Hanging Heavyweight Vinyl Wallpaper

Press the hook against the wall in the location where you wish to hang the item.

Hanging heavyweight vinyl wallpaper.

Booking allows the paper to relax and return to its original width before it goes on the wall. Ft squares white vinyl peelable wallpaper covers 56 sq. Then apply your wallpaper over it. Place a level at the mark and draw a straight vertical line plumb line.

If hanging on all 4 walls start in the most inconspicuous corner back corner behind a door or behind a large piece of furniture. Consider a heavyweight vinyl or fabric backed commercial paper with a dull background if your walls are lightly textured. Set a plumb line with a level to start your first sheet. Before starting make sure your wall is primed with a primer sealer for vinyl wallpapers also available at wallpaper stores.

Pull the paper cover off the back of the hook. If a wall is in really rough shape ask the salesperson about liner paper hang it like wallpaper over the wall to smooth it out. And think of all those heavy beadboard panels you don t have to cut. Heavyweight textured wallpaper is ideal for problem walls.

Experience the elegance of wallpaper in your decor without sacrificing the versatility of paint. The process for hanging paintable wallpaper is super easy if you know some tricks. Measure from the corner of the wall the width of the paper minus 1 2 inch and mark with a pencil. Otherwise skim coat or sand them smooth.

Book each piece for five minutes before hanging it. Heavy stipple white vinyl peelable wallpaper covers 56 sq. Lift the vinyl wallpaper strip up and make sure the edge is perfectly aligned with the pencil mark on the wall. Smoothing out air bubbles.

Afterward apply the vinyl strips to the wall as you would any other wall covering but use a smoothing brush with 3 4 inch bristles which are shorter and sturdier than the longer bristled brushes used on paper. Beadboard wallpaper is vinyl wallpaper that is textured to the same dimensions of real beadboard. Unfold the bottom part of the wallpaper strip and smooth it all the way down. On small pieces you can use a paintbrush to apply the paste to the back of the wallpaper.

With really heavy weight vinyl even a short bristle brush may not do an adequate job of smoothing. Then stick the top of the strip to the wall and applying firm and even pressure smooth the rest of the strip down the wall. A 6 inch paint scraper can be used to create a straight line and protect the wallpaper on the wall as you trim it with. Attach stick on hooks to the wall for lightweight items such as small pictures.