Papering for the first time is scary enough, but when your using expensive paper, in your daughters room, man you need a medal, great job, cheap paper is horrible to work with as it rip and creases far to easily also
I've been a decorator for 50 years and have hung a lot of wide wallpapers especially Muraspec! We always used to work out where the leading edge would be, then plumb a line. That way you can hang the paper to that line, then work back towards the previous length, as opposed to normal wallpaper, where you work away from the previous length. Its imperative that the leading edge of any wallpaper is plumb, as if not, it will result in the following lengths being out of plumb! But still a good job Charlie! As my old Boss used to say:" A mistakes only a mistake if it cant be put right"! Mirrors and tricks Charlie!
Thanks Kevin. Invaluable advice and thanks for not being too critical of my efforts. One question - if you're working back to the previous drop how do you make sure you're pattern matching correctly? 😉👍
Hi Charlie, Obviously you have already cut your lengths, so you know roughly where the pattern match is. You could offer up the length before pasting the wall, match the pattern to the previous length at the top and make a small pencil mark where the ceiling line is (on the leading edge). Then paste the wall, and place the ceiling mark on the ceiling line, which gives you a reference mark for the pattern, then hang the paper to the plumb line gradually from the top, checking the match as you go. If all is plumb, the pattern should be there or there abouts, but may need a bit of "fine tuning". If you're overlapping and splicing the paper, the plumb line is only for reference really, to make sure the paper is not too far out of plumb. Its good policy sometimes, (especially on long drops i.e. staircase) or if the paper stretches, to start at eye level, then smooth up and down, so if the paper stretches, at least it will be matched at eye level! You do make some cracking videos, and I think the most important part of any project is having the confidence to just go ahead and give it a go, which obviously, you do, well done 👏👏
Having sold wallpaper for years but not installed it, I discovered that having seen pro's hang it had taught me a lot of very handy tips so I avoided some silly mistakes when I did finally try. Now I quite enjoy it, and particularly like the huge patterns the wide-width papers often come with. The introduction of 'paste the wall' wallpapers has made it genuinely achievable for anybody with a basic eye for detail and process.
Hi Charlie, I have over fifty years’ experience of wallpapering albeit only as a hobbyist, there are two things I love, wallpaper hanging and tiling. With a lot of other things coming a close third. After watching your first attempt at wallpaper hanging anyone looking at that would not know you were a novice and agree that you did a very good job, well done
I love wallpapering. Have done loads over the years. You really don’t need all that kit. A metal ruler and a Stanley knife and a wallpaper smoothing brush and that’s it. My last decorating job was paste the wall paper. Hadn’t used it before. Hate it. The paper remains too stiff to bend round corners etc. in the end I pasted the wall and the paper. I always use wallpaper paste you mix in water, you get a better consistency, I think, in regards what is best for your walls. Think you did a good job. Wall paper was beautiful but tricky dimensions for a first attempt.
Excellent stuff, thanks. Good to include the oopses, we've all done them and more. One advantage applying paste to the wall not the paper is that you don't get major stretch issues. Cheaper wallpapers (especially) can stretch by very surprising amounts after paste is applied, so positioning side cutouts for the window is really tricky to judge. I used to find it best to cut out in situ, after hanging from the top. Oh, and when buying paper check the pattern drop - I once had to go back for an extra roll (20+ inches drop meant a lot of wastage doing a whole room) and was mightily relieved to find they still had rolls from the same batch - colour matching between batches used to be a nightmare. It's been a long time since I had to do any wallpaper hanging, so things may have improved.
Thanks, and great advice. Yes I was aware of how much easier it was pasting the wall not the paper. Can you imagine trying to lift a 135cm wide paper onto the wall laden with paste 😬🤣
A great and honest video Charlie, it shows people that mistakes can be made, and will be, but not to fear them. Im really surprised a lining paper was recommended though because its really bad practice to splice wallcoverings over lining paper, because if you slice through the lining paper it can weaken the joint as cause the seam to lift as the finish paper dries, or over a period of time. Tip for anyone attempting papering for the first time and having to buy equipment, a decent papering brush could set you back 40 to 50 quid, use a medium or long pile roller sleeve instead.
