Wallpaper Application Instructions
Please find "Paste the wall" wallpaper instructions below:
Step 1
The walls must be clean, dry, healthy, straight and smooth. If you’re wallpapering on plaster, plasterboard or wood, apply a universal primer the day before so the wall can get a good grip of the wallpaper.
If your walls are covered with gold or silk paint, sand them down and then apply a universal primer.
If instead, they are covered with matt paint, wash them with a cleaning product that contains baking soda and let the walls dry for 24 hours before wallpapering.
Step 2
Now is the time to prepare your paste or adhesive if isn’t ready mixed. Refer to the manufacturer instructions.
Step 3
With a pasting brush or a roller, start applying the wallpaper paste on the wall in a thin, even layer, from the vertical line you’ve just traced onwards, starting at the top and working your way down across the width of a roll. Use a stepladder to reach the ceiling.
Step 4
Carefully position the wallpaper against the wall and doublecheck the strip’s alignment against the vertical mark. Once you are happy this is straight, use a wallpaper smoother to smooth it from the centre to the edges to smooth out any air bubbles and wrinkles.
“Paste the wall” wallpaper is easy to reposition: if the strip is not positioned as you want it, slowly take it off and reposition it.
Step 5
Trim any excess paper on the top and bottom with a snap off knife and a ruler, flatten out the seams with a seam roller and then repeat for the rest of the wall, making sure the seams line up each time.
Step 6
To wallpaper around any switches or sockets, cover these with the wallpaper strip and use the snap off knife to cut around them.