[Closed] Paste the wall decorating tips?

I'd just paste the paper instead of the wall. if you have to pattern match as well I think anyway you've suggested will result in much despair...

 I’m struggling to comprehend how I’m going to stop the paper from trying to roll itself back up

Roll it up backwards to take out it's 'memory'.

I’d just paste the paper instead of the wall

I'd do both. Paste up the wall first, leave to dry. Then do your paper. Belt and braces 🙂

Paste the wall is meant to be easier but it just isn't - just paste the paper as normal. Just be careful if it is a low quality paper though as they can be more prone to ripping as 'paste the wall' papers are often lighter weight paper in order to work.

I’d do both. Paste up the wall first, leave to dry. Then do your paper. Belt and braces 🙂

^^That! 🙂

But when you paste the paper leave it a few minutes for the paste to soak in. Easier with two as one can be pasting while the other hangs.

I used to work somewhere that sold wallpaper. Just make sure you do exactly what the instructions say, if it says paste the paper do that. The paper is designed to be applied in a certain way and you can get issues doing it differently. I dealt with plenty of people who had problems when they didn’t read the instructions.
Surely there’s a load of YouTube videos on how best to do each method.

I used to work somewhere that sold wallpaper. Just make sure you do exactly what the instructions say, if it says paste the paper do that. The paper is designed to be applied in a certain way and you can get issues doing it differently.

I have only done that once (when using paste the wall paper) and that's the only time ever I have had an issue - from day one it was peeling at the edges. The decorator we use for bigger jobs said he just pastes the paper.

Always paste the wall with overly watered down paste. It seals the wall and allows pasted paper to be moved into final position instead of sticking immediately to the wall and being unable to make adjustments whilst the papers on the wall. May or may not need doing but if it needs doing it's best to do it first to avoid costly mistakes on the first piece. And let the paste soak into paper for the stated time or it may expand on the wall and you get overlaps then and throws your pattern out. And get a plumb line to mark out your first drop, your walls are not straight.

I think you may be overthinking it... I did an awkward little room with a fancy patterned paste-the-wall paper solo and it was fine, and I've not done a lot of wallpapering. I just pasted a slightly wider area of wall than the strip of paper, fitted the first strip, pasted the next bit of wall, fit the second strip and slid it in to touch at the edge and pattern match... didn't really have any issue with the paper rolling up, but even if I did, or got paste on the front otherwise, I just wiped it of with a damp sponge.

I did pre-cut the paper so it was the right length first, and ready to pattern-match. There was coving and skirting to follow, so I didn't have to worry about meeting the ceiling and floor precisely, which helped. Fitting it around the angled boxwork was much more of a challenge but I don't think that would have been easier holding slimy wet paper!

I wouldn't paste the paper if it's not meant to be pasted, seems more likely to risk ripping it.

I pasted a wall but had to paper horizontally, I just got the wife to hold the roll while I brushed it on the wall, then used a guide and Stanley knife to trim the end.

’m struggling to comprehend how I’m going to stop the paper from trying to roll itself back up and therefore get paste on it’s outter face.

The paste softens the paper and stops it from having a roll-back-up memory. To carry fromt he table to the wall there's a folding method where pasted side only touches pasted side. It'll be on YT.
eg.

Dont paste the top or bottom 4in. Overcut your paper by 6in, align patterns. Cut to fit dry paper with scoring disc or new Stanley knife.
Dry paper cuts cleanly, sopping wet paper snatches and pulls.
Then just fill on the top and use a wallpaper roller to set it.

Thats what i do.

Both of which are top tips if I were pasting the paper first but it's paste the wall so it wont have paste on it until it makes contact with the wall, at which point it will have rolled up! I think it's going to be a case of just wiping off any bits that do roll up and get paste on them. Or bribe some 12 year old off the street to hold the bottom of the piece I've cut with sufficient excess!

Aye carumba. Like, second reply... 🙂

Take your pre-cut strips and roll them up backwards. This will take out the springy memory. Also, you fold up the paper in a concertina-stylee and offer it up to the wall top first and unfold as you go down. Watch a youtube video as it's hard to explain.

Keep a big clean sponge in a bucket of water to wipe off any paste that gets on the front or squeezes out of the joints,

You'll be fine.

Ahh yes concertina fold actually makes a lot of sense offering it up to the top and unfolding a fold/section at a time, got ya that's clicked! Hesitant to precut them before they're on the wall, knowing my luck I'll cut them wrong as I go and waste an entire roll!

Slung loads in my job. Much easier that traditional 'paste the paper' stuff in me experience. It can be annoying to work around obstacles though as the paper can be quite stiff. Something I've tried successfully before is to lay think sheets down on the ground underneath and unroll the paper from the ground up, holding it away from the pasted section, then apply to the wall and smooth/trim accordingly.

I’ve used paste the wall exclusively in my house for the last 10/11 years and I’ve never pre-cut strips unless I’m going round a corner.
Simply past the wall, pop the roll of paper on the ground and pull it up to the ceiling keeping it off the wall until ready to start smoothing down from the top.

Edit: Use a decent premixed paste the wall paste such as Wallrock.