Thanks, I really appreciate that. That makes a lot of sense what you say about papering over lining. Perhaps that's why they no longer talk about papering on their web instructions, but that being the case they need to update the instruction sheet they send out with the paper. Thanks true taking the time to comment. Excellent advice 👊
@@CharlieDIYte What happens is the top paper sticks to the lining, and dries, because it is nearer the air/heat..but the lining paper under it is damp and the paste securing the lining will re-activate...the surface tension as the paper dries pulls on the lining. The same can happen if you slice through a thick coat of paint. The joint may not 'blow' once its all dry, but there is a fair chance it will at some point. Its good practice to use a thin plastic or metal strip under the paper when you do a splice, even a spare strip of paper will be better than nothing
This reminds me of the last time I patterned matched a wall, last drop and I cut it way to short so had to stitch it together, thankfully it was behind a bedside table but the moment you realise it’s a horrible feeling. Looks great and must have been tricky with such wide drops. Well done for showing warts and all. I’ve not picked up a paste brush since. Left it to the professionals!!!
Ah brilliant video yet again, good work sir! I wallpapered my newly insulated daughters room a few days ago and tore the damp wallpaper a few times when trimming the tops and bottoms! I've learned, although late, your cutting technique.
Great video again! Can I suggest you do a short summary video a few months after releasing the video of things you learnt and picked up from UA-cam comments and other feedback.
I don’t have half of those tools to paper with but it looks like I may be getting some in the near future . The problem I used to have was around the inside of the window . Your daughters wall has a nice easy frame with a straight edge , mine doesn’t . My other problem with the homes I’ve lived in , is trying to hang paper behind the radiator . Ty for teaching me some new tricks
Sorry about that spam reply. Now blocked but sneaky pretending to be me. Yes that paperwiz and the Olfa knife is definitely worth buying. With radiators the best option is to take them off the wall I'm afraid.
I think I would be pretty pleased with how that turned out...The plastic paper whiz looks a good idea, but I think I would prefer something made with a flexible metal blade for longevity...some sort of oversize filling blade maybe?
That is such a coincidence I wallpapered my daughter bedroom yesterday I never wallpapered before and although you done a much better job than me I am glad you made a silly mistake like myself of cutting a bit and patch it back on after 😂😂 makes me feel a bit better. I should have waited to watch this first before having a go myself!
I wallpapered a wall for the first time in 20 years a few weeks ago and had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. First time using paste the wall stuff which definitely makes things a bit easier to do. I much prefer it to painting and it feels much more rewarding. Fair play for using paper as wide as that and that also required pattern matching for your first attempt though as it didn't look easy to handle. We've just ordered up half a dozen rolls of thermal wallpaper in a quest to try and minimise heat loss in an extension which looks like it might be more of a handful to fit and requires copious amounts of heavy duty paste by the sound of it. Fitting that may well cure me of my rediscovered like for wallpapering.
Top job mate , just to add something its always good to keep a damp sponge by hand in case you need to wipe any excess paste that may get on paper great idea using lining paper for practice.👍👍👍
Thanks buddy. Yes, I had some sugar soap wipes but a sponge would be better. Sorry about that spam reply. Never had this before, worrying when someone masquerades as you. Now blocked.
@@CharlieDIYte hi Charlie, great video, this will come in very handy, I have been subscribed to you for a while now and all your videos are very nice and informative, great work, and how is your wife enjoying the tool kit you put together for her, again great video looking forward to more coming from you, and will always like your videos I watch. Thanks
Although the start was more or less an episode of Pat & Mat, the results are not that bad. Now you can put those tools away so they can collect dust Thanks for sharing and happy holidays in advance !
I'll be using them again, don't you worry 😉. Pat and Mat are that ingenious animation couple bodging DIY? A mate lives in Rotterdam and forwarded me an episode - which I thought was very good. 😉👍
Nice video Charlie, I quite like wallpapering, but not had much practise in the last few years and at 79.95 a metre I won't be doing any soon :-) Well done, nice job.
Cheers Steve. £49 but it's still too much as far as I'm concerned! She's a trooper though particularly putting up with her sibling so we thought we'd treat her!
I KNOW. Seriously though, I've had so many problems with wood chip over the years I was completely fed up with the stuff. Different view on it now but you've got to be confident what you put up is going to stand the test of time, though!
Hi Charlie. As ever, a really useful video for someone very new to DIY. One request. Would you be able to do a video on how to remove and refit a radiator prior to wallpapering / decorating? I am sure this is very simple but I always resort to getting a plumber in to do it for me. This would be very useful for the real novices out there!
I really like wallpapering i would rather do it than paint but the problem is nearly all wallpaper is horrible looking. Ive never used paper where you paste the wall, it must make going around large windows easier with no stretch. Geat job a always!!
That's the joy of it. But I wouldn't like to put a 135cm wide paper on the wall that I'd had to paste. Shades of Laurel and Hardy with it tearing into clumps in your hands 🤣🤦
Another tip some papers don't like hard paper smoothers as good as they are they can marr the paper leaving it shiny or discoloured. Same with a hard seam roller. Also if if splicing through overlaps use a fresh snap off blade as they are cheaper than messing up expensive papers. Keep up good work :)
Thanks Patrick. Makes sense. So bring out the brush in those situations although I suspect it's best for those papers where you apply the paste to the paper. 👍
One of my least favourite jobs. I am simply not neat enough despite best efforts. I blame the tools of course. What I have learned is to buy good quality paper. It makes a big difference. That stuff you used looked excellent.
You're absolutely right John, it's all about the tools for a job like this. You need a permanently sharp blade - couldn't believe how quickly I got through that Olfa and the paper wiz is essential. 👍
TIP: We just stripped a wallpapered feature wall and used the excellent Zinsser DIF Concentrate Wallpaper Stripper, Sponge it on and 15 mins later it falls off the wall with a scraper.
Don’t mind wallpapering, but I always find trimming the edges as they go into a corner, skirting board or coving a problem. No matter how sharp my knife (I’ve also used razor blades and scalpels) with a trimming edge tool, the cut is never exact. The edge crumples up and it’s not a sharp cut. Do I need to wait for the paper to dry a little as it’s like cutting wet toilet paper….the edges just ride up and become jagged. I then have to revert to scissors for a straight edge. Where am I going wrong?
It's harder I think when you're pasting the paper as it sounds like you are. What trimming edge tool are you using? Could also be you're putting on too much paste but I stress I'm no expert on this. That paperwiz though is excellent.
@@CharlieDIYte Yep, you could be right as I’ve only ever pasted the paper so it feels less rigid. I’ve used the sharpest blades, all sorts. Maybe I need to try a paste the wall option and keep the paper as dry as possible and once cut, stick some more paste behind it. Thanks.
I'd call that an easy window to paper around Charlie, although tricky for DIY'ers, it's a walk in the park for a Pro. A few tips: 1. A better technique when dealing with an external angle is to cut at an angle, so by example, the top right corner, I would have cut down at approx 22º this leaves plenty of paper to cut away nicely and also shows the vertical edge to start cutting from when doing the side. 1a. Cutting around the sill is tricky but generally a pro will cut in the middle of the sill and then make small cuts to create small triangles that will mold around the bull-nose. 1b. Cutting for internal angles, you can cut the point off close to the internal point, you will find the paper bends into the corner much better. 2. If you have enough paper, splice two pieces by following the pattern or shapes, people look for straight lines by following the pattern it does a great job of hiding the cut. 3. Use a bigger roller to get that paste on, ready mix can surface dry quite quickly. 4. couldn't believe you made a lining paper template and it actually worked, my heart was in my mouth watching that lol! Love the paste the wall papers, a lot easier to paper, nice to see the I mean modifications, left in lol! You set yourself a challenge and a half there, wide papers can be devils to hang, but all in all not a bad job Charlie. pat on the back.
Thanks, I could have really done with that advice before doing the video! Some fantastic tips there - particularly on the still and internal angles - makes perfect sense! 👊
I will not criticize you as many people will do to pick a part you work… I will say that you engage in a very difficult maneuver by bringing that piece to the window, your first strip after much tedious measuring nobody who does this professional would do that however, there is a benefit to what you did and that is that your second sheet probably matched up perfectly because you reduced all of the stress on the first sheet that makes it very difficult to line the 2nd feet that are right next to the first… Good job, but that requires a lot of patience and most of us would not do that
Most windows do not have an easy going on like you tried to show, the paper has to be fitted into the window frame as a rule, don't over complicate things that don't need to be!!
Or...even better, just paint your walls, and save yourself years of pain of wallpaper stripping, hangings, and wall repairs....your welcome ...buy me a coffee ....
