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Post by bunnyhug on Nov 5, 2017 3:13:13 GMT
Has anyone tried peel and stick wallpaper? (I'm looking specifically at paper made by Nuwallpaper.) My family room wall is covered by 'regular' paper right now, but it's been there about ten years and it's time for a change! I like the idea of peel and stick because it seem like it would be easier to hang than the old stuff was--but peel and stick is really pricy, especially if it looks crummy or doesn't stay stuck! Chances are I will bite the bullet and order, but if it's a really bad idea, I'd love to know  |
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Post by Basket1lady on Nov 5, 2017 4:49:41 GMT
It seems that it would be a nightmare to put up. Regular wallpaper glue has a bit of slimy "give" to it for about 5 minutes before it starts setting up on the wall. Enough time to get the paper in position before it's stuck. Wouldn't it be like wallpapering with contact paper? That stuff was a nightmare to work with, and I wasn't matching patterns when I was laying it in my kitchen cabinets.
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Post by birukitty on Nov 5, 2017 4:56:12 GMT
It seems that it would be a nightmare to put up. Regular wallpaper glue has a bit of slimy "give" to it for about 5 minutes before it starts setting up on the wall. Enough time to get the paper in position before it's stuck. Wouldn't it be like wallpapering with contact paper? That stuff was a nightmare to work with, and I wasn't matching patterns when I was laying it in my kitchen cabinets. I agree with Basket1lady. I hung some wallpaper with my dad in my parents house last month and he bought the kind where you had to add the glue. He said he'd considered the peel and stick kind but after talking to the person at the store and hearing what a complete mess it was to put up he went with the old fashioned kind. He put the glue on the wall and then he stood on the ladder (this room had a very high ceiling) with the piece of wallpaper at the top and I had the bottom. We had at least 30 minutes to position it before the glue dried. That was great because it gave us time to match the seam and get the bubbles out. We only did one wall (an accent wall) and it took 4 pieces. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 5, 2017 5:11:24 GMT
I know it’s not what the OP was talking about, but our first house had ugly orange and yellow floral Contact paper on the kitchen walls that the previous owners used as wallpaper and it was a BEAST to get that crap off. Over the years that it had been up, the adhesive got even gummier and stickier so it didn’t peel off in nice, big even sheets. It came off in tiny little ripped up bits and once we got the plastic layer off there was still the sticky, icky gummy adhesive residue left behind on the walls that we had to deal with. It was horrific. We ended up putting up regular wallpaper in its place, and ten years later we took that down too vowing to never, ever put up any type of wallpaper again, LOL.
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