Which Wallpaper Paste...

[Chrisbarham]

Hey,

just got some very expensive wallpaper from cole and son that i am looking to hang at the weekend..however i have no idea what paste to use..

cole and son say i should say "We recommend using a traditional style, starch based, ready mixed tub paste for all wallcoverings.
# PVA or PVC type adhesives are not suitable for our wallpaper as they may cause surface staining or adhesion problems. "

this means using there own paster which costs a load...

anyone got any other ideas of products i can use????

 

[Robbie uk]

I have used solvite for practically everything and had no probs at all. Just another exscuse to buy their paste at ridiculous cost.

 

[roughcaster]

Yep, agree with Robbie, it's just a con to get you to buy their own expensive products.

Roughcaster.

 

[Robbie uk]

They give you a box the size of a match box and say it will do 12 rolls. Yeah right !!

 

[Zampa]

As they dont recommend PVA based ones (never neard of PVC paste) then id suggest using LAP paste..it went out of fashion for a long time when vinyls came in because it didnt contain a fungicide, but the new stuff now does..IMO it sticks far better than solvite or polycell..allthough it is a bit of a pig to mix.

But..dont take this the wrong way..if you can afford expensive paper then you should be able to afford expensive paste...

You know the funny thing about all these so called expensive papers..they all cost less than two quid a roll to produce..I once did a job for a woman who worked for the designers guild company, she bough some paper which back in 1985 cost nearly 30 quid a roll...they let her have it at cost price

50p!!!