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Wallpaper - do I need to re-size walls

FatimaKid · 2011-11-05 13:48:42

Hung a few rolls of emboss paper a few years back on new plaster . It creased no end and dried that way. I had sized the walls before hanging but the creasing made me think I hadn't done it properly. Have now stripped the wallpaper off - it came away pretty easy. Washed down the walls and discovered there is still a good…

05-11-2011 2:48pm

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FatimaKid

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Hung a few rolls of emboss paper a few years back on new plaster . It creased no end and dried that way. I had sized the walls before hanging but the creasing made me think I hadn't done it properly.

Have now stripped the wallpaper off - it came away pretty easy. Washed down the walls and discovered there is still a good deal of surface paste i.e. wall sticky when wet.

Should I give it another coat of size or was the original creasing down to bad technique? Any ideas on how to avoid creasing this time as I am hanging emboss again?

Thanks in advance.

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#2 05-11-2011 3:07pm

mad m

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Did you let the paper soak for the recommend time? Check with wallpaper hanging instructions as to what time to let paper soak, as for sizing walls I personally think its a waste of time and it can get messy.

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