Wallpaper and Wallcoverings - small bathroom wallpaper job
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eyes
04-10-02, 03:18 PM
I have a very small bathroom(25sqft) that i am in the middle of re doing almost everything to except the shower. The house is from the late 1950's. Mind you it is our only one!It started out with pepto colored textured wall paint that i have sanded off and primed.Next i have removed 2 layers of flooring one being linoleum,the other not sure of, some sort of plastic tile (OLD).That was easier than i had expected it to be.Removal that is.Right now i have to take out the sink and toilet befor i go any farther. I am going to tile (ceramic ) the floor and wallpaper.I really only have 2.5 to paper cncidering 1 wall is shower the 1/2 wall is the door wall.My concern lays in the 2 corners i have. Do i have to do the over lapping and cut method or can i just push the paper in to the cornor??? I am using a sizing liquid before hand.
Wallpaper
04-10-02, 03:41 PM
If I am correct, your main question concerning wallpaper is how to deal with a corner. Or more correctly, an inside corner. There are different methods to do this:
1. Wrap the corner.
2. Go to the corner, cut, overlap by 1/4" or so and continue.
3. Wrap the corner and make a relief cut.
Those are the big methods. I use method 3. Wrap the corner as normal making sure the wallpaper gets entirely into the corner from top to bottom, then make a vertical cut from top to bottom in the corner. This is the relief cut that allows for expansion/contraction and for air bubbles to escape.
Method 1 can leave you will a huge bubble in the corner. Method 2 leaves you with a mismatched pattern at every corner. Method 2 is also very popular, but I prefer #3.
There may be other opinions on this subject by others, but I use the wrap/relief method. Also, Wass Tools makes a tool that will automatically do all this for you. I haven't used it, but you may want to check it out here (http://www.wasstools.com/features/PaperCut%20Wallpaper%20Tool/index.asp).
1. Wrap the corner.
2. Go to the corner, cut, overlap by 1/4" or so and continue.
3. Wrap the corner and make a relief cut.
Those are the big methods. I use method 3. Wrap the corner as normal making sure the wallpaper gets entirely into the corner from top to bottom, then make a vertical cut from top to bottom in the corner. This is the relief cut that allows for expansion/contraction and for air bubbles to escape.
Method 1 can leave you will a huge bubble in the corner. Method 2 leaves you with a mismatched pattern at every corner. Method 2 is also very popular, but I prefer #3.
There may be other opinions on this subject by others, but I use the wrap/relief method. Also, Wass Tools makes a tool that will automatically do all this for you. I haven't used it, but you may want to check it out here (http://www.wasstools.com/features/PaperCut%20Wallpaper%20Tool/index.asp).