On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:14:17 -0500, "gramps" wrote:


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On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 16:59:16 -0500, "gramps" wrote:


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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."

It's too bad you're illiterate but here, I'll try to help anyway:

"Wallpaper adhesive can bond to drywall paper. Drywall that is not
primed
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and sized properly will absorb these adhesives and tear. Drywall repair
may be necessary."


Speaking of illiterate, maybe you'd like to point out where it says to
_paint_. Oh wait, it doesn't. Friggin twit!

Prime/paint, same deal. You said nothing about either.

Having been bitten by morons, such as you, I would *always* paint with a high
quality paint before papering. Actually, I would never paper, rather leave
that for the bottom of your cage.