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Hi Tom. Pretty much all wallpaper and borders have the strippable statement on
their labels. Using the sizing will help the paper come off with little or no
problem. The paper is strippable, but sometimes the underthings aren't the best
for the adhesive.
If you are only going to do border, on top of paint, the borders are prepasted
and the paste sticks relatively well. If the border is going on top of
anything else, use the vinyl to vinyl border adhesive. The sizing will enhance
the border glue's ability to stay stuck.
For a border you do not need a wallpaper trough. You can use your sink. Just
put a couple inches of water in it, put the cut border in the water and hold it
under while you pull the border out. You pull the border out inch by inch, not
as a roll. As you are pulling it out, fanfold it on the counter, glue side to
glue side. Then you let it rest as long as the label says. A hint is to make
your fanfolds about 14 inches apart (this is a size easy to control with one
hand. When you are up there putting up the strip you will have to hold what you
have already applied to the wall while still getting the next section of the
fanfold ready to press, so each hand is doing something important.)
If I am doing a border at the top of a wall, or really any height taller than I
can reach, I use the kitchen chairs, any ladders and stepstools. I put them
about 2 feet apart around the sides of the wall that I will complete with the
length of border I have pasted. In other words, you walk around on the chairs,
etc. and can keep a handle on the border that is already stuck and be ready to
put up the next section.
Even on the prepasted, I would use the 'vinyl to vinyl' border adhesive in any
room that may have humidity and/or moisture issues - the kitchens and bathrooms
and basement rooms. You paint the adhesive on the back of the border as you
used to do 15 years ago with the 'mix it up and paint it on' type of wallpaper
paste, or even the old flour and water stuff. I usually have a small bucket of
water with a washcloth or sponge in it. Squeeze out the water til it is a bit
drippy, then wipe over the back of the border. The reason for this is that the
paper backing will absorb a lot of the moisture out of the paste and thus use a
whole lot more than you need.
Start and end the border in the most inconspicuous corner in the room because
you probably will not end with an exact match. When you join two pieces, set
the new length on top of the existing length far enough back that the pattern is
exact. If you could look through the top border, you would see the exact same
thing on the underneath border.
Have fun.
Judy