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Modern wallpapers like this one often come from the factory pre-pasted. That's okay. It's really a good material, that paste. But what the problem is, is remember when you get it wet or you use an activator to make it get wet, it starts to expand the paper. And you need to make sure that it expands on the table, not up on the wall
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Before you put the piece of paper up and even paste it, you've got to go ahead and cut a part off
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Don't worry about getting it perfectly straight because you're going to trim the paper once it's up on the wall
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If the paper is pre-pasted, I get the best results from activating the glue with an activator instead of water
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These products just brush on the paper and what you do is you actually mix this product with water
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Wait about 30 minutes, and the final result is a really neat gel that's a little thicker than water
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but boy, does it go on the paper easily. This process is called relaxing by the professional wallpaper hangers
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What's really happening is that once you've got the whole piece of paper glued and you've activated that glue, the paper starts to expand, and it just needs to relax
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You go ahead and fold the paper back over on itself like this. Don't push down hard at these ends
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You don't want to make a real hard crease. That's not a good thing. and then you just sit back yourself
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and relax for about five minutes till it's ready to hang the paper. I'm Tim Carter, Ask the Builder. If you want to discover more home improvement tips
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