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On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 23:19:52 -0700, (Papa Pat) wrote:

A little late, I know.....but, there is a product called "size", for all
types of wall coverings and new or old drywall...

Completely different thing.

Go to your friendly paint store guy and tell him what you are
doing...Then buy a quart of "sizeing liquid." Apply two coats, let dry
between coats. Hang paper. Done..!

Sizing is essentially a thin paste, used to make it easier to hang the
paper.
It is *NOT* a replacement for a sealing coat of paint.

The primer size will allow you to move slide the paper on the wall and
will not dry up on you before you can position it
to where it needs to be. Also will allow wall covering to be stripped
off when you
get tired of looking at it...

Right, but without priming and painting the wall before, sizing won't
protect
the wall from disintegrating when you take the paper off.

So, information like this, which is all over the net, is incorrect?
http://www.askthebuilder.com/377_Wal...ight_Way.shtml

"The truth of the matter is that sizing is a process that allows wallpaper
to be installed with ease and at the same time allows it to be removed at
some future time with little or no effect on the wall substrate."