How long to soak lining paper

[oydidibegin]

I am using 1700 lining paper (Mav) which I have used over a whole house in the past with great results.

This time I have ended up with long vertical bubbles on most pieces and a lot of edges have lifted. I have searched here and it looks that the paper wasn't left long enough to soak. I thought that it was all left for about 7mins (same as last time). Walls were sized.

Would the temperature make any difference? The house was flippin' freezin'.

Does the paste make any difference? I bought 'own make' from Crown Decorating Centre but used Solvite last time. Was told 'own make' was just as good.............

Before I start again after stripping all of this off, (I don't think it can be salvaged), what ratio of water to paste would you guys use, and how long would you leave it to soak in a freezin' house.

Any other tips?

Thanks
from a very fed up girl

 

[Robbie uk]

I always use Solvite, best paste of all. 7 to 10 mins should be ok for soaking, but some times if left too long the edges can dry out. You must put plenty of paste on. Not enough and it wont stick. You cant really have too much as it will always dry out.

If its really cold it will take longer to dry out, but you dont want to force it with heating or it will dry to quick and possibly shrink.

When you have pasted a length of paper, make sure it is folded top and tail or concertina this will help keep edges together when soaking.

 

[oydidibegin]

Thanks for that. What is the best ratio of water to paste for this paper do you think?

 

[Robbie uk]

A 12 pint pack of Solvite, 1 sachet, will mix in half a bucket of water and will be of a decent enough consistency for most papers.

 

[oydidibegin]

Okey dokey........... thanks for all your help

 

[antomac1001]

My old dad used to swear that his method of testing the consistency of paste was foolproof He said that you put the stirring stick in the middle standing up and as long as it didn't freefall to the sides then you were okay. a Gem