Kids wallpapers

As wallpaper ages through time, their adhesives weaken, the edges rip, and the colors fade. Kids wallpapers are more exposed to stains and damage.

Sponge off any extra adhesive. Your house wallpaper is mended and looks nearly brand new.

Air bubbles - Air bubbles occur when an amount of air or a piece of debris is trapped between the wallpaper and the wall, resulting in tiny bulges on the surface of your wallpaper and borders. Roll the surface flat and wipe off any adhesive excess from the house wallpaper.

Big rips and tears - this kind of damage is commonly suffered by kids wallpaper, bathroom wallpaper, and kitchen wallpaper and borders. Trace the edges of the spare wallpaper with a razor, cutting the damaged wallpaper in the process.

Remove the spare wallpaper and moisten the damaged area with water to loosen the adhesive. Remove the damaged area. Clean the wall surface where the new piece of wallpaper will be pasted. Apply wall covering adhesive to the new wallpaper and carefully place it on the wall.

home wallpapering project

As with anything else worthwhile, a home wallpapering project requires planning and forethought. Take the time to equip yourself with the right tools, and use the right tool for the right job. If you plan to add a wallpaper border to a painted wall, you will first need to ensure that the wall is surfaced properly. Assuming that you have a relatively smooth wall, painted or wallpapered, choose a border that complements the main design of your room.

The tools you will need for hanging wallpaper border are similar to those used to hang wallpaper. A sponge, putty knife, seam roller, smoothing spatula, razor knife (with refill blades), and extra adhesive are your main requirements. With the wallpaper border glue activated by soaking the border roll in the paper tray, affix the border starting in the least visible corner of the room, perhaps over a door, or in the darkest (shadowed) corner. Using a dull razor knife will result in ripping the wet wallpaper border paper, rather than slicing through it. Where wallpaper border tends to peel at corners and around edges, a dab of extra adhesive will keep it laying flat, affixed to the wall. If you have never applied wallpaper or borders before, home improvement stores offer workshops and free (or inexpensive) training where you can practice applying border on a small scale.

Happy border hanging!

Removing wallpaper

Removing wallpaper can often be painstaking and messy. Here are handy steps that will teach you how to remove wallpaper in no time. First you will need the following: bucket, scraping tool, wallpaper stripping solvent, paint roller or sponges, cloth, fabric softener and vinegar.

Remove anything that gets in the way on the area where you want to remove the wallpaper.

You can slowly assess on how much solution you should paint to soften the wallpaper for easy stripping.

Strip big pieces of the wallpaper as much as possible. It is best to strip one layer of wallpaper at a time once removing a multiple layer of wallpaper. After stripping the wallpaper, let the wall dry. When removing the wallpaper, the vinyl coating often peels off first. Continue to soak or paint the wallpaper with more solution and strip again.