❍ Bucket ❍ Paper smoother ❍ Paste brush ❍ Plumbline or level ❍ Scissors ❍ Craft knife ❍ Straight edge ❍ Wallpaper paste, trough, sponge and size for non paste- the-wall wallpapers ✔ Wallpapering supplies checklist Resene Envy Resene Alabaster on the paste’s packaging and leave for the required time (approximately 15 minutes) before using. Place the cut paper on a table or flat work surface, pattern side down. Paste the back of the paper with a good amount of paste, making sure that the paste has been applied right to the edges. Fold the paper, paste to paste, with a small fold at the bottom and a large fold at the top. Leave the paper to relax before hanging, between 7-10 minutes. Some products may require up to 20 minutes to fully relax before they are ready for hanging. To hang, unfold the top section of the length and place it onto the wall in line with the plumbline. Smooth out with a brush starting from the centre of the length out to the edges, then unfold the bottom section and smooth out in the same way. Trim and repeat this process for the next strip. Carefully read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions on the wallpaper label. Hanging your paper Always strike a new vertical line on each wall. Use a wallpaper smoothing brush or smoother to apply the wallpaper to the wall. Move from the centre of our length to the edges, pushing any bubbles away as you go. If the paper creases or wrinkles, carefully pull the paper from the bottom past the crease and slowly smooth back into place and trim. Don’t rush. Once the wallpaper is in place, trim the excess wallpaper at the top and bottom of the wall. Use a sharp snap-off blade knife and straight edge to make the cuts. Push the paper into the ceiling line and skirting. A putty knife is useful to scribe the paper into position. Place your straight edge up against the ceiling and trim along the edge of the straight edge then repeat at the skirting. Remember to remove all excess paste from the ceiling and skirting. Butt the edge of subsequent lengths of wallpaper to the already hung lengths taking care to ensure you match the pattern. Inside corners should be hung in two pieces. Measure top and bottom from the edge of the last length hung into the corner. Take the largest distance and add 15mm. Transfer this measurement to the length of paper to be hung, cut at this measurement and hang. This will allow 15mm to return onto the next wall. Measure the piece of wallpaper that is left and make WT4503 | 39