Hanging Wallpaper On Painted Walls

Make an indentation with the scissors at the top and bottom joints where the wallpaper should end then cut off the excess.
Hanging wallpaper on painted walls. Align the top edge of the border to the drawn line and press the border to the wall starting with the left corner. Smooth down the surface with the paper hanging brush eliminating all air bubbles. Begin hanging the wallpaper at the top leaving two inches extra for trimming. Pigmented primers have a white hiding pigment which makes the entire wall uniformly white very important in today s world of wallpapers that are not 100 opaque to prevent the old wall color from showing through.
Priming promotes adhesion making it possible to hang on difficult to stick to surfaces like glossy painted walls. Prepare the border paper according to the manufacturer s instructions. As you do check for defects.