How to Hang Wallpaper - Activating Glue

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates how to prevent bubbles under wallpaper. The water in the glue or paste activator causes the paper to swell. The paper must relax or expand while it is still on the cutting table.

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Howto & Style

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• wallpaper
• hang
• hanging
• glue
• prepasted
• activator
• trimming
• tim
• carter
• ask
• builder

[gazamen2009]

Can i wallpaper tiles?

[AsktheBuilder]

Yes. You can wallpaper just about anything. I won't say what it might look like, but rest assured you'll see every grout line when the paper dries.

[wwefanjill]

hey ask the buider. I would like to learn how to make my own wallpaper border design to cover my old one? I mean to create it on a computer? What type of payper do I need to print ?

[AsktheBuilder]

A very long roll...... and then figure out a way to vinyl coat the paper.

[AsktheBuilder]

Dear kkbose,

PVA, I believe, is the acronym for poly-vinyl acetate. I would only use water, the packet I showed or pre-mixed clear activators. Don't be an amateur chemist with expensive wallpaper. :-)

[thirstfordrivel]

I love mixing wallpaper paste, waiting for it to set and then slapping it onto the paper. It has a smell which makes me feel so optimistic.

[Mzege]

seen this on the block in Australia, now give me a thumbs up! :D

[naughtystepUGC]

I am three quarters of the way around my bedroom and I'm just about to start wallpapering! I have my wallpapering table ready. I hope my paper does'nt get stuck together when it is relaxing, I will be most upset and unrelaxed...

[mechanism211]

Good video! I'm hanging wallpaper today and the instructions were a little vague when it came to the folds for relaxing..

Thanks very much I really appreciate it!! : )

[nesquikrabb1t]

dont forget your "jam rags"

[yoohoofoofoo]

Everything about wallpaper makes me feel happy.

[silva652]

nerd