WALLPAPER

REMOVING - USUALLY OLD PAPER MUST BE REMOVED BECAUSE SEAMS & PATTERNS WILL SHOW THROUGH.  THE NEW PAPER IF YOU OVERLAY THE OLD.

TWO EXCEPTIONS:

1. FOIL PAPERS - DIFFICULT TO REMOVE.

  • - IF SEAMS LIE FLAT, SMOOTH OVER WITH SPACKLING COMPOUND & APPLY COAT OF LATEX PRIMER OR SPECIAL PAPER-TO-PAPER PRIMER BEFORE SIZING AND PAPERING.
  • - APPLY TWO COATS OF PRIMER TO COVER OLD, DARK FOIL PAPER IS NEW PAPER IS LIGHT.

2. PAPER APPLIED DIRECTLY OVER NEW SHEETROCK WITHOUT PAINT OR SIZING BETWEEN WALL AND PAPER.

  • - PAPER FACING WILL TEAR OFF DRYWALL IN "TEST" REMOVAL WHEN YOU LOOSEN AN UPPER CORNER OF WALLPAPER AND PULL DOWN.
  • - SECURE LOOSE SEAMS WITH SEAM SEALER, PRIME, SIZE, AND PAPER OVER EXISTING PAPER.

NOTE: PULL PAPER DOWN, NOT AWAY FROM WALL.  TRY PULLING SIDEWAYS TO SEE IF THAT AVOIDS TEARING PAPER OFF DRYWALL.

PAPER WILL COME OFF EASILY DEPENDING ON:

1- WHAT OLD PAPER’S MADE OF:

  • COVERINGS MADE SINCE 1985 ARE "STRIPPABLE" BUT BACKING & ADHESIVE MUST BE MOISTENED AND SCRAPED.
  • OLDER PAPERS / MULTIPLE LAYERS REQUIRE PERFORATION "PAPER TIGER" AND WALLPAPER REMOVER.

2- WHAT KIND OF WALL PREP WAS DONE BEFORE OLD PAPER WAS APPLIED:

  • PAPER APPLIED OVER NEW, UNPRIMED, UNSIZED DRYWALL WILL NEVER STRIP CLEANLY. - PAPER PROPERLY APPLIED SHOULD COME OFF FAIRLY EASILY.
  • IF PAPER STRIPS OFF DRYWALL, USE A SPECIALLY FORMULATED DRYWALL MUD AVAILABLE THROUGH PAINT STORES TO LESSEN BUBBLING AND REAPPLICATIONS NORMALLY ENCOUNTERED.

STRIPPING TIPS:

  1. PROTECT FLOORS WITH TARPS & TO CATCH STRIPS OF PAPER, GUNK, AND DEBRIS. PROTECT TEXTURED CEILINGS, MOLDINGS, WINDOWS, AND DOORS.
  2. KILL POWER TO ALL ELECTRICAL FIXTURES AT THE PANEL.
  3. PULL DOWN - NOT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO WALL.
  4. ALLOW WALLPAPER REMOVERS TIME TO WORK AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. FOUR OR FIVE APPLICATIONS MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER THOROUGHLY PERFORATING PAPER..
  5. BE PATIENT!!! LET THE CHEMICALS IN THE REMOVERS DO THE WORK. STEAMING IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT AND SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. BE CAREFUL IF STEAMING NOT TO SOAK / DAMAGE PAPER FACING & GYPSUM CORE IN SHEETROCK.
  6. HAVE THE NEXT WALL SOAKING WHILE REMOVING PAPER FROM ANOTHER.

NOTE: REPAINT CEILING AND TRIM AFTER STRIPPING BUT BEFORE HANGING NEW PAPER. IT’S EASIER TO WIPE WALLPAPER PASTE OFF NEWLY PAINTED TRIM THAN IT IS TO GET PAINT OFF NEW WALLPAPER.

INSTALLATION -
  1. YOU MUST GET THE FIRST STRIP PLUMB REGARDLESS OF THE SQUARENESS OF THE ROOM.
  2. YOU MUST GET THE PATTERN MATCH WORKED OUT WITH THE FIRST STRIP & PROJECTED AROUND THE ROOM.
  3. YOU MUST USE A SHARP KNIFE FOR TRIMMING. YOU WILL USE AT LEAST A DOZEN BLADES IN A TYPICAL ROOM.
  4. YOU MUST ALLOW THE ADHESIVE PLENTY OF TIME TO "GET READY" BEFORE APPLICATION.