Preparing the wall for a wallpaper
Interior Design Wallpaper
First steps in hanging a wallpaper is preparing the walls. Besides cleaning and stripping the old wallpaper down (if there is any), you will need to use primers. You can also use a special kind of paint, that after it dries it becomes a semi-gloss paint. It's very good for the adhesive. The purpose of the primers is to stop the adhesive from penetrati ...

Problems related to wallpaper hanging
Interior Design Wallpaper
Wallpaper hanging is quite as easy as it sounds. The process is very time consuming and very delicate. The key to good wallpaper installation is wall preparation and good adhesives. It's very important that all surfaces on the wall stick to each other. This means that not only the adhesive stick to the wall, but the primer and the paint too. If you don't ...

How to hang wallpaper
Interior Design Wallpaper
First, you will need a few tools that will help you through the process. You will need to assemble a tape measure, a 4-foot level, 4-inch flexible putty knife, paint roller and roller pan, 2-inch paint brush, step ladder, snap-blade razor knife, smoothing brush and a large table or flat working surface so you can handle the wallpaper. First of all you wil ...

Specialized wallpaper primers for drywall
Interior Design Wallpaper
If you are going to do a wallpaper job, it's very important to do your shopping from specialized shops, because you can't always trust what is says on a can of adhesive. Special resins First, you will need a special sealer for the wall, especially is it's freshly constructed. Regular paint primers or sealers aren't the same thing as wallpaper sealers a ...