Have just decorated and now the wallpaper is dry their seems to be a lot of air bubbles, does any one know how i can get rid of them without ruining the wallpaper, i have never had this problem before. genuine replies only please
2007-03-19 04:37:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Sounds like you didn't follow the instructions for soaking time and put it on too quickly. Once pasted, the instructions would state 5 or 10 or 15 minutes before hanging.
Best to strip off and put new on correctly.
2007-03-21 21:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bubbles In Wallpaper
2016-10-02 11:59:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try all the tricks off popping and cutting but when you paint the lining paper again, they will probably reappear unfortunately. This is very common if you use a light weight lining paper of 1000gm or less. Always best to pay a little extra and get a 1400gm paper for that extra smooth finish. You can buy it from any reputable decorating store but not the likes of B&Q etc. Mix the paste thoroughly and ensure you paste the edges first, then the centre and then the edges again. Look at it from an angle to see if you have missed and areas and recover if necessarry. Better to put too much on than not enough. You should wait 4/5 minutes for the paste to suck into the paper before trying to hang it. If you hang it too early, then the paste sticks to the wall first rather than the paper . . . one cause for bubbles. Buy yourself a window squeegy to flatten it to the walls and work from top slowly downwards moving any excess paste to the edges and out. Finally run firmly down the edges and push any excess bubbles out. Instead of a squeegy you can use a plasterer's trowel . . . the perfect wall paper hanging tool . . . sharpen an edge/corner and you can do all the tricky bits like cutting edges etc too. You may see some small bubbles appear but these will soon go as the paper dries and shrinks. Good luck . . . it's easier than you think if you get the right paper and the right tools.
2016-03-18 05:17:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a pin to put a hole in the hair bubble and then put some paste over the top and leave to dry!! However wait for at least 3-7 days before doing this because many air bubbles dissapear over time anyway!!
2007-03-19 04:40:53 · answer #4 · answered by Spence 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The air bubbles should go down after a week or so. It would be best to wipe them over with a pasting brush (obviously without the paste) each day. If you still have bubbles then a tiny pin prick should help and shouldn't be noticible damage to the paper.
2007-03-19 04:43:26 · answer #5 · answered by r s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could do as others have suggested and prick the bubble, but if you can get a syringe and fill it with paste and "inject" the bubble that would be the really solution. However, actually getting the syringe may be a problem as chemists won't let you buy them anymore for fear you want to use them for drugs etc.
2007-03-19 04:51:18 · answer #6 · answered by kittykatts 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a syringe and large needle. Fill the syringe with ready made paste (smoother than the kind you mix). Force the paste into the bubble. Leave to soak for 10 mins or so then flatten gently with clean dry fingers. Good luck
2007-03-19 04:47:40 · answer #7 · answered by hollyb20 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not easy but the best way if you cant push them out with a brush is to slit the paper and then brush over it again and hope the paste is wet enough to stick it down. If not dab a little paste into the slit.
2007-03-19 04:42:28 · answer #8 · answered by brummie73s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the are big, slit them with a razor - small as possible - then put some Elmers glue in slit - again - as little as possible. Get or use that small roller. Wipe off excess glue immediately
2007-03-19 04:43:44 · answer #9 · answered by biscuitperifrank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple. Use a pin to 'prick' the bubble/s. Flatten to expel the air. Voila!
2007-03-19 04:40:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