?
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Two pairs of steps and a plank to start with to span the width of the room or the length depending on which way you are going.
Measure the length of the paper plus about two inches longer on each end.
Paste the paper with a good qaulity paste such as Solvite, slightly on the thicker side. Paste the paper and fold into a concertina shape with a small tail on it. Allow it to soak until pliable. Use a stick of a rolled up part of a roll of paper to act as a maul... to suport the paper whilst you hold it up.
mark the ceiling with a pencil line or chalk line allowing for it it lap onto the adjacent wall about 2". If you follow the line then the rest of the lengths will follows straight.
Get onto the plank and holding the maul with the paper over it open the tail of the concertina with your other hand and postion this on the ceiling and agaist the line. This is the tricky bit if your not used to it, whilst the paper is stuck to the ceiling use you papering brush to smooth out the paper whilst your other hand gently unfolds a section at a time of the concertina.
Once you have unfolded and brushed out the whole length then you can go back along it with the papering brush smoothing out any bubbles, out to the sides gently not too much preasure or you can stretch the pattern.
Run a pencil mark round the walls and trim the paper to allow about a half inch lapping onto the walls, this will then be covered bythe wall paper unless you are just painting the walls then trimm neat to the wall.
Can be a bit tricky to start with. Size the ceiling to allow the paper to slide a little so it doesnt grab. Good for you back bending backwards anyway...
Measure the length of the paper plus about two inches longer on each end.
Paste the paper with a good qaulity paste such as Solvite, slightly on the thicker side. Paste the paper and fold into a concertina shape with a small tail on it. Allow it to soak until pliable. Use a stick of a rolled up part of a roll of paper to act as a maul... to suport the paper whilst you hold it up.
mark the ceiling with a pencil line or chalk line allowing for it it lap onto the adjacent wall about 2". If you follow the line then the rest of the lengths will follows straight.
Get onto the plank and holding the maul with the paper over it open the tail of the concertina with your other hand and postion this on the ceiling and agaist the line. This is the tricky bit if your not used to it, whilst the paper is stuck to the ceiling use you papering brush to smooth out the paper whilst your other hand gently unfolds a section at a time of the concertina.
Once you have unfolded and brushed out the whole length then you can go back along it with the papering brush smoothing out any bubbles, out to the sides gently not too much preasure or you can stretch the pattern.
Run a pencil mark round the walls and trim the paper to allow about a half inch lapping onto the walls, this will then be covered bythe wall paper unless you are just painting the walls then trimm neat to the wall.
Can be a bit tricky to start with. Size the ceiling to allow the paper to slide a little so it doesnt grab. Good for you back bending backwards anyway...
I'm often amazed at the way some people don't bother to reply with thanks for a very comprehensive instruction post. Like Robbie's above
3 beer crates and a broom or 12" roller... easy ..
Some of us dont get time to read the forums everyday - were too busy decorating other peoples houses !
Some of us dont get time to read the forums everyday - were too busy decorating other peoples houses !
Papering Ceilings
If you set yourself up correctly and have a little Knowledge of papering, then ceilings are not that difficult.
Interior paint decorating tips
Tools
Spatula or paperhangers brush
Snap off Stanley blade
Chalk line
Roller with short pile long life sleeve
3” brush
Decorator’s shears
Paste table
2 buckets (1 for paste 1 for clean water)
Paste table
Scaffold boards to run the full length of 1 piece of wallpaper at least
Step1
After preparing the ceiling and putting your dust sheets down and any other protection that needs to be done, the 1st thing to do is size the ceiling with size or thinned adhesive, this will help you greatly, to help grab the paper as you put the wet pasted paper on 2 the surface of the ceiling.
Mix the size/adhesive to manufactures instructions and apply by roller and allow to dry.
Step2
Work away from the main source of light and set your scaffold up accordingly, then measure away from wall 2” less than the width of the paper to allow trimming, and ping a chalk line.
Step3
Paste paper and fold concertina fashion and allow 2 soak till supple, then start at one end of the room and place paper up too the chalk line and walk along the scaffold unfolding and brushing out the paper as you go all the way to the end, then trim off all the way round by pushing a straight edge spatula into the edge of the ceiling and cut with snap off Stanley knife and then sponge off with clean water and decorators sponge.
Step4
Paste up as before and fold as before and allow soaking until supple, then butt up to 1st strip and walk along scaffold unfolding and brushing out as you go.
When complete, trim off both ends and clean of any past from the join at both ends. Keep working in this fashion and cutting around light fittings as you go.
The best tip here is sizing the ceiling in the 1st place which really helps, and organising your scaffold so you are not fighting to get to things and having to move things out of your way while papering,
Hope these painting tips come in handy
If you set yourself up correctly and have a little Knowledge of papering, then ceilings are not that difficult.
Interior paint decorating tips
Tools
Spatula or paperhangers brush
Snap off Stanley blade
Chalk line
Roller with short pile long life sleeve
3” brush
Decorator’s shears
Paste table
2 buckets (1 for paste 1 for clean water)
Paste table
Scaffold boards to run the full length of 1 piece of wallpaper at least
Step1
After preparing the ceiling and putting your dust sheets down and any other protection that needs to be done, the 1st thing to do is size the ceiling with size or thinned adhesive, this will help you greatly, to help grab the paper as you put the wet pasted paper on 2 the surface of the ceiling.
Mix the size/adhesive to manufactures instructions and apply by roller and allow to dry.
Step2
Work away from the main source of light and set your scaffold up accordingly, then measure away from wall 2” less than the width of the paper to allow trimming, and ping a chalk line.
Step3
Paste paper and fold concertina fashion and allow 2 soak till supple, then start at one end of the room and place paper up too the chalk line and walk along the scaffold unfolding and brushing out the paper as you go all the way to the end, then trim off all the way round by pushing a straight edge spatula into the edge of the ceiling and cut with snap off Stanley knife and then sponge off with clean water and decorators sponge.
Step4
Paste up as before and fold as before and allow soaking until supple, then butt up to 1st strip and walk along scaffold unfolding and brushing out as you go.
When complete, trim off both ends and clean of any past from the join at both ends. Keep working in this fashion and cutting around light fittings as you go.
The best tip here is sizing the ceiling in the 1st place which really helps, and organising your scaffold so you are not fighting to get to things and having to move things out of your way while papering,
Hope these painting tips come in handy
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