Exelent :mwave: Sounds just as good as my idea once of masking the window and door frames up and taking a spray gun to the inside of a house :laugh2:
I tried this with an electric powered spray gun. Masked doors and windows in a newly plastered room, filled the gun with watered down white emulsion and sprayed the lot. It worked a treat. It took about 3 thin coats but they dried quickly. The thinned down paint meant it went on better with less blobs.
Alot of contract decorators on sites spray emulsion now as opposed to rollering, with "special gear " tho.
Well now the dust has settled I can report the DA'ing worked a treat. Would have been easier if I could plaster better obviously, but 1/2 a wall evey 10 years just isn't enough practice. The bit that was still damp didn't go so well... Any "rocket power" tips for wallpapering?
Cut the paper long so you can push it into the top n bottom edges... also makes it easier doing the joins if you're going for a (floral) patterned paper and don't be shy with the paste
Steve, put a weak solution of paste on the wall first this will help adhesion of the paper.If youre using lining paper use the thickest you can get ,1400 will do the trick.Let it dry naturally, no central heating ( you probably havnt got any have you ).
If you're going for lining paper, I wouldn't go any heavier than 1000gsm as anything thicker is a pig to hang. As BN said, size the walls with paste first.
i use a thick vinyl paper, and a large plastic scraper to smooth it, easy to work and you can get any excess paste out .. paste the wall as well as the paper
Paperings going ok, if a bit slow due to lack of interest. 1200 paper, glue the paper only, have to stick up coving round the top to hide the scraggy ceiling paper edge so top's easy. Mark and scissor the bottom, job's a good'un. One wall only and a bit round the corner, but that's the worst one done with light switch, sockets and a door.
