Armed with nothing more than a plank, two pairs of steps and a couple of your videos, today I successfully papered my first ceiling. Thanks for sharing :-)
Thank you so much for all of your tutorials. They are so informative and clear. I've done my own decorating for many years now, although still learning. After watching this video 2 or 3 times, I followed your method with same grade lining paper and applied to my ceiling with successful results.
Lined a few ceilings over the years. As good a video as youll get from a tradesman. Ignore the PVA haters. If used correctly it works 100%. Great work mate. 👍🏻👍🏻
For all that work and cost ;the client may have had some imagination and had you install a paper with a beautiful design. Thank you for the instruction! I was at a quandary as to how to get a long strip up there . Now I know.
Thank you so much for posting this video! I watched the entire video thinking "there's no way it's going to work like that for me" but when it came time to wallpaper our bathroom ceiling- everything worked out exactly as you showed it here. I didn't have any extra paper to roll up when we started, so I used a sturdy wrapping paper roll that I cut down to size and it worked like a charm! Wonderful video!
Did he apply glue on the celling first, or this is self adhesive wallpaper?!!! Need to do the bathroom ceiling , if someone can advice what king of wallpaper to look for...thanks from advance!
At college , they learn you to paper a ceiling, need strengt, , I learnt from a top assessor, One the best trades decorating!!! College is a wonderful place
This is a skilled job. Ive just tried Blown vinyl ceiling paper and ended up having to cut each length into three. You make it look so easy. How long do you soak your paper for. It seemed that the solvate recommended 8 minutes was too long?
Hello I like your videos very informative, iAm asked to paper a ceiling and the finish is gloss paint , what can I put on the ceiling so the paper can adhere to it, if any thing,in the old days they put finishing plaster in with the glue size, haven’t seen that in years, thanks
That was brilliant...I just went through about 5 or six other videos until I found this. Either they were awful video and audio or badly presented or just generally useless. Thanks for a great presentation. Really very nice - Right I'll get started....
Wow man you make this look so easy! Very helpful video thank you, although I’ll be doing my own ceilings which look at least twice the height of that room! 😩
Hi if you have a sloping ceiling at the window end, with a dorma window. The slop is not quite true. Would you recommend hanging lining paper ready for emulsion across the window or from the window?
Can someone tell me what is the point of doing this? To make the ceiling smooth or eliminate any imperfections? Provide support to underlying plaster ceiling?
Liked & Subscribed. I am a first timer using wallpaper to do a 3x6m ceiling. No windows. Would you recommend I lay it in 3m lengths but have more joints or do 6m lenghts and have half the joints. I'm worried 6m lengths of wallpaper might make it more difficult for a first timer?
I have used a long handled brush but you still need a raised platform to walk on, no mention of that here. I had to piece mine. moving across from one small set of steps to another whilst holding the brush !!
As an absolute noob this leaves so many questions for me. I appreciate anyone who takes the time out of their day to be helpful, but I'm just left with so many questions. Are you on stilts? Can this be done without them? Exactly how did you prep the ceiling? A quick, sped up portion showing that would have been cool. I do realize this vid is a couple of years old now, I hope any more you have done are a bit more informative.
He's using two pairs of step ladders and a plank (as a makeshift platform). So yes you can do it without stilts, you just need said items. As for prep. Just make sure all bits of paper are stripped, good sand on what's needed, fill, caulk any cracks, gaps etc. Another sand down. He also rolled the ceiling with pva glue which does help the paper stick but if you can't get any...just use paste!! Hope that helps 👍
It would have been helpful to see how he folded the paper on the wall "demonstrated", and there are better ways to cut it if you are on the wall, but there are other videos on the topic. 🙂
Hi, my boyfriend and I did my ceiling yesterday, we got the paper up ( paste on the back👍🏾 though he pasted the glue all over the front of the paper😱 ( I wasn’t so sure) - I want to now paint the ceiling with white emulsion will it be ok?
If you have paste on the front of the paper, you will have to wash it off using warm soapy water. Wet an area and allow to it to react with the paste, then wipe off. If you emulsion and some paste reacts then just scrub in the area with the paint. Thanks.
