How to Hang Pre-Pasted Wallpaper

Wallpaper can greatly enhance a room and bring new life to it. However it has for a long time been a great pain to apply. Nowadays there are prepasted wallpaper options. Here is how to apply prepasted wallpaper.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Prepasted wallpaper
• Sponge
• Water
• Water or Paint Tray
• Scissors

1. Cut the paper to the correct length with scissors. Fill the tray half way full with water.

2. Soak the paper in the water. Gently bend a section of the paper back and attach it to the middle then back again and again so that the entire piece of paper is folded accordian style without any creases and lightly held to one another.

3. Dampen the sponge. Pull back one section and place it at the top of the wall, aligned with the ceiling. Press the paper onto the wall. With the sponge press and stroke the paper on the wall. Make sure there are no creases, cracks, bubbles or tears.

4. Pull back the next section from the folds. Press it down and with the sponge smooth the paper. Continue on with the rest of the wallpaper piece.

5. Cut another piece of wallpaper and repeat steps two through four. Align the patterns so that it looks continuous to the eye from a short distance. Continue on like this until the walls are completely covered.

Tips & Warnings

• Smooth the wallpaper slowly and make sure to use a sponge not your hands
• Don't leave your paper in the water for very long, it will remove the adhesive

[abeautifulwall]

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