How To Wallpaper External Corners - Like a Pro
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2022
- When it comes to wallpapering around a corner or external angle, it's important to take the right steps to ensure a professional-looking finish.
One common mistake people make is trying to apply the wallpaper in one go, which can lead to creases, air bubbles, and other unsightly issues.
To avoid these problems, it's recommended to cut the wallpaper into lengths that are slightly longer than the height of the wall. I allow 50mm at the top and 50mm at the bottom (a total of 4" waste).
When you reach the corner cut the wallpaper to a new size, make the width of the paper wide enough to allow a slight overlap around the corner, like I show in the video, wrap the strip onto the adjacent wall (the wrap around will only be a small amount but enough to go around the corner,.
When that 'part length' is on, use the remaining part of the length and re hang it, making sure that the good edge of the paper is still plumb, the cut edge is then positioned just onto the other length which you wrapped around the corner. This is explained better in the video.
Once you've smoothed out the wallpaper and eliminated any air bubbles or wrinkles, use a sharp utility knife to trim away the excess paper at the corner. This will give you a clean, precise edge that blends seamlessly into the next length of wallpaper.
It's also important to keep in mind that wallpaper can stretch and distort when it gets wet if it's a paste the back of the paper wallpaper, so it's a good idea to let each strip of wallpaper soak for a few minutes before applying it to the wall - always read the instructions with the to see what the soak times are. This will allow the paper to relax and prevent it from shrinking or warping once it's in place.
By following these tips and techniques, you can achieve a flawless finish when wallpapering around corners or external angles.
And if you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to ask a professional for advice.
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Great video,apart from the laser,this is exactly how i was taught as an apprentice in the late 70's. 40 + years later, i still use this method. Very satisfying to watch a top pro on his game,thanks.
Cheers.
The laser is very handy.... Once you get into it... You'll not look back... Until you're batteries go and you've not got spare with you lol
i love how you explain and then say "does that make sense" and i say, "yes, yes it does!" thank you - we are adding wallpaper to the top level of our inn and I have to tell the guys how to do this and it's my first time. I also read on others to have more so i'm glad you're saying i can go less - we got expensive wallpaper too!
Thank you.
More of what??
Thanks I learned a lot watching your video. Did not know Ricky Gervais was a Painter and Decorator. 😂😂
Me neither ;)
Made me laugh even acts like him 😂
Was thinkin the same thing he is definitely playin the dB character on purpose
He's good ..... Very good !
I’m learning so much Phil. Thank you. Your detail and presentation is top notch 🎉
There's something about British accents that make home improvement videos better. It gives it an air of authority. I wish there were home improvement videos done by the BBC and narrated by David Attenborough.
that's quite funny as where I'm from we don't have an accent ;)
Thanks for stopping by.. please watch some more vids.
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator Yeah man. I'm watching a bunch of your videos prepping for a wallpapering job. I paint tennis courts for a living so I'm fixing up my bathroom during the offseason. Your videos are great. Thank you for the help.
@@michaelwesthead-sportsinst4279 reach out if you need any more help.. would love to see what you do.
Another good video Phil. That's exactly how I was taught 30 yrs ago too! It's good to watch other professionals doing a good job, because no matter how long you've been at it, there is always some little tip you can pick up off of someone who's also done the job a long time. Also over time people create their own way of doing things, which sometimes is an improvement. Especially these days when the decorating trade has a lot of new innovations to keep up with. Every day is a school day. Keep up the videos, very enjoyable!
Thanks, I was starting to go mad I was the only o e who did it like that, with so many saying they take it around in one. And we all know.. it never is a 'true' corner and it always creases and a bubble comes and the return won't be plumb. At least this way you can control the outcome.
Thank you so much Phil. You are so detail and your video shows up close which makes it really easy to understand. I have been wanting to put wall paper up in my bathroom. I have fear to do so because I didn't understand of how to do the corners. LOL. I totally understand now. Thank you so much!
Cheers.
Same principles for internal angle as well. Have you seen those videos I've done yet?
Thanks for posting , perfection is what you have shown and that is what we need to try to get. I cant wait to try it.
also like the pasting table.