Papering for the first time is scary enough, but when your using expensive paper, in your daughters room, man you need a medal, great job, cheap paper is horrible to work with as it rip and creases far to easily also
'And now I was well and truly into botchville' - how I know that felling!
Well done for tackling wall paper - I've managed to avoid it so far!
Ha! Thanks Stuart 👊
@@CharlieDIYte I'm really going to try to include the same phrase into a video during 2023!
I've been a decorator for 50 years and have hung a lot of wide wallpapers especially Muraspec! We always used to work out where the leading edge would be, then plumb a line. That way you can hang the paper to that line, then work back towards the previous length, as opposed to normal wallpaper, where you work away from the previous length. Its imperative that the leading edge of any wallpaper is plumb, as if not, it will result in the following lengths being out of plumb! But still a good job Charlie! As my old Boss used to say:" A mistakes only a mistake if it cant be put right"! Mirrors and tricks Charlie!
Thanks Kevin. Invaluable advice and thanks for not being too critical of my efforts. One question - if you're working back to the previous drop how do you make sure you're pattern matching correctly? 😉👍
Hi Charlie, Obviously you have already cut your lengths, so you know roughly where the pattern match is. You could offer up the length before pasting the wall, match the pattern to the previous length at the top and make a small pencil mark where the ceiling line is (on the leading edge). Then paste the wall, and place the ceiling mark on the ceiling line, which gives you a reference mark for the pattern, then hang the paper to the plumb line gradually from the top, checking the match as you go. If all is plumb, the pattern should be there or there abouts, but may need a bit of "fine tuning". If you're overlapping and splicing the paper, the plumb line is only for reference really, to make sure the paper is not too far out of plumb.
Its good policy sometimes, (especially on long drops i.e. staircase) or if the paper stretches, to start at eye level, then smooth up and down, so if the paper stretches, at least it will be matched at eye level!
You do make some cracking videos, and I think the most important part of any project is having the confidence to just go ahead and give it a go, which obviously, you do, well done 👏👏
Having sold wallpaper for years but not installed it, I discovered that having seen pro's hang it had taught me a lot of very handy tips so I avoided some silly mistakes when I did finally try. Now I quite enjoy it, and particularly like the huge patterns the wide-width papers often come with. The introduction of 'paste the wall' wallpapers has made it genuinely achievable for anybody with a basic eye for detail and process.
Thanks Peter. Yes paste the wall must be so much easier. I don't know why pasting the paper was ever a thing..🤷♂️
Hi Charlie, I have over fifty years’ experience of wallpapering albeit only as a hobbyist, there are two things I love, wallpaper hanging and tiling. With a lot of other things coming a close third. After watching your first attempt at wallpaper hanging anyone looking at that would not know you were a novice and agree that you did a very good job, well done
Thanks John, I appreciate that. I know what you mean Carpentry, roofing and plumbing are my top 3. Just love coming back to these jobs. 👍
I love wallpapering. Have done loads over the years. You really don’t need all that kit. A metal ruler and a Stanley knife and a wallpaper smoothing brush and that’s it. My last decorating job was paste the wall paper. Hadn’t used it before. Hate it. The paper remains too stiff to bend round corners etc. in the end I pasted the wall and the paper. I always use wallpaper paste you mix in water, you get a better consistency, I think, in regards what is best for your walls.
Think you did a good job. Wall paper was beautiful but tricky dimensions for a first attempt.
Excellent stuff, thanks. Good to include the oopses, we've all done them and more. One advantage applying paste to the wall not the paper is that you don't get major stretch issues. Cheaper wallpapers (especially) can stretch by very surprising amounts after paste is applied, so positioning side cutouts for the window is really tricky to judge. I used to find it best to cut out in situ, after hanging from the top. Oh, and when buying paper check the pattern drop - I once had to go back for an extra roll (20+ inches drop meant a lot of wastage doing a whole room) and was mightily relieved to find they still had rolls from the same batch - colour matching between batches used to be a nightmare. It's been a long time since I had to do any wallpaper hanging, so things may have improved.
Thanks, and great advice. Yes I was aware of how much easier it was pasting the wall not the paper. Can you imagine trying to lift a 135cm wide paper onto the wall laden with paste 😬🤣
A great and honest video Charlie, it shows people that mistakes can be made, and will be, but not to fear them. Im really surprised a lining paper was recommended though because its really bad practice to splice wallcoverings over lining paper, because if you slice through the lining paper it can weaken the joint as cause the seam to lift as the finish paper dries, or over a period of time.
