On 4/14/15 11:55 PM, J Burns wrote:
On 4/14/15 11:15 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
Still no one has suggested what sort of roller nap to spread the paste.

How about a 6" brush used for wallpapering? I imagine a roller could
leave the paste too thick, making the paper lumpy and wet.


If we take up the suggestion of using rubber cement along the top, we
would
use a paint brush for that.

I suppose a brush should have a lid device around the handle to slow
evaporation when the brush isn't actually in use.

I've been involved in more than one wallpapering project, but I was
pretty young. We steamed the old paper loose, brushed on paste, kept
moving the new paper until it was in position, and went over it with a
roller.

On oilboard, one could probably thin out the paste like paint because
the oilboard wouldn't absorb much. I'd want to see how well starch
paste sticks to oilboard, before I started pasting up 2000 square feet.
I'd want to test rubber cement, too.

Thin paste would mean less moisture for the paper to absorb.

Thin paste might be applied with a short-nap roller or a garden sprayer
and a sponge. Spray on a little and spread with the sponge.