Many thanks... You'll like the paperhanging playlist too then ;)
I'm not a fan boy, but you're an excellent teacher.. Thank you Phil👍
I appreciate that!
Thanks so much for explaining that so well. Top drawer as always 👍
My pleasure 😊
Cool beans. Well done .. needed that! haven't papered in years. All coming back now
Good stuff! Glad it's helped
Nice job Phil. Love it.
Great job Mr P exactly what I wanted to know 👍🏻
Glad it helped
Laser is handy. Good work.
Thanks for the vid, great instructional
Glad it was helpful!
Top job pal.Too many so called decorators havnt got a clue…. We’ve one that advertises in our village …. 35 years experience but doesn’t do wallpapering🤔… just love the paste the wall papers …. Best thing since sliced bread!
Thanks. Everyone can paint, not everyone can decorate.
35yrs of doing it they way they think it's done.
Paste the wall, I like as it's cleaner to work with, no little sticky tacky bits dropping about when doing small areas and tricky cuts. Also keeps your ceiling and coving edges paste free lol
Awesome video thank you great work
Thanks again!
flawless work, as per !
Thank you! Cheers!
Great wallpapering video.
I'm glad you like it
Great vid again Phil 😉👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video again mate top tip 👍
glad you liked it 👏
excellent, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I like the sprayed doors.
Well done. I would assume you are advanced City & Guilds, as I was, although we din't have the luxury of lazers back in the day. Eyesight and spirit level was the order of the day.
my history is in the description.... have you read it? No post covid start up painter here! or fancy a change of career from doing something totally different either.. picking up some tools and doing mum & dads house, then friends bedrooms etc , then thinking I'll do it full time and learn as I go along either. lol Everyday is a scholl day when you never went in the first place, as they say.
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Although I only do decorating for myself these days, I did change my career some forty years ago. At the time, I had people in doing paint effects on walls when it was the in-thing. I'd gone through a bad personal experience , decided toquit my job and spent the next four years at a local Technical College, learning from some great 'Old School" P&D tutors how to do everything properly, Paint, hanginging paper, to basic paint effects, before going on to a Theatre Schoool to master scenic painting as well as marbling, Graining and Trompe-L'oeil. One of the more notable commissions I did, was Noel Edmonds House Party.
@@steviem8466 that's brilliant. You can't say the trade is boring
Nice job
Plumbob served me well 50 years no fancy laser !😀
thankfully things move on and improve..... builders are so glad footings aren't dug by hand anymore. ;)
Great videos, keep up the good work. you can see that you have pride in your job. Like the glasses, makes you look a bit like Arnold schwarzenegger.
I appreciate that! lol lol
said it before and I'll say it again Phil you are one classy fellow all the best from Millisle County Down By the way any sign of the Porce
I just keep looking on Autotrader lol
Great video. I have always done corners like this as its how I was trained at college. Since then though I've had my knuckles rapped a few times by customers and older decorators who expect it to be wrapped around with no overlap, or spliced with a second length to keep the pattern, so I have wrapped around on the last few jobs with varying success. After watching this I think I will go back to my old way.
many can't or don't know this way of doing it, they'll muddle along trying to force it around in one.. more times than not they throw the paper out of plum, create a crease/bulbble and it looks poor.
do it the correct way and you negate any possible problems.
also, may are self taught... and if not shown properly in the first place how would they know how to do it correctly?
Ok. I watched it to the end. I never did that but I think that I might start doing it like your way
I like people watching to the end, it adds £0.002 to the Porsche fund ;)
Spencer, nah you know we gonna wrap that and plumb and DC the next sheet if needed. Don't forget this is England and their houses are old and not plumb straight drywall. There's definitely different techniques, tools and paste over there. I've done a couple of homes over there professionally. I just took my tool bags and pasting machine. I had a hard time finding comparable pastes and blades and such let alone non-existent wallpaper primer, they just size with mix it up paste. Totally different world for hanging over there.
lovely paper hanging , inc paintwork too .
Thank you! Cheers!
Great videos, can you use this method when hanging embossed papers
You may struggle with the thickness of the paper.