Tip for anyone attempting papering for the first time and having to buy equipment, a decent papering brush could set you back 40 to 50 quid, use a medium or long pile roller sleeve instead.
Thanks, I really appreciate that. That makes a lot of sense what you say about papering over lining. Perhaps that's why they no longer talk about papering on their web instructions, but that being the case they need to update the instruction sheet they send out with the paper. Thanks true taking the time to comment. Excellent advice 👊
@@CharlieDIYte What happens is the top paper sticks to the lining, and dries, because it is nearer the air/heat..but the lining paper under it is damp and the paste securing the lining will re-activate...the surface tension as the paper dries pulls on the lining. The same can happen if you slice through a thick coat of paint.
The joint may not 'blow' once its all dry, but there is a fair chance it will at some point.
Its good practice to use a thin plastic or metal strip under the paper when you do a splice, even a spare strip of paper will be better than nothing
Great vid. Looks great! 👍
The thought of wallpapering chills me more than the recent weather has. 😆 ❄️🌨️
Same here
But I'm going to use a stencil to make what looks like wallpaper.
If I hate it I will just paint over it.
This reminds me of the last time I patterned matched a wall, last drop and I cut it way to short so had to stitch it together, thankfully it was behind a bedside table but the moment you realise it’s a horrible feeling. Looks great and must have been tricky with such wide drops. Well done for showing warts and all. I’ve not picked up a paste brush since. Left it to the professionals!!!
Thanks Ollie. Easily done, isn't it! 👊
Ah brilliant video yet again, good work sir! I wallpapered my newly insulated daughters room a few days ago and tore the damp wallpaper a few times when trimming the tops and bottoms! I've learned, although late, your cutting technique.
Great video again! Can I suggest you do a short summary video a few months after releasing the video of things you learnt and picked up from UA-cam comments and other feedback.
I don’t have half of those tools to paper with but it looks like I may be getting some in the near future . The problem I used to have was around the inside of the window . Your daughters wall has a nice easy frame with a straight edge , mine doesn’t . My other problem with the homes I’ve lived in , is trying to hang paper behind the radiator . Ty for teaching me some new tricks
Sorry about that spam reply. Now blocked but sneaky pretending to be me. Yes that paperwiz and the Olfa knife is definitely worth buying. With radiators the best option is to take them off the wall I'm afraid.
I think I would be pretty pleased with how that turned out...The plastic paper whiz looks a good idea, but I think I would prefer something made with a flexible metal blade for longevity...some sort of oversize filling blade maybe?
That is such a coincidence I wallpapered my daughter bedroom yesterday I never wallpapered before and although you done a much better job than me I am glad you made a silly mistake like myself of cutting a bit and patch it back on after 😂😂 makes me feel a bit better. I should have waited to watch this first before having a go myself!
I wallpapered a wall for the first time in 20 years a few weeks ago and had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. First time using paste the wall stuff which definitely makes things a bit easier to do. I much prefer it to painting and it feels much more rewarding.
Fair play for using paper as wide as that and that also required pattern matching for your first attempt though as it didn't look easy to handle. We've just ordered up half a dozen rolls of thermal wallpaper in a quest to try and minimise heat loss in an extension which looks like it might be more of a handful to fit and requires copious amounts of heavy duty paste by the sound of it. Fitting that may well cure me of my rediscovered like for wallpapering.
I hope it doesn't. Good luck with that. I had a lot of polystyrene backed wallpaper in this place when we moved in. Is yours something similar?
Top job mate , just to add something its always good to keep a damp sponge by hand in case you need to wipe any excess paste that may get on paper great idea using lining paper for practice.👍👍👍
Thanks buddy. Yes, I had some sugar soap wipes but a sponge would be better. Sorry about that spam reply. Never had this before, worrying when someone masquerades as you. Now blocked.
@@CharlieDIYte hi Charlie, great video, this will come in very handy, I have been subscribed to you for a while now and all your videos are very nice and informative, great work, and how is your wife enjoying the tool kit you put together for her, again great video looking forward to more coming from you, and will always like your videos I watch. Thanks
For your first attempt that was pretty dam good. We all make small mistakes now and then. But I bet your daughter was very impressed 👍👍. Happy Xmas.
