Watching you over the past few months has given me the confidence to go back into the trade even if it is a part time small jobs. I've watched and gathered more knowledge and remembered tricks etc from when I was doing this full time so now I use your videos as a prompter a holly grail lol
I take on most jobs in my place - woodwork, plumbing, electrics etc... but the job I dislike the most is decorating, especially hanging paper! Ask me to move a rad and I'm eager to get stuck in but line and paint a room I dread!! Useful video tho, I think I'll try cutting with scissors rather than a blade, seems much safer.
Agree with what you say but now I always use scissors. Have tried the other methods but always wind up tearing the paper. I find that scissors are much slower but less risky.
First papering job ever...came to the same conclusion, good scissors; slow but reliable. A taping knife and a sharp blade seems to work effortlessly BUT I have seen experienced people drag and tear the paper probably due to the snags pointed out on this vid (irregular surface does not support the soaked/soggy paper).
Olfa Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of utility knives, founded in 1956 in Osaka, Japan. The name is derived from the Japanese words oru and ha. The company is known for inventing the snap-off blade and the rotary cutter. Have not used this make but will check them out.
olfa 18mm & 9mm are the biz, only prob with 9mm is that they can snap far too easy especially if you have a new blade on & have it too far pretruding when cutting , nearly took my eye a few times!!! but they are def sharoest tool in the box 👌
Thanks we usually use the spachler only for cutting tops of paper, when there is no ceiling line to cut to. Use a spirit level to make some small pencil marks... then spachler to line up and cut straight.
I much prefer to use a knife and a spatula but as you say with some wallpaper they will rip so scissors for the thinner paper is the best way , some of the wallpaper that is around now and if I'm honest isn't marvellous so how they expect joe public to hang it I will never know, like yourselves I've been at it gor many years and even now I have to take my time with some of it and when hanging thick lining paper I will sometimes use scissors to keep my hand in at using them and cutting nice and straight every time
Why i paste the wall not the paper even though it may be a paper that states otherwise, not had any problems expanding or shrinkage etc, most new papers are now paste the wall anyway i found
@@PaintingandDecorating I thought I had a lot of paste and left it for 15 minutes then when I went to hang it, water was dripping off it. What does that mean
Thank goodness for this had all these issues yesterday and it's all making sense now.
Watching you over the past few months has given me the confidence to go back into the trade even if it is a part time small jobs. I've watched and gathered more knowledge and remembered tricks etc from when I was doing this full time so now I use your videos as a prompter a holly grail lol
Thank you glad we can help...
I take on most jobs in my place - woodwork, plumbing, electrics etc... but the job I dislike the most is decorating, especially hanging paper! Ask me to move a rad and I'm eager to get stuck in but line and paint a room I dread!! Useful video tho, I think I'll try cutting with scissors rather than a blade, seems much safer.
Thanks yes scissors safer cheaper.. blades are needed in the tool box.
Agree with what you say but now I always use scissors. Have tried the other methods but always wind up tearing the paper. I find that scissors are much slower but less risky.
Yes best to get the job finished with no bumps along the way. stress free
First papering job ever...came to the same conclusion, good scissors; slow but reliable. A taping knife and a sharp blade seems to work effortlessly BUT I have seen experienced people drag and tear the paper probably due to the snags pointed out on this vid (irregular surface does not support the soaked/soggy paper).
Great stuff. Will use your advice next time 😁
Have you tried the OLFA blades?
Olfa Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of utility knives, founded in 1956 in Osaka, Japan. The name is derived from the Japanese words oru and ha. The company is known for inventing the snap-off blade and the rotary cutter. Have not used this make but will check them out.
@@PaintingandDecorating They are very sharp and seem to last longer.
olfa 18mm & 9mm are the biz, only prob with 9mm is that they can snap far too easy especially if you have a new blade on & have it too far pretruding when cutting , nearly took my eye a few times!!! but they are def sharoest tool in the box 👌
I tried a few things and settled on the OLFA 12.5mm blades.. trick is snapping a new one regularly.
THAT SPACHLER is that military-grade, lol, good stuff.
Thanks we usually use the spachler only for cutting tops of paper, when there is no ceiling line to cut to. Use a spirit level to make some small pencil marks... then spachler to line up and cut straight.
What do you recommend to use when splicing snaglypta wallpaper? Thanks.
Thank you for the advice
your welcome.
I much prefer to use a knife and a spatula but as you say with some wallpaper they will rip so scissors for the thinner paper is the best way , some of the wallpaper that is around now and if I'm honest isn't marvellous so how they expect joe public to hang it I will never know, like yourselves I've been at it gor many years and even now I have to take my time with some of it and when hanging thick lining paper I will sometimes use scissors to keep my hand in at using them and cutting nice and straight every time
So agree the lining paper sold in Toolstation and Wickes is dreadful stuff to work with.q
@@danieladams7919 I can't say I've used it, not that I remember, Bromborough Paints now known as Paintwell is where I would normally get it
Why i paste the wall not the paper even though it may be a paper that states otherwise, not had any problems expanding or shrinkage etc, most new papers are now paste the wall anyway i found
Tidy advice again sir ! 👍
Thank you.
i have been looking at single edge razor blades . have you used them if so any good like for splicing ?
As always very helpful advice
Thank you.
This why we can charge a decent price per roll
What's the soaking time for 1400 & 2000?
Between 10 to 15 minutes...
Lots of paste... Thanks
@@PaintingandDecorating I thought I had a lot of paste and left it for 15 minutes then when I went to hang it, water was dripping off it.
What does that mean
My wallpaper t'rr's all the time
Scissors best way to go. Thanks