Hi Phil great video help me out today have you done a video on how to match the paper on the table before hanging it up to make it quicker or any videos on how to match the paper i find it tricky thanks
Great suggestion! no, but if it's a non woven paste the wall, it's more a case of seeing where the pattern match is, measure where the repeat is to make sure you're happy where it will line up. Once you get a couple on, you'll get a feel as to what needs to be cut off as waste. It's a good idea to work off a couple of rolls as not to waste too much on just one roll.
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator thanks mate yeah i did work of a couple of rolls but i was matching it up against the one on the wall to get the pattern right lol it worked but was slow ive been looking for a video on how to match on the table then put them up cant find one any where may be its one for you to do in the future your videos are very helpful especially the paper ones i find that tricky but with your videos was very helpful and very Understanding keep them up 👌
cheers, TBH.. a non woven paste the wall I'll match off the roll against the wall. The table is only there for cutting a length down. ;)
Nice one ricky😅
Hi, loved the video, what is the paint on the doors?
Not sure. It is as in Everal Aqua 40 thought. Something similar to a F&B colour I think.
Great work. Where can I get the glasses?
they came with the laser liner I've got.
Hi Phil, out of curiosity, how do you paper around the old wood round beads in old houses, especially chimney breast's? I've never found a straight 1 yet, in over 30 yrs of decorating. Cheers
They're all over the place, so if they are just a rounded corner... I try do them the same as this, cut it to the widest part, allowing enough to get round the corner.... take the off cut, plum to the shortest width, trim off the excess....... and you know that length is now plumb for the subsequent lengths going up to it.
Had a bad corner to go around last week, 1m up had all been chopped off from the floor up.. new damp proof plaster fitted, meaning the corner didn't really match the rest going up...... no way way it plum or neat/sharp enough to get around in on.. so I had to cut and re hang/plumb... but at least the next lengths were all plumb and I could butt the joints.
If I didn't do it like that, the pattern was all over the place and I could get the edge of the paper anywhere near to get them to match up.
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator thanks for your reply, OK I'm at least doing it right, i listened at college too ha even after 30 years sometimes you doubt yourself. Cheers
I use a paper trimmer/guillotine for these type of cuts. It works for me. I have a question for you Phil. I know you have a background in training/college. Where would you go for wallpaper training in the UK. There are no trade colleges in my area.
It may be you have to travel to Dulux or SprayTech.
UnfortunatelyI'm not doing any wallpapering courses anytime soon.
You mentioned Mickey Mouse tables for Wallpaper; I happen to have two picnic tables that are use for wide wallpaper, and I have professional wallpaper tables, three of them
it's a running joke with professional decorators here in the uk, so many buy cheap £9.99 hard board paste tables and those plastic picknic style tables to hang wallpaper.
As you've seen on how I use a paste table to cut down lengths of paper to size, you need a flat and sharp edge to the paste board, not something with rounded off edges.
YOu'll get what I mean if you have watched this one.
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Question… I watched a video about a half an hour ago and I’m thinking about it. Instead of over laughing after the corner, I’m wondering why you didn’t just double cut through the material so that you will not see the edge of the wallpaper underneath the overlap wallpaper? In other words, when you overlap, you get a bump. I’m not telling you that you should do it like this, but I am wondering why are you don’t do it like this… Double cut through the overlap so that at least there is no bump. What do you think about that?
its a good question.
not every corner internal or external is 'true', if it runs out, you can't go around in one piece.. you already know that..
if you cut it with a 1/4" over lap to go around.. that is enough to hold it in place, like you use the tape with the grass cloth.
once that edge is dow, if its running out.. and more of the paper is on the return wall... say part has 1/2" over lap... you trim it off so top to bottom is the 1/4" (or about 5mm)
the off cut piece is hung and plumbed up.. and hung onto and near the corner edge.. not all the way to the edge, or it can be caught and the edge could peel.
the 'bump' is only slight and a compromise to make sure that all the edges are plumbed up and the pattern follows through.
If the pattern runs out, it's lost at the edge. Look square on to the walls, you don't see it.
