Hang Wallpaper On Textured Wall

Make a guide for your first step step 4.

Hang wallpaper on textured wall. Slide the wallpaper into position lining up with the plumb line. That said the lighter color and weight paper still worked pretty well. Apply the front sheet to the top of the wall allowing a bit of excess to overlap the ceiling. Once the walls have dried take a.

If your walls are textured you will have a hard time hanging the wall paper on them. Hang first strip start at your plumb line and ensure the pattern is right side up. Cut strips and start hanging from the top step 5. Skim sand fill a mud pan with joint compound and using a putty knife apply the compound onto the textured wall.

Wallpaper must be damp when hung and can drip. However there is a way create a smooth surface on textured walls. Wallpaper is best hung over smooth walls. Finish with a plastic smoother step 6.

The best way to smooth out your wall is by skimming it with a joint compound. Determine how much wallpaper you need step 2. Working from top to bottom pull the backing away as you evenly press the paper to the wall. It costs only as much as a pail of sheetrock mud.

Allow it to dry thoroughly. Most people suggested skim coating the walls with joint compound and painting them white but i really didn t want to put that kind of prepwork into it. Yes you can apply traditional non pasted wallpaper to textured walls. Wallpapering directly over textured walls will result in some very unattractive bumpy wallpaper.

Gently press the strip to the wall with a smoothing. It will not adhere properly or be smooth. Smooth it over the wall using up and down and side to side motions until it s even and you ve covered the entire wall. Measure the length of the.

To be completely honest i didn t want to put any extra work into this project other than the wallpaper itself. More peel and stick wallpaper ideas. Measure the width of the paper minus 1 2 inch for overhang from a corner this is where you will begin. How to hang textured wallpaper step 1.

While you should never wallpaper over any surface that isn t perfectly smooth there are some steps you can take to transform your textured wall to a smooth wall. Apply the top half of the strip to the wall slightly overlapping the ceiling and adjoining wall. Align the right side of the length strip to your mark press to the smooth clean dry wall. Thicker darker papers will do a better job at concealing the texture of the wall underneath and you will likely need more starch to get the job done.

So i read up on textured walls and wallpaper and what i had to do.