Can anyone help....

We have an Arch hole between 2 rooms ...We've wallpapered the walls,
but painted the 'inside' 4 inches of the arch - ie the thickness of the
dividing wall. The problem is getting the wallpaper to stick properly
on this 'open edge' - and look neat.

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as edging that would go
around this edge - and be flexible to run around the arch.

Phil

PhilJ wrote:
Can anyone help....

We have an Arch hole between 2 rooms ...We've wallpapered the walls,
but painted the 'inside' 4 inches of the arch - ie the thickness of
the dividing wall. The problem is getting the wallpaper to stick
properly on this 'open edge' - and look neat.

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as edging that would go
around this edge - and be flexible to run around the arch.

Phil

Paint the edge with about 1" width of gloss paint,paper the edging and
leave to completely dry,then cut around the overlap wth a new stanley knife
blade.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"PhilJ" wrote in message
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Can anyone help....

We have an Arch hole between 2 rooms ...We've wallpapered the walls,
but painted the 'inside' 4 inches of the arch - ie the thickness of the
dividing wall. The problem is getting the wallpaper to stick properly
on this 'open edge' - and look neat.

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as edging that would go
around this edge - and be flexible to run around the arch.

Phil

I papered around the arch with an inch overlapped to the inside, cutting
slots every inch around the arch bit so that the bits would fold round, then
put a 4 inch strip around the inside, still looks good years later.

mrcheerful . wrote:

I papered around the arch with an inch overlapped to the inside,
cutting slots every inch around the arch bit so that the bits would
fold round, then put a 4 inch strip around the inside, still looks
good years later.

Aha! I did it the other way around, 4" strip around the inside first, then
papered & trimmed. Mine looks terrible!

I'm a wiser man!


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:58:26 GMT, "mrcheerful
.." wrote:


"PhilJ" wrote in message
roups.com...
Can anyone help....

We have an Arch hole between 2 rooms ...We've wallpapered the walls,
but painted the 'inside' 4 inches of the arch - ie the thickness of the
dividing wall. The problem is getting the wallpaper to stick properly
on this 'open edge' - and look neat.

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as edging that would go
around this edge - and be flexible to run around the arch.

Phil

I papered around the arch with an inch overlapped to the inside, cutting
slