"Janet Baraclough.." wrote in message
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from "Bob Mannix" contains these words:


Hanging to a picture rail/coving helps. If you paint them last (as you
should) you can cover up any slight irregularities caused by cutting
along
the idented line on the paste side (as you have to do) (as long as you
err
on the slightly long) - ditto with the skirting board.

Nah, far better to paint the picture rail and skirting first,
extending the paint about an inch underneath where the edge of the paper
will go so no gaps will show.

Proper wallpaper scissors make cutting much easier, and use a dry firm
brush to block the paper well down into the crease (at the skirting
board edge). If you're a careful person, run the blunt side of the
scissor blade along the crease gently to mark it, without tearing the
surface of the paper. Then peel back the paper, cut along the marked
crease, and brush the paper back down to a perfect close fit at the
skirting board.

Yeah, right. That's what I always do and it's never perfect all the way
round (otherwise you wouldn't need to paint over an inch, would you?? ) )


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Bob Mannix
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