WALLPAPERPRO - Gallery

This wall was textured. The bottom section was putty coated, primed, and sized for wallpaper

Some of the inks come off when you wipe this stuff down. Wring out your sponge well and wipe gently to remove any adhesive. Then gently towel dry to prevent spotting. Your rinse water will turn blue. Don't let it get on the carpet.

Unfortunately, this dark wallpaper was printed on a white backing. Due to limitations in the manufacturing process, you would normally see white seams no matter how tightly each edge is butt joined. Most people think this is caused by seeing the wall behind the wallpaper. Even if the wall were painted black, you'd still see white seams. There is a solution to this problem...

Before you unroll each bolt, color the bolt ends using a permanent marker which closely matches the background color of the wallpaper.* This technique may not work on certain papers with patterns lighter than the background color which cross the seams; or on papers that act as a blotter and suck the marker ink onto the front of the paper. TEST ON THE OUTER EDGE OF A BOLT END FIRST!!!
Even if the color match isn't perfect it will look much better than white seams. Don't use a water soluble marker. That will bleed everywhere when you activate or paste your wallpaper and install it.

Notice the water above the baseboard? Don't leave it or it will stain your woodwork. Be sure to gently wipe it up with a clean towel.

The blue ink on the towel and in the rinse water isn't from coloring the bolt ends. This is what came off the wallpaper during installation.

GLOW IN THE DARK WALLPAPER!
This wallpaper wasn't completely dry yet, but I wanted a nighttime photo before leaving the job.