The first lessons are those you should read before purchasing your wallcovering. By the way, unless otherwise specified the articles below are the property of The American School of Paperhanging Arts . We want you to use them but if you are going to reproduce them for any sort of distribution you need to get our written permission.
First...Jim Parodi explains the types of wallcoverings.
Then you should read these short lessons
- Should you order wallpaper from mail order?
- Eleven steps to make your first installation a success!
- What is the problem with instruction sheets?
- What you need to know about wallpaper patterns...
Then about how to prepare your walls...
- Do I REALLY have to take the old wallcovering off?
- Why is this wallcovering so difficult to remove?
- Should you PRIME or SIZE?
- Most important rule for wallcovering prep work
- Read this if you have a painted wall
- Dust
- Don't hurt the children
Now let's get to actually hanging the wallcovering....
- What direction should you hang in?
- Engineering
- Why you should NOT use a plumb bob
- Why you should NOT use a plastic smoother
- Using water trays -- NOT NOT NOT!
- Wallcoverings the pros love to hang!
For Professionals Only.....
- The Professional's most important tool
- Painting and Paperhanging working together
- Repairing Wallcovering Part One
- Repairing Wallcoverings Part Two
- Clients say....Those Famous FIRST WORDS
- Why do a four point check
- Stains
Pro Talk...
On our site we sponsor an information exchange for wallcovering professionals. You can check it out and browse through past digests (full of great information for professionals!) by clicking below:
THE AMERICAN PAPERHANGING NETWORK
Other LINKS (off this site) for installation information!
It is important to note here that we don't necessarily agree with all the instructions you will find and listing them does not constitute an endorsement.
- Do-it-yourself
Information Sites
If you are a homeowner and thinking of installing your own wallcovering in the page you will find some how-to-do-it sites that we've gathered from all over the web...
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