Very much you do the internals.
sometimes you can go around a corner in one, but nothing worse than getting a bubble/crease forming cus the corner is slightly off and the paper can only go one way.
Many will do it like that and get away with it, but it's not good if the pattern runs off on the horizontal .. the laser is good to keep the pattern true.
back to your question.
if the corner runs out.. and you come around the corner.. then overlap and cut through...... what would the corner look like with a noticeable pattern?
it would show it not matching at your cut.
also how far from the corner would the splice cut be?
too close to the corner risks it springing up (thats another reason to slightly over lap and re hang back onto the overlap).
Give it a go, it allows you to get around the corner easier that you don't have to over work the paper to get rid of the bubbles if a corner is out.
I've had it where an external was from 1898 (age of the house) and a plaster repair had bee done and a metal corner bead had been fitted, so you went with a straight edge into an original old corner that wasn't so straight.
on that occasion I wrapped around the corner more 1/4" to allow for the bad corner and also had to do little cuts to release the tension on the bad corner.
Does that make sense?
Phil great video, would you use the same method with flock wallpaper, i am doing my living room around a chimney breast, then into the two alcoves, will the paper kick out too much around the sides of the breast once you put the sides on as in your video, im worried it will stick out like a sore thumb, help please
Ouch, can you still buy flock wallpaper?
Check your external angles and see if they are true.
If they run out it can let ok bad if you're not done a wrap around and overlap.
It's The worst of two evils.
Internal, cut tight with a small wrap around.
And then the re hung length will sit neatly on it.
Phil many decorators prefer to paste the paper on the table first, I would guess it depends on the paper or vinyl.
With a none woven paste the wall paper?
I've not come across a non woven proper vinyl paper that's paste the wall.
I'm not sure why you'd make it hard for yourself and paste a paper that's a bit nonwoven that is paste the wall.
The only ones you'd paste the paper with are the ones with small peal bead balls. Where it's better to paste the paper after brushing the loose off first. As the paste on the wall can attract loose balls which you'll not remove and they'll show under the paper.
Would it be neater to tuck the overlap the other way around so you dont see and edge facing out rather its facing inwards, for example, facing inwards from the chimney breast towards the wall and not towards the room?
Don't have it on the main wall.
What make is the laser ? I like the look of the grippy thing
the brand is LaserLiner :)
Thanks for teaching. I wish you could do my wallpapers 😔
You’re welcome 😊
Hi Phil..... why do you wear a pair of trousers under your whites ? ( with them being trousers?
the word is overalls.. they go over your trouser to protect your cloths ;)
Put them on each morning at the job.. at home time.. take them off, leave them at the job. get in the va with clean trousers... no paint on them to spoil your van seats... can go into the shops after work not looking like I'm a council painter wearing overall on the way home. ;) lol
@@sirlordbabish3873 sometimes but keep my socks on so I've somewhere to put a spare brush or two.
What laser u using on the tripod looks better way than a level
it's LaserLiner, google them, it comes with a clamp which I attached to a long roller pole
Great video Phil,very informative....lbut dont be a tight arse ,get yourself a green laser level,no need to dim the lights or go all star trek & all tax deductable.Cheers,keep em coming.
lol It's a good laser... the line's not that thick either... Green ones I've seen ppl using look like a thick rope in comparison lol
Where did you get your pole clamp for your laser?
hi, the clip comes in the kit with the LaserLiner, along with the red glasses.
What laser do you use phil
it's called laserliner
if you look at my other wallpaper videos, I show you it a bit more.
Do you use same method when using heavy blone vynil wallapaper??
No. It would create big ridge.
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator a bigger over lap??
@@paulperrin2152 as in two papers which are thick anyway being on top of each other.
Depends how the corner is. If it's a sharp corner.. you may cut the the corner.. the match back up to the corner.. plumb it up, you may need to trim again. Once painted you won't see it.
Or cut the paper so only an inch going around. Then match up to your cut edge with the off cut.
Without knowing or seeing the corner you work with it more a case assess it when you're there.
