Installing Pre Pasted Wall Borders
Installing Pre Pasted Wall Borders
- Always check the manufacturer’s instructions before starting.
- Carefully examine your borders for proper colour, pattern numbers and consistent run or lot numbers.
- Allow for fresh paint to cure before applying the border.
- For professional results it is important to prepare the surfaces to be decorated.
- Ensure surfaces to be decorated are clean and dry.
- High gloss and semi-gloss paint finishes should be sanded in order for adhesive to grip. (80 grit sand paper).
Draw a line as a guide
- If you have no edge to work to, use a level and draw a pencil line as a guide for the bottom of the border.
- Measure
the length of border you wish to adhere for each repeat of the process
and pre-cut a sufficient number of these lengths to complete the room.
- If two people are on the job longer lengths can be applied and the number of joins is therefore reduced.
- When working out where joins will appear it is better to go around internal and external corners where possible.
Wet Border and apply
- Re-roll the border with the pattern side in.
- Immerse the border in lukewarm.
- Any section should be in the water for no more than 30 seconds.
- Unroll border as you remove it from the water making sure every part of the paste is wet.
- Loosely fold with the pasted sides together in a concertina style for easy handling.
- Unfold and apply following the level line.
- Wallpaper borders have "slip", so you can gently slide it into position.
- Smooth border and wall surface with a damp sponge.
- Wipe away the excess paste and water as you go.
- When a second or further roll is being adhered, over lap a small section of border with the one already on the wall.
- Finish applying the remaining of the concertina border as described above and then complete the join as follows.
Finish off joins
- Where there are two overlapping sections of border the excess is removed as follows:
- Place a ruler or straight edge so that is runs vertically on a section where the border overlaps.
- With
a sharp cutter knife, cut along the rule, applying enough pressure to
cut through both strips. Remove the excess paper on top and underneath.
- Remove any excess paper using a sharp cutter knife being careful not to tear any border that is damp with water and paste.
- To
finish corners: overlap strips, one on top of the other. Place a ruler
or straight edge so that it runs from the inside corner to the outside
corner. With a sharp cutter knife, cut along the rule, applying enough
pressure to cut through both strips. Remove the excess paper on top and
underneath.
Installing Self Adhesive Vinyl Borders
Preparation
- It
is important the surface is smooth, dry and free from dust or dirt.
Loose plaster or paintwork should be brushed off first to attain good
adhesion. Borders stick best to surfaces cleaned with sugar soap.
- Freshly
painted walls should be left to cure for six weeks before applying
borders. Some modern formulated, non stick paint surfaces with
additives such as Teflon will need to be sized for the adhesive to work
effectively.
