Use the right products for the right results when you are hanging wallpaper. First, read the instructions on the label of the wallpaper you have purchased, and on the packaging of the accessory product; then follow the recommended mix ratios and the directions carefully.
Look for the HALLS-BEELINE, SHUR-STIK and METYLAN products at your decorating store. Our METYLAN Wallpaper remover will make the job of removing old wallpaper quicker; our SHUR-STIK size and wallpaper adhesives (pastes), and our HALLS-BEELINE and METYLAN SPECIAL adhesives make it easy to prepare the surface properly and successfully hang the wallpaper of your choice.
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Hanging the wallpaper strips
Paste-the-wall-papers
Corners
Switches
Window and door frames
Always start hanging wallpaper near the main source of natural light, and work away from it, finishing in a discreet area, such as behind a door.
First strip
Use your knife to cut any extra paper at the ceiling and floor.
1. Step up the ladder to the ceiling with your pasted wallpaper and unfold the top portion.
2. Position the paper to correspond with the pencil marks you made on the wall.
3. Press it against the wall, leaving 5cm for trimming along the ceiling line.
4. Line the paper against your plumbline.
5. Moving down and out from the centre, stroke the paper against the wall, using a brush or smoother to position it.
6. Unfold the bottom of the strip and press it against the wall, again checking it against the plumbline.
7. When you are satisfied with its position, smooth it over fully, removing any air bubbles. Don’t rush.
8. Then, use your knife to cut any extra paper at the ceiling and floor.
9. Remove any extra paste by carefully sponging it off with clean water.
Next strips
That’s the first length up; now for the next one.
1. Slide the paper into position on the wall so the pattern (if there is one) is matched and the joins are butted together.
2. Now, use your smoothing brush to help link up the seams.
Follow this process for the rest of the lengths; prepare in advance for corners and tricky areas like power points.
Apply the Metylan Special paste to the wall just like paint.
Paste-the-wall products have a specially developed backing which does not expand, allowing it to be hung dry, without having to soak in water, straight from the roll. You apply the METYLAN Special paste directly onto the wall.
Most people find this cuts the decorating time in half – and because the pasting table process is eliminated, it’s less messy too. This type of wallpaper is great for beginners.
1. Don’t paste the entire wall before starting to hang your wallpaper. Paste one section of the wall at a time so that the paste doesn’t dry out. Allow some overlap – paste a bit more of the wall than just the width of each cut piece.
2. Slide the paper into place and check the match. No need to rush.
3. Then trim off to fit at the top and bottom edge.
And when you decide it’s time for a new look, paste-the-wall wallpapers usually peel off easily. Simply lift a corner at the base of the wall and peel upwards.
The extra 15mm will wrap around the corner onto the next wall.
Don’t try to hang a full width of wallpaper around a corner, as the walls are rarely straight. Always hang the paper in two parts.
1. Measure from the edge of the last strip into the corner, and add another 15mm before you cut the strip of wallpaper to size. The extra 15mm will wrap around the corner onto the next wall.
2. Start the next strip of paper in the corner, overlapping the 15mm of paper from the last drop.
3. Use an adhesive like SHUR-STIK to stick down the overlaps.
Keep going, don’t rush, and soon you will have a completed room or wall to stand back and admire. Congratulations, you did it!
Switches and power points
Crease and trim the paper around the light switch.
1. Make sure the electricity is turned off at the mains.
2. Paper straight over the top of the fitting.
3. Taking care not to cut into the plastic cover, make two diagonal cuts from corner to corner, across the fitting.
4. This forms four flaps, which you can crease against the side of the fitting and then trim off snug against its edges.
5. Then you can put the power back on.
Windows and door frames
Make a diagonal cut in the paper to the corner point of the frame.
1. Hang the length of wallpaper so that it overlaps the frame.
2. Make the paper on the actual wall as smooth as possible.
3. Make a diagonal cut in the paper to the corner point of the frame.
4. Lift the flaps and carefully smooth the paper into the frame’s edges.
5. Then crease and trim the paper.
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