What Happens If Your Wallpaper Pattern Doesn’t Match Up? - Spencer Colgan 

Awesome! So glad I can help!

Thank you so much Raven

You sound passionate about it; please send me pictures when you are done if you don’t mind at spencercolgan@tampabaywallpaperinstaller.com

Dear Ross, Great question. As you know, different wallpapers have different thresholds with regard to shrinkage. Your best bet is to avoid shrinkage is to thoroughly soak Vinyl wallpaper; let the glue absorb into the fibers of the wallpaper and you will watch the wallpaper expand and shrink back when it goes on the wall, you will do what is called an overlap and a double cut but let it hang there for an hour before you cut it and you will avoid all of the problems with shrinkage my friend - cheers!

I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. Are you telling me that the wallpaper from one wall where are you began to the last wall where you ended, that you are 1 1/2 inches off? 1 mm is .039 inches Let’s call that a half of an inch. If you are a half of an inch off as you go around the room which is what I think you are saying, this will prove that if you had a laser level that went around the entire room, this would not have happened to you. What do you have to do is to make sure that you are dead on when you hang a sheet of wallpaper meaning that your pattern is exactly horizontally level from one sheet to the next because here’s what you don’t realize you’re doing as you move along the room… You, with your hands, or throwing the horizontal level off as you install the paper around the room; it’s human error; the reason you’re doing this is because you’re spreading the wallpaper out and each seat is 1/8 of an inch off horizontal level; well, do the math and add this up as you go around the room you will discover that you might be 2 inches off as you go around a large bedroom for example. I would bet that you had windows in the way, doorways for closets and entrance and you have demonstrated a need for a 360° laser line The next time you hang wallpaper without using a level for each sheet, after the third sheet take a long level 4 feet long and put it up against your pattern and tell me if you are not at least 3/16 of an inch off and if you are not, I will buy you lunch

@@spencercolgan thanks Spencer. Sorry I’m saying that my wallpaper is installed bang on level vertically on each wall. Checked with plumb Bob and laser level yet the match pattern drops a 1mm or so each sheet. I don’t think it’s human error as when I hang to the left it drops left and when I hang to the right it goes up. So the pattern is out in the same direction. Each piece is exactly the same 1mm lower on the match on the left. It was a cheap paper the client supplied don’t know if this makes any difference? Thanks

@@markgayes4036 Bear with me then. Measure two sheets on each wall; after installation, if you want to determine if it’s your fault that the paper is going against level, check to see that the edges of each individual sheet of paper after installation is truly parallel. Check out the top, check the middle, and check the bottom. If each sheet is 21 inches, see if your wallpaper sheet is 21 inches wide at the top, the middle, and the bottom. If you are finding out that your paper is truly parallel then you are absolutely correct, it’s not your error. But the fact that your paper goes down to the left and up to the right may be a function of whether or not you are left-handed or right handed, again, attributing such an issue to human error. But to rule out human error, the only way left is to determine if each sheet is truly parallel in the way to do this is to measure the distance from the left edge of an individual sheet to its right edge; if your measurement is 21 inches at the top, and 21 inches in the middle, and 21 inches at the bottom, and you do the sheet next to it, then your paper is poorly manufactured but, if you are seeing that your wallpaper is 20 7/8 of an inch at the top, and 21 1/8 inches in the middle, and 21 1/2 inches at the bottom, then you are to blame

Look on the label of the wallpaper and tell me if it is a StraightMatch or a drop match… If it is a StraightMatch, go up to the top of your wallpaper where it meets the ceiling and identify something peculiar about the pattern where it meets the ceiling… If it’s a StraightMatch, simply put the very same piece of the pattern at the top of the wall where it meets the ceiling on the next sheet and you will see the pattern come together and you will be able to meet the connection far more easily; however, if it is a drop match, connect accordingly but then the third sheet where the top of the sheet meets the ceiling will be the same exact as the first sheet; do not complicate the situation, it is a lot more easy Than you think

@@spencercolgan thank you so much for answering. No, it's not straight

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1. Paste the wall first before hanging paper. Let dry. 2. Steal the paper in a black garbage bag as it books. 3. Add a little water to the paste

why does it take you so long to make your point. Get to the point man Zzzzzzz

Michael Regan You’re very kind Michael.

Yasin Patel I agree. I will do better next time yasin. But you may be a little impatient. No?

@@spencercolgan impatient, no. Bored, yes. I feel as if you have a wealth of experience to share and are probably fantastic at what you do. However, i didnt find the video engaging and found myself skipping most of it to get to the bits where you explained the title of the video. Just my thoughts.

True I had a print last week and the thin film ended up looking like skimmed over custard and could not be fixed - had to pull it all off.

I get pretty good movement when I move with my hand. Wet paper expands and stretches but I do approach my paper way more gently, hah! I’m part coward.

Correct. You’re right.

Sure. Sometimes if you’re not careful, it’s your fault. There are times however when the wall and trim are to blame Is a judgment

I agree; but it’s a very good idea when the person paying you $1000 to do it, says, “Spencer, go ahead and put that over my texture. “Understand me? Thank you sir. It’s the only reason I do it

@@spencercolgan True. Most clients do not want to pay for blank stock or mud work. Many wallcovering patterns will look so busy they wont see the texture.

I can see your point but those are the walls I must paper because its ugly & paint isn’t the cure. So far it’s worked perfectly but I’m sure there’s a limit so that would entails sanding & priming, yuk.

I would never paper over textured walls it will always look crap and no matter what your paid someone will look at it and ask who the f_ _ k done that and bang goes your reputation

Juan. Most walls are textured in Florida.

And because painting an ugly texture is an ugly paint job.

You are right; I’m seeing a professional for my narcissism; please forgive me