@@PaintingandDecorating humm...not fully clear from your reply 🙏. option: Wipe it off. I've just looked at it dry and it looks reasonable.. Are you sure I cant just put emulsion coat on it? 🙏
Something that isn't mentioned in this video, if you're using a ceiling wallpaper that has a stipple effect such as Superfresco then you overlap the ceiling wallpaper onto the wall, when you wallpaper the wall, it causes a lump to appear along the top of the wallpaper. This must be caused by the stipple effect of the ceiling wallpaper because in rooms that have ceiling wallpaper with no stipple effect I've not seen a lump along the top of the wallpaper. The only way to avoid this it seems is either to not use a ceiling wallpaper that has a stipple effect or have no overlap onto the wall.
@@PaintingandDecorating yes, thank you. I know what pva glue is. And I understand, diluted it will soak into plaster. Thus reducing porosity. But in an old pre 1940 building, how is that a good thing? Pva, surely, diluted or not is not breathable
@@mcgraw8098 Some papers are too thin to cut with a blade and you end up tearing the paper, also the wall can be uneven and again you get pockets where the paper doesn't sit tight to the wall resulting in tears in Both senses of the word lol! a sharp pair of shears (scissors) will cut through lining paper without actually having to cut it too much and it isn't that much quicker if at all to use a blade. You also have more control with shears. I'd use blades on vinyls but lining paper would always be cut with shears
Diluted PVA will do the same but not everyone agrees on this. We use it all the time and used correctly no problems. We have a video called What you need to know about PVA
Not really thought about it something I may look into in the future. It's nice to be able to pass on the knowledge that I've picked up from all the great tradesmen over the years.
It's wrong to follow the edge of the ceiling. So you mark a line and the line may as well be straight. This also makes sure you're not messing with a wedge on the last length of paper.
Pre-pasted paper? Doesn't show folding process. Not that helpful to me. I have a pattern to "match up...faux tin ceiling look. I think I will need a helper.
No, not easy at all there never in the same place always in a different spot in the width of the paper. This video shows you just that --- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Id5a0kR65eg.html
Here for tips after arrogantly thinking “piece of p”ss this” and slipping on my arse on a rouge off cut of pasted paper ending up some way under the ladders wearing the ceiling paper 😂
Sorry to hear that... one thing can be said it's a dangerous job at times. Safety can be under estimated so best to be over cautious at all times. Using sharp tools and liquids something will happen unless you are hyper cautious.
Stonka you not done much papering or you would know, follow the line and sometimes with paper being wet and bending it's easier and more accurate to do it shown in the video and not full cuts. Have only being papering for over 30 years.
Done quite a bit as it happens coming up 20 years myself and my teacher is still going after 50! It's not really an issue when lining I know but I prefer a full cut especially with finishing paper, you can follow the line when nibbling at it but you'll never get a true line imo, each to their own though I suppose! I'm not knocking your work it's good to see a proper dec slinging in b&b for a change I've subbed👍
Stonka thanks, I was taught not to use the full length of the scissors as your cut will not follow the line fine enough as paper bends and not to close the scissors fully because they can leave a funny tear at the tip.
SuperPhilcool You can if you want but this is a cheaper way. My dad used a chalk line and different colours of chalk depending on the colour of the surface. But I found it a lot easier this way and no need to buy chalk you still need to pin the string up, but a few pencil marks is enough for me.
Total load of bollocks ,the moment you mentioned PVA i thought here we go another one .No need for pva as it creates a barrier between the plaster and water based paste and the paper will slip and not bond right . Always run the paper the shortest width across the ceiling so you get 3 lengths to a roll ,no need to work away from the light .Also no need for a pencil line either and no need for the spare roll to hold it ,do it free hand off the wall edge and if it runs out just adjust back till it runs in for an overlap on the wall .in 40 years paper hanging i have done thousands of ceiling ,s in every type of property going including heavy blown vinyl whites at 30 ft long per run . 1400 and 1700 grade are the best for ceilings with a smear of fine filler through the joints and two coats of a vinyl silk paint . Never put matt finish on fresh lining paper or blown vinyls and even the older papers as the joints when drying will crack ,use a silk as a first coat then a matt finish .
