Can someone explain in simple steps how to do this? I want to do things the ‘right’ way so that if we want to change/remove the border it will be easy to take down. Is sizing painted on or what? I think that once I do the sizing part that I will be able to follow the directions on my border (it’s prepasted). I’m very excited about how pretty this border will look in the room, but I’m scared of screwing it up. Yikes!
Thanks for the help. =)
You paint the sizing on the wall before you put up the wallpaper, it makes things so much easier. Just use a clean paint roller and go for it, it’s really simple
February 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
i draw a line with a pencil
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February 27th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
If I remember right you put the sizing on the wall as a sealer. That way when you want to remove the paper it won’t tear up your wall. After it is dry you put the paper up. Really with just a border it probably isn’t necessary. If you want to do it though, it is painted on.
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February 27th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
You paint the sizing on the wall before you put up the wallpaper, it makes things so much easier. Just use a clean paint roller and go for it, it’s really simple
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February 27th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Use a wallcovering primer instead of sizing. Zinsser’s Shieldz is a good primer for this.
If you are hanging the border flush to the ceiling line (where wall meets ceiling) then the following will work:
1. Measure the width of the border.
2. Apply the primer to the upper wall down from the ceiling line the width of the border LESS 1/4 INCH or so (you want to be a little less than the border width rather than exactly the width or too much – if you come down too far – the border won’t cover the primer so be a little short of the border width)
3. Let the primer dry the prescribed time as per the label directions.
4. Hang border.
See illustration: http://www.paintinganddecoratingconcourse.com/priming_for_border.pdf
See also: http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Hang-Wallpaper-Border-Like-a-Professional&id=1163835
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http://www.paintinganddecoratingconcourse.com/Wallpaper.html
February 27th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
If the wall is already painted there is no need for size. Won’t hurt if you do, just extra work. Paint it on the area the border will cover.
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