Wallpaper Cutting Maneuvers | |
2. Align the first drop of wallpaper on the plumb line, leaving excess at the top and bottom. Use a smoothing brush to remove air bubbles and creases. The paper will wrap around the corner about 2 inches so use the smoothing brush to work the paper into the corner. You will finish the job at this corner. 3. To hang the remaining drops, line up the pattern to match the first drop and butt their seams together. Gently but firmly press them together, and work out any air bubbles behind the paper with the smoothing brush. You want the paper to butt tightly but not overlap. 4. Use a seam roller to seal the edges in place; don't press too hard with the roller or you can squeeze out too much of the adhesive. 5. To trim excess paper at the ceiling and floor molding, use a razor blade cutter and a straight edge or broad knife. Hold the tool between the blade and the wall and cut firmly with the razor cutter. 6. To fit wallpaper around window and door moldings, cut overlapping wallpaper with a scissors at a 45-degree angle. It's called a relief cut because it helps ease the paper around a corner. Finesse the wallpaper close to the molding and use a straight edge or a broad knife to hold it tightly in the corner between the molding and wall, then trim the waste away with a razor cutter. 7. To cut wallpaper around an outlet or switch plate cover first turn off the electricity to the room. Hang paper over the opening and then cut out an "x'"across opposite corners. Cut away the excess "v" shape pieces and trim the opening. 8. To negotiate wallpaper around an inside corner, measure the distance from the nearest drop to the corner and add 2 inches. Then cut the next drop to that width. Save the cutoff piece. Hang the drop working it into corner the with a smoothing brush. Then measure the width of the cutoff piece and snap a plumb line this distance from the corner on the adjoining wall. Align the cutoff piece with the plumb line and continue with full width drops around the room. 9. Follow this sequence when hanging and mitering corners of a border. Use a double cut to make a mitered corner with a horizontal and vertical border meeting at a right angle. Hang the horizontal border and overlap the end a few inches, then hold the border vertically and match the pattern over it at the corner. Here's where the double cut is involved: place a straight edge on a diagonal line from opposite corners and cut through both layers of the border with a razor cutter. Then lift up the vertical border and remove the triangular cut away piece of the horizontal border. Reinstall the vertical drop so both pieces form a perfect miter and press firmly in place. Written by the editors of HouseNet Copyright HouseNet, Inc. |