Great work Charlie, knowing mum keeps hinting about wanting a wall of wallpaper in her bedroom in the future, this will come of use
Thanks. It's surprisingly easy to do and satisfying. 👍
Although the start was more or less an episode of Pat & Mat, the results are not that bad.
Now you can put those tools away so they can collect dust
Thanks for sharing and happy holidays in advance !
I'll be using them again, don't you worry 😉. Pat and Mat are that ingenious animation couple bodging DIY? A mate lives in Rotterdam and forwarded me an episode - which I thought was very good. 😉👍
@@CharlieDIYte Yep 🤣😅😆
Thanks charlie for another great informative video….once again, much love from South Africa
You are the best Charlie.
Nice video Charlie, I quite like wallpapering, but not had much practise in the last few years and at 79.95 a metre I won't be doing any soon :-) Well done, nice job.
Cheers Steve. £49 but it's still too much as far as I'm concerned! She's a trooper though particularly putting up with her sibling so we thought we'd treat her!
Hi, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Steve
Thanks Steve. You too 👊
Genuinely quite surprised you haven't done Wallpaper before given the vast range of DIY jobs you've done on this channel.
I KNOW. Seriously though, I've had so many problems with wood chip over the years I was completely fed up with the stuff. Different view on it now but you've got to be confident what you put up is going to stand the test of time, though!
Similar to me. Daughter recently papered her utility cupboard (a whim and for practice). More wallpapering than I've ever done!
Hi Charlie. As ever, a really useful video for someone very new to DIY. One request. Would you be able to do a video on how to remove and refit a radiator prior to wallpapering / decorating? I am sure this is very simple but I always resort to getting a plumber in to do it for me. This would be very useful for the real novices out there!
Thanks. I've been meaning to do a video on this for a while and I have one to remove soon so I'll try and post a video in a few weeks. 👍
That looks pretty damn good to me mate. Good rescue job too! I've paper a few walls and I find it really rewarding. Nice Vid as usual! Merry Xmas! 🍻
Fair play you’ve done a great job I’d have to get a firm in I’ve got no patience
Thanks Charlie, merry Xmas and a happy new year to you and the family :)
Legend that is Charlie!👍
I really like wallpapering i would rather do it than paint but the problem is nearly all wallpaper is horrible looking. Ive never used paper where you paste the wall, it must make going around large windows easier with no stretch. Geat job a always!!
That's the joy of it. But I wouldn't like to put a 135cm wide paper on the wall that I'd had to paste. Shades of Laurel and Hardy with it tearing into clumps in your hands 🤣🤦
Excellent job sir.
Thank you for your video, it helped me a bunch 😊
You're very welcome Stacey - glad you found it useful and thanks for getting in touch.
Another tip some papers don't like hard paper smoothers as good as they are they can marr the paper leaving it shiny or discoloured. Same with a hard seam roller.
Also if if splicing through overlaps use a fresh snap off blade as they are cheaper than messing up expensive papers. Keep up good work :)
Thanks Patrick. Makes sense. So bring out the brush in those situations although I suspect it's best for those papers where you apply the paste to the paper. 👍
Would be great to see a video on tiling bathrooms…. Can you add to your list?
Will do. I have a bathroom coming up this year. 👍
Very true
One of my least favourite jobs. I am simply not neat enough despite best efforts. I blame the tools of course. What I have learned is to buy good quality paper. It makes a big difference. That stuff you used looked excellent.
You're absolutely right John, it's all about the tools for a job like this. You need a permanently sharp blade - couldn't believe how quickly I got through that Olfa and the paper wiz is essential. 👍
Great video 📹 👍
Thanks. And sorry for that spam - I appear to have a spammer using my identity. Now blocked 🤦
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing!!
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment 👊
Scissors? Shears - Great Vid many thanks 👍
Thanks 👍
Nice job Charlie, hard to believe that you're wallpaper averse!
Thanks John. I've just had so much woodchip to remove and we had a load of polystyrene backed wallpaper here too 🤦
TIP: We just stripped a wallpapered feature wall and used the excellent Zinsser DIF Concentrate Wallpaper Stripper, Sponge it on and 15 mins later it falls off the wall with a scraper.