What cost do you bid out a job with this much wallpaper hanging?
these sort of rooms, knowing the expense of paper and it's lined too... the size of room, they'll be allowed two days for lining and a bit extra for the finish paper, 2-3 days. The whole house was quoted for and priced. We were spot on with what we quoted for. But there were a lot of extras added that were nearly a 3rd of the original quote. Due to use doing jobs others were going to do, but we eneded up doing.
If that was thick paper and a chimney breast your overlap edge would be exposed .Better practice to have the overlap edge facing in the other direction so as not so visible. Otherwise good video Phil.Maybe I'm over fussy but please let me know what you think.
I always comment if i can lol :) the paper is non woven so quite thick anyway. If it were a chimney breast.. with the focal fire place as the main wall (like the side those sockets were on) you'd still wrap around the same, you wouldn't have the over lap from the sides coming onto the face/front of the chimney breast wall. That's why you start in the middle of a chimney breast and work from there around the room, losing the patter match in the shortest corner/or behind a door etc that's not so noticeable.
You don't want the over lapped paper on the main/face wall area, always look to plan where you're drops will go.
I'll have a video again on pattern placement coming in the next few weeks.
do you not see the papers edge ,when the paper is overlapped 🤔
Of course. ... If you look for it.
But it's that comprise of not having a crinkle corner with bubble innit cus the paper couldn't go around it.
Cut and re hang means you've taken that tension off the paper on the corner and you can re plumb and hang the return length.
Can you do internal corner please Mr B.
That's in other videos ;)
Ill get searching. @@ProfessionalPainterDecorator
What brand of wallpaper is this please?
It's called .... Secret Garden
Product code G78508
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator Thanks Phil keep up the great work!
That's very clever actually. Obviously the walls are taking the piss, so irrespective of plumbing the walls, there will still be incongruity in the walls.
always keep your lengths plumb. it will show up somewhere else if you're not keeping it level.
I was at that job last week and when to see the room now it's all 'dressed'.
looks spot on. pattern all flows around the room level, across the top at ceiling hight it all looks good and where the pattern gets lost in a corner that's not seen... no one would know. :D
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator great work Phil, I remotely ever touch wallpaper, but look forward to learning more about it and applying it when I start my own Decorating Business one day.
Your videos are invaluable!.
@@JD-wx3pk I've some cool wallpaper and murals I've videoed. Take a look at some of those playlists
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator thanks Phil, will do
I personally overlap then, take a Stanley down the full length.
why is that?
where do you do that (how far in from the corner)?
how does that look?
out of interest are you self taught?
as I come across this when people haven't been shown how to tackle corners.
Did you forget to apply the vinyl overlap to the overlapping papers on the corner?
No.its not a vinyl paper and I'm using tub paste anyway.
Can't remember the last time I needed overlap adhesive as we use tub paste.
Always wrap where you have an internal on the next length assuming that the external isn’t a mile out .
You can re plumb next length from the internal corner
Chimney breast is a good example I wouldn’t want to see any type of join on the external which would be visual .
Decorator of 40 years plus .
Good video phil but not my preferred way unless the room is miles out
Nothing worse than an external, going around in one and bubbles showing once it dry though
And you never wrap around an internal in one.
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator that’s not what I said
Top job 👍 , but that wallpaper hurts my eyes 👀
It's busy... But a lovely paper to hang
Yeah that’s exactly what I do unless it something small like a window reveal
Singing off the same hymn sheet ;)
@@ProfessionalPainterDecorator I normally wrap in round then deal with it . Can you not put a sheet over you Micky mouse table🤣🤣
I didnt know ricky gervais had a twin.
At 8:13 I’m soooo confused
trimming a length down?
that's not complicated, it takes a bit of practice. Depending on the type of paper, you may or may not need to hold it in place, by either low tac tape of a second person working with you.
You talk good practice but you don't bother removing the socket
Which socket, where? Have you seen the papering around a plug socket video I did?
Just for you so you know how to do it.
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love what the vids cover but please find someone who can star in the vids that is likeable because i have to turn off the volume listening to this bloke
Love it. Glad you're watching... All adds up for views lol
His talking is clear, precise and helpful especially for a beginner like myself.
Paul mate where is your good paste table from?
I'll have to ask Paul ;)