More on wallpapering

Fri., March 28, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

Trimming wallpaper might be the most challenging part of the job. Some wallpaper is very tender and tears easily once is it moist from the activated adhesive. You need to work carefully yet quickly, as some pieces of wallpaper that wrap around doors and windows in older homes can have as many as 10 or 15 technical cuts per strip of wallpaper.

“Use the wide flexible putty knife to help guide the razor knife along long cuts at ceilings, baseboard and adjacent to windows and doors.

“Gently push the wallpaper tight into the corners with the putty knife and cut immediately next to the putty knife blade with the razor knife.

“Be very careful cutting around electrical switches and outlets. If you allow the blade of the razor knife to contact the screws of the devices, you can get shocked or severely cut as you panic pulling the razor knife away in a shower of sparks and molten metal.

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