Don’t mind wallpapering, but I always find trimming the edges as they go into a corner, skirting board or coving a problem. No matter how sharp my knife (I’ve also used razor blades and scalpels) with a trimming edge tool, the cut is never exact. The edge crumples up and it’s not a sharp cut. Do I need to wait for the paper to dry a little as it’s like cutting wet toilet paper….the edges just ride up and become jagged. I then have to revert to scissors for a straight edge. Where am I going wrong?
It's harder I think when you're pasting the paper as it sounds like you are. What trimming edge tool are you using? Could also be you're putting on too much paste but I stress I'm no expert on this. That paperwiz though is excellent.
@@CharlieDIYte Yep, you could be right as I’ve only ever pasted the paper so it feels less rigid. I’ve used the sharpest blades, all sorts. Maybe I need to try a paste the wall option and keep the paper as dry as possible and once cut, stick some more paste behind it. Thanks.
Awesome!
Thanks 👊
Hi Charlie/ anyone, can I use 'paste the paper' paper on 'paste the wall' paste?
Thanks
Don't suppose you've got condensation in your loft? Would love a video 😂
Only thing missing is a cloth or sponge to wipe off excess paste.
Thanks Tony. Yes good thinking. Didn't really have any excess but I can see how you could get some on those repasted seams between each drop 👊
well done to show the mess ups👍 You could of put it all upside down, No one would of noticed!!🙃
That's true. It would have annoyed me though! 😉 Sorry about that spam reply. Now blocked.
@@CharlieDIYte No problem👍Keep the video's and the research coming. I'll get rid of that telegram app now😉
I'd call that an easy window to paper around Charlie, although tricky for DIY'ers, it's a walk in the park for a Pro.
A few tips:
1. A better technique when dealing with an external angle is to cut at an angle, so by example, the top right corner, I would have cut down at approx 22º this leaves plenty of paper to cut away nicely and also shows the vertical edge to start cutting from when doing the side.
1a. Cutting around the sill is tricky but generally a pro will cut in the middle of the sill and then make small cuts to create small triangles that will mold around the bull-nose.
1b. Cutting for internal angles, you can cut the point off close to the internal point, you will find the paper bends into the corner much better.
2. If you have enough paper, splice two pieces by following the pattern or shapes, people look for straight lines by following the pattern it does a great job of hiding the cut.
3. Use a bigger roller to get that paste on, ready mix can surface dry quite quickly.
4. couldn't believe you made a lining paper template and it actually worked, my heart was in my mouth watching that lol!
Love the paste the wall papers, a lot easier to paper, nice to see the I mean modifications, left in lol!
You set yourself a challenge and a half there, wide papers can be devils to hang, but all in all not a bad job Charlie. pat on the back.
Thanks, I could have really done with that advice before doing the video! Some fantastic tips there - particularly on the still and internal angles - makes perfect sense! 👊
I will not criticize you as many people will do to pick a part you work…
I will say that you engage in a very difficult maneuver by bringing that piece to the window, your first strip after much tedious measuring nobody who does this professional would do that however, there is a benefit to what you did and that is that your second sheet probably matched up perfectly because you reduced all of the stress on the first sheet that makes it very difficult to line the 2nd feet that are right next to the first… Good job, but that requires a lot of patience and most of us would not do that
Thanks, I appreciate that. 👊
Nope. Smoothing brush FTW. Especially if the wall isn't perfect. It will work _way_ better than a hard edge.
It's a fair point for uneven walls 👍
First in!
You make a simple job look complicated there mate
Often the way when you do something for the first time.
Most windows do not have an easy going on like you tried to show, the paper has to be fitted into the window frame as a rule, don't over complicate things that don't need to be!!
Why exactly have I over complicated things? I had an architrave and window sill that the wallpaper had to be cut around. 🤷♂️
@@CharlieDIYte your question to answer!? maybe to make the content longer, only yourself knows
Getting rid of woodchip? Send it to Germany. They use it everywhere. Even the ceilings. Too lazy to plaster a wall properly.
Never knew that. Well I've still got a few things here with it!! So they're welcome to it!
Or...even better, just paint your walls, and save yourself years of pain of wallpaper stripping, hangings, and wall repairs....your welcome ...buy me a coffee ....
You don’t need all that kit
Boomers and their wall paper 😂
I am not a boomer - born in the 1970s!
Too many tools and too much faf. wallpapering is far easier than this.
In the end it was pretty much just the olfa knife and paperwiz.