Lining paper is meant to cover pitting, cracks, and other imperfections in old walls and create a smooth surface to paint over.
Keep in mind that wider rolls of lining paper will cover more space, but can be harder to hang.
For example, if you were working with a room that’s 2 m (6. 6 ft) tall and has a perimeter of 14 m (46 ft), and your rolls were 0. 6 m (2. 0 ft) wide, you’d start by dividing 2 by 0. 6 to get 3. 4. Then, you’d multiply 3. 4 by the perimeter, which is 14, to get 48.
In the previous example, you ended up with 48. So, if you were using rolls that are 11 m (36 ft) long, you’d divide 48 by 11 to get 4. 37. Therefore, you’d need to buy 5 rolls of lining paper in order to cover the whole room. Always make sure you have about 10% more lining paper than you need to account for trimming.
You can get a pasting table at a home improvement center if you don’t have one.
For example, if the wall is 2 m (6. 6 ft) high, then you should cut sections of lining paper that are 2. 05 m (6. 7 ft) to 2. 08 m (6. 8 ft) long.
You can get wallpaper scissors or a trimming wheel at a home improvement center or paint supply store.
You can do all the cutting at the beginning, or alternately cut and paste as you go. It’s up to you and how you prefer to work.
Make sure to always refer to the instructions for the adhesive you are using before you apply it to check for any special instructions, such as how long you need to let the paste soak in. You can get wallpaper paste at a home improvement center or paint supply store.
If you start in a corner, let the lining paper overlap 1–2 in (2. 5–5. 1 cm) with the other wall there as well. Use the wallpaper smoother to push the lining paper right into the corners, where the extra length overlaps, to create creases.
Trimming off excess lining paper will ensure that it butts tightly up against the ceiling, at the base of the wall, and against the adjacent lining paper in corners. Put your wallpaper scissors into a jar of warm water when you aren’t using them to keep the paste on them from drying out and making them stick together. Apply the creasing and trimming technique anywhere else the lining paper meets with an obstacle, such as the wooden trim around windows or doors.
Overlapping edges or too much space between sections of lining paper will show through a layer of paint.
You can apply paste to several sections of lining paper at once and loosely fold them over themselves (like a noodle) while you keep applying paste to more sections. This way you can get several sections ready to hang consecutively.
Wallpaper paste dries within 24 hours in dry conditions, but takes longer if the room is damp or cold.
