Heavy Duty 30cm/12" Decorators Straight Edge | Ideal for Trimming Wallpaper/Cutting-in Paint

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If wallpapering your walls is more your style, our range of wallpaper pastes will be perfect to ensuring a smooth and strong adhesion every time. Our assortment of sanding and abrasive surfaces are helpful for this too, helping you to remove any lumps or bumps on the wall. If you try to wrap the whole drop around a corner, you will typically find that its difficult to get rid of wrinkles, spoiling a neat-looking finish. And its unlikely that the other edge of the wallpaper will be straight, which it needs so you can continue wallpapering. What corner do you start wallpapering first?

Yes you do. Why? Inner and outer corners on internal walls are very rarely completely straight as Clark explains: “Walls and corners are rarely straight, so it's important when wallpapering any corner to ensure your drops remain vertical and parallel to the other drops.” However, if you are hanging lining paper or a patterned wallpaper like Anaglypta that is going to be painted you can cut the paper flush into the corners if you want. If there are any small gaps left they will be hidden by paint. What can go wrong when wallpapering corners? Carefully unfold the first part of your concertina and place it into position with the edge of the paper on the guide line. At this point it makes sense to emphasise two issues that are important for the optical effect of patterned wallpapers. These tips are based on years of experience in dealing with accurate wallpapering and we would like to share them with you.

Application of straight edge and cutting knife

Prep your wallsYou should also ensure any existing wallpaper has been stripped away to avoid any air bubbles or bumps when you lay the new sheets. All freshly plastered walls should have wall sealer applied prior to wallpapering, as this is crucial for seamless and successful application.

With a pencil and a long spirit level, draw a guide line on the ceiling at a 90° angle to the adjacent wall. The mark should be around 1.3cm less than the width of the paper out from the wall. Step 5: Hang the next strips of wallpaperRepeat step 3 again and keep going until you get to a corner. Once you’ve laid it down in its section and are happy with the alignment, use your soft seam roller to smooth between the two wallpaper strip lines for a flawless finish. How to hang wallpaper on a feature wallIf you’re utilising a bold colour or printed wallpaper for a feature wall, remember all eyes will be on it the second someone steps into a room. You will need to pay extra attention to detail, particularly with corners and elements like fireplaces. So, when it comes to measurements, these will need to be correct to the millimetre – with any excess neatly trimmed away with your knife.Decorating tools are essential for fixing up and improving your home, whether you’re repainting, repairing or sealing. Our range of painting supplies makes repainting any part of your home a breeze, from paint trays and dust sheets to a wide variety of brushes and rollers to suit the size of the job. There are also paint thinners and paint stripper to help maintain your brushes, ensuring they lead to a quality finish every time. Step 3: Trim and hang your wallpaperOnce you’ve measured and marked your wallpaper (with the excess) on your wallpaper table, trim the first sheet and use it as a guide for the next piece. Then, paste your ready-to-use adhesive onto the first area you’ll be applying your first piece of wallpaper to, before aligning your paper completely to the guide mark you made on the wall – adjust slightly if necessary. Take your brush smoothing tool to go over the paper and set it, removing any bubbles along the way. Concertina your paper and when it is ready, prop the end of the wallpaper up with a broom handle or something similar. This allows you to do a complete uninterrupted drop which will give you a nice straight edge to butt up against when you put up the next drop. Start about a third of a roll away from the corner. Do you overlap wallpaper in corners?

As the beginning of the roll does not necessarily show the complete image of the basic pattern, you should manually hold it up on the wall. Our wallpaper girl chose the middle of the wall to determine the start of the pattern and then begins at the top. If you cut in flush to a corner rather than overlapping there is a very good chance that when the wallpaper dries you will be left with a gap exposing the wall underneath. This is why overlapping is important, especially if using patterned wallpaper. Another solution is to wipe off any excess paste, dry with a clean dry cloth and use painter's tape to hold down the overlap until the paste is dry. This is time-consuming but effective if needed. Carefully measure from the edge of the last piece of wallpaper making sure to measure at several points, as most walls aren’t 100% vertically straight. Use your folding rule or measuring tape to measure the height of the wall at various points. The longest/highest part of the wall is the initial dimension for cutting the wallpaper. To be on the safe side, add 5 cm to the top and bottom end so you can deal with potential differences in the height of the wall if necessary.Step 2: Measure your wallGet the vertical height of your wall using a measuring tape and spirit level for accuracy, and measure this out on your wallpaper, but add an extra 5 to 10cm to allow for any trimming. If you’re wondering where to hang the first piece of wallpaper, avoid starting from a corner as this edge may not be completely straight. Instead, use the spirit level (to ensure it’s straight) and mark a vertical line 50cm from the wall edge. What is the use of a desktop wallpaper? Well, adding a wallpaper to your desktop is not mandatory. In fact, you can decide to use a dark colour, and life will move on as usual. However, this element comes with a sense of beauty. They add glamor to your computer and make it look aesthetically appealing and highly presentable. Sometimes, people display their feelings through the use of desktop wallpapers. Interesting, huh? You can add an image that shows how you feel or one that means something to you. Adding a quote will act as a reminder of what inspires you in your day-to-day life. That said, desktop wallpapers cannot be ignored, they mean different things to different people. Step 7: Start hanging wallpaper on the next wall (optional)Once your first wall and corner is covered, repeat the process from step 2 again by starting 50cm from the edge of the wall. Hanging wallpaper on outer corners is similar to inner corners with a subtle difference. When you have less than a full width drop towards the corner you need to measure the distance but leave a bigger overlap — typically 40-50mm. (This is typically a technique used when wallpapering a chimney breast.) If a room has a wide wall projection, e.g. if there is a mantelpiece, this will be the first place the eye is drawn to, so you should start there; again, the pattern alignment should start in the middle.

Smooth down the paper and brush into the corner so it overlaps the wallpaper your carried round the bend. Smooth the seams between lengths of wallpaper with this tiny roller - but make sure not to use it on embossed or fragile papers. Combination smoother/cutter Prepare your wallpaper as per its instructions (soak or paste the paper or apply paste directly to the ceiling). You want to start in a corner that doesn’t have any obstacles, such as a window frame, door frame or light switches, in the way, if possible.

When you soak wallpaper to prepare it for stripping, score the surface first with a rotary scorer as it helps the water to penetrate. Then just use a scraper to lift the paper off the wall. Paper-hanging brush For any wall fixtures, ensure the mains are switched off for that circuit and hang your wallpaper along that stretch of wall, then pinch and press down over the fixture’s faceplate, before trimming diagonal slits to the centre from each corner. Then cut the paper away completely, but leave a 6mm of excess. Paste the paper to the wall and where the fixture is, loosen the faceplate screws slightly, before feeding a few millimetres of excess paper inside and tightening again. Both of these wallpapering tools are used to cut paper-based, pre-pasted strips of wallpaper lengthwise. This could be necessary if, for instance, there isn't room for the entire width of a wallpaper strip on the wall.