shrinking wallpaper

Hi b., your experience is not unusual on dark wallpaper.
What happens is,the soaked paper stretches when you brush it out.
During the drying process it shrinks back a little and then you see a small gap on all the seams.
The best way to deal with it is:

a. allways crossline before hanging wallpaper.
b. use a crayon to color the edge of the wallpaper.
c. if pos. get yourself some emulsion tinnted in approx. the wallpaper color and paint the liningpaper under the seams.

If you follow these simple rules you should have no more problems.

 

You could not have had better advice. Yes, colour the roll end when still rolled...I've been known to use lipstick when caught short on a job when I didn't know I was going to have to paper a wall....I wouldn't advise that though. Some of the better quality manufacturers like Coles and Zoffany supply matching crayons for the wallpaper.
C

 

On One or two ocashions (hanging dark paper I have measured all the joint lines and run a 1" band of emulsion up.

Shrinkage is far less of an issue if the wall is crosslined and the finish is far better also you can a practice of the required cuts etc.

Paul

 

You could get a proper painter or decorater to do it 4 a start and why on earth would you use a crayon it only costs a a fiver for some proper infil god!

 

Infil???? This isn't a road for God's sake. Usinag a crayon has been the method used and advised by quality manufacturers and paperhangers ever since the selvedge was cut from wallpaper...but then you wouldn't know what to do with a selvedge either by the sounds of it.
Cait

 

Sorry wrong spelling...just in case you have to look it up in the dictionary:- selvage.