The Secret to Hanging Peel and Stick Wallpaper - Spencer Colgan 

Very useful advice,many years ago I tried to hang peel and stick following the manufacturer’s instructions,made a mess of it,had to start over,applying paste between the product and the wall is the only way, great video,great job

Thanks for talking out of buying this product in the first few minutes!

3/14/2024 Thank You for all your comments. I truly believe we would be in deep water without seeing your video! We start on our wall tomorrow! I'm sure it won't be perfect, but we've learned a lot watching your clip. Thanks again.

Spencer, you are a true craftsman. I’m renovating our RV and the information you are sharing is so helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate it so very much.

You are an OCD craftsman to the max and I love it 🤙🏻

Thank you sir, I learned a lot.

Also I have textured walls and I am inspired to buy tools to make a new smooth skin thanks to your encouragement saying we can do by explaining what to expect! Thanks for the tutorial that I can understand!!!

I'm a wallpaper installer, and I just learned something new today, great job 👏

Have just been asked if I hang peel and stick. Popped into SC's channel to check, and the answer's a firm "Nope" The stuff just looks like all kinds of compromise, extra work and no benefit that I can see. Another beaut of a video. Thanks Spencer. Hope all's well with you. I spliced 3 sheets of cloud pattern paper together last week, and thought of you. Thanks for all the great content. Stay well!

First class Spencer, so much detail a major help, honest and true. Many Thanks

Notes from Spencer Colgan: 1. Do not Hang this on texture, only flat walls. Skimcoat your walls if necessary. 2. Always prime walls. Here, I used a glue and water mixture over the Skimcoat. 3. Use a clear glue bed underneath your peel and stick. I highly recommend Dynamite 234. 4. Squeegee out the air and excess glue with a super thin smoother. Here, I used a thin “paint edger” from harbor freight. They work great as wallpaper smoothers.

Spot on! I’ve hung paper professionally for over 30 yrs. Today did some of this new crap! Loved the design, but it was awful! Will try pasting the wall tomorrow 🤣. Glad I retired before this gained popularity

Fantastic!

Very helpful! Thank you very much for making the video! Would you mind listing all the products you used in this video? It would be so much appreciated. Thanks!

Thank you Spencer for teaching me how use glue and water to seal the wall and allow for better wallpaper manipulation. I tried both ways with and without sealer thinking regular prime paint was enough and verified what you recommend is true and better..

Thanks again, this was pretty hard to watch, my eyes kept moving around by the pattern. Love watching your repairs too, learning a whole lot! I made a lot of mistakes but, looking forward to the redo!

I just did three walls with peel and stick and they turned out perfect. No glue needed. Only took about 45 minutes total. First time ever using any type of wallpaper.

Hello Spencer, its me again. Hope you made it through the storm, wasn’t to bad on my side, feather sound. Spencer i asked you about painting a peel & stick. My question is I would like to put a gray tone of peel & stick to cover a mirror wall, is there a brand you can recommend? Unfortunately this time i am going to have to work alone, I had surgery approx 6 months ago @ Tampa General, I am currently going through chemo, i have no immune system. So I’m on my own. Any recommendations? Once I would like to commend you on your videos. Your patience & how meticulous you are. Those attributes give me the enthusiasm to try your DIY methods. You have said, “patient, patient, patient” so true. Thank you Spencer.

Nice 👌

I wish I had found this video before attempting to skim coat. All the other videos used a taping knife and I had all kinds of lapping lines. Any suggestions on fixing this before I hang my wallpaper. Last time I hung wallpaper we started at the edge and that was a disaster because the wall was crooked. Should you start in the middle?

I like to see you do a flower patterned wallpaper.

I am so interested in the laser level that you are using...I have always used a spirit level and bob...I would like to get the laser level that you recommend and move forward however I am concerned about the laser beam...it seems that during use one would be hit in the eye with the beam perhaps causing eye damage...I understand not to stare at it but am concerned about it just "catching you by surprise"...you use it with such success that I impressed with its function....advice...thanks and your videos are great

Much easier to make a thin line with the level first then to fight with it Sir. I've never hung peel and stick with glue might try it one day. Good Job Spence!

You are so precise and eliminate any mistakes by doing things in a methodical way that YOU know guarantee a perfect finish. Well done:)

Again. Amazing. Just one question. If the wall is already smooth. Do I have to prime it in any way before applying the "peel and stick" wallpaper?

Wow

This is fantastic! newbie question---are you using the glue/water mixture you made under the paper as you install, or are you just using regular wallpaper paste, or just glue? (Ingenious fix BTW to ensure the moveability of the peel and stick product!)

Hi SC, Do you really recommend using Romans or wallpapering paste on the walls prior to hung Peel & Stick wallpapering I am asking because the instructions on Peel & Stick never mention that on the label instructions. thanks, in advance for your advice.

why did you change from using the eraser?? I thought that was a wonderful idea..

i just have a small bathroom wall that i want to use peel and stick wallpaper. why can't I just sand down the wall to make it smooth before I hang? does it not get smooth enough? and what is the skim coat product you use?

Challenge! I have a challenge ahead; to put p&s on wood board similar to shiplap. I picked out the p&s to coordinate w/ other colors in use. I couldn't find what I wanted in reg. wallpaper that was affordable (Wm. Morris/ John Dearle Seaweed, bright green and blue). So.... I want this to be background for stud-wall shelves. It is really only for my enjoyment as there will be doors over the shelves. The shelves will be for an endless variety of bottles, etc. of bath products, all shapes and sizes. I don't want to spend forever dusting dozens of things, thus the doors. My dilemma is how to prep the wood boards? This is a 100 year old house with a 1940s addition -the bathroom. My 2x4s are actually 2x4!! As the daughter of a bricklayer, I have had some practice with trowels and skim coating, but I need this to be as quick and painless as possible. I have even thought about putting it up, leaving the backing on, with staples, or trim pieces. I don't care so about the gaps between the boards as stuff will be covering them anyway. It makes me almost cry to think about caulking the gaps, BINing the wood, and doing the glue. I have even thought about sticking it on formica and then tacking that up. Sorry to be so lame, but I am just exhausted with other things and need to get this done so the next thing can be done so the next thing can be done. Thank you for your videos. I do enjoy and appreciate your craftsmanship. I wish I didn't have so many demands on me right now and could afford to do it more "right." Not sure how to add a pix to comments so will make it my profile pix. Thank you for any advice or thoughts. Lynn

On the other video, you used an eraser, is it better to use a scrapper instead?

Your cameraman should be following your hands! He often misses your delicate work! You are a master! Change your cameraman!

So if my wall has no texture and is sealed and painted I can go straight to hanging the peel and hang wallpaper?

My first peel and stick job was a fail. My seams started to lift immediately. Subsequently, I've watched several hours of your videos. It's now clear that I should have skim coated, sealed or sized, used wallpaper paste as well, and then hung instead of just going over 10 day old orange peal latex. What do I do now? Can I effectively lift the paper somehow and use a paste in those areas? Or is it a total loss? Your wisdom is needed!

Does using the glue not make this removable?

People just need to understand that peel and stick is a temporary removeable product. If you want a professional permanent product just use regular wallpaper. All this prep work takes much longer than just using normal wallpaper.

Spencer that wasn't wallpapering more like witchcraft or wizardry think you need to change your name to Harry Potter lol👍👍👍

why do you have to use a glue and water mixture over your skim coat when this is suppose to be 'peel and stick'? isn't it already sticky enough to hang on a smooth surface?

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