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Why doesn't the paint stick to new ingrain wallpaper?
I painted newly wallpapered walls with white color (2 times). Now I want to paint a rectangular part of the wall in a different color. To accomplish that, I used tape to get exact, well-defined ...
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How can I paint over an existing paint design without making it permanent?
We have a baby on the way. We are currently designing the nursery. The room currently has a diamond-shaped pattern that we'd like to keep, since it is unique and cool looking, plus it came that way ...
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Can I paint over XPS insulation?
I've a top floor apartment in India which gets almost like an oven during the summers which is like for 9 months out of 12. I've decided to apply under the deck XPS 50mm (nailed to the ceiling). I ...
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Fastest way to apply light colour on a wallpaper
I rent a house in which the living room has the most awful wallpaper ever. At the same time I don't want to put too much effort in fixing that because I intend to move in a year or two at most.
I ...
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How should I prepare drywall for wallpaper?
If I am posting wallpaper, is it still necessary to apply joint compound? I though that corner could be cut because the surface won't be exposed especially if i cut all the beveled edges off and ...
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Wall paper over textured (hessian) wallpaper
I'm trying to wall paper some internal doors (cupboards, wardrobe) in a caravan.
They already have hessian wallpaper on them, and I'd rather not try to get it off, as I think the act of doing that ...
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Should I apply lacquer over a wall papered with book pages?
I just wallpapered my library with old book pages, and I'm worried that the wallpaper paste will eventually dry up and peel away from the wall. Should I apply a layer of lacquer on top of the pages?
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Can I paint over wallpaper glue?
I have a room where I removed the wallpaper in preparation for painting. Surprisingly, the very old wallpaper just peeled right off, leaving behind most of it's glue. I used some wallpaper remover ...
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Wallpaper removal: Should I use chemicals in addition to a steamer
I'm removing wallpaper that has a layer of paint underneath. Currently, I'm using a scoring tool then a steamer to remove the different layers. As you can imagine this is a slow process. Would it be ...
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What to do with small patch of wallpaper in middle of wall?
I have a patch of wallpaper in the middle of a wall I am trying to paint. Its only about 18 inches tall and 6 inches wide.
It doesn't seem to want to come off, I tried using a razor blade to take it ...
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Best way to strip woodchip wallpaper
A spent a large proportion of a (glorious) Sunday stripping a relatively small area of woodchip wallpaper from my spare room in an ongoing war to bansh the stuff from my house.
I have a good steamer ...
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Where to find wallpaper samples online?
I want to put a wallpaper in my home office and my kid room, Are there famous websites to see samples online and take some ideas from there? also is it possible to put them online?
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What compound is best to use when skim coating a plaster wall that had wallpaper removed?
What kind of compound is best to use when skim coating a plaster wall that had wallpaper removed. Should it be thinned with water? when would one use Toping Compound instead of joint compound. Light ...
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How can I finish this “peeled” drywall?
While doing some work in my bathroom, one thing led to another and paint started peeling. I found that under many layers of paint was some wallpaper so it seemed natural to pull...
I started peeling ...
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Can I paint over wallpaper?
So I have a wall that has a very hard sort of textured wallpaper. Recently though the wall suffered some damage that turned into a hole. The whole has been patched and now we need to paint over that. ...
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How do I remove wallpaper from drywall?
I know there are a lot of different ways to remove wallpaper, ranging from elbow grease to chemicals and steam machines.
What way(s) work(s) best?
