93+ Can You Wallpaper On New Plasterboard

Unroll your wallpaper onto a work table and use decorating scissors to cut strips at least 4 inches longer than the wall height measurement.

Can you wallpaper on new plasterboard. I ve dry lined a room with plasterboard screwed to batten. Cover the back of the wallpaper with paste. There will be movement in it for about a year after it is in place.

I don t want to skim the board just wallpaper straight on if possible. In the past you d expect your plasterwork to be around an inch thick so it could take weeks if not months to dry. Vinyl or other low permeability wall coverings restrict drying of water based adhesives.

If a new unpainted plasterboard wall is to be wallpapered the application of a single coat of gyproc drywall sealer will make steam stripping easier at a later date. New plasterboard will take time to settle. I say skim it always even though is possible.

Yes your meant to wait so long before you can cover new plaster even painting it but im sure many of up have coved it straight way tilers do it the day after at most. As we ve already alluded to things have changed and it would be foolish for homeowners to think that there s one single generic way to hang wallpaper on new plaster. Many years ago paper hangers applied diluted wheat paste adhesives on plaster walls to size them before they hung paper.

To seal a surface before you hang wall paper the wall also needs to be totally dry. If you need to paper it immediately you will have to size the walls as the. Modern technology has produced some amazing products that work much better than applying a thin wheat paste to a wall.

Make sure whichever primer you choose it s a primer and a sealer in one. Apply the primer to the entire wall just as you would do with wall paint. This adhesive soaked into the fresh plaster and acted as a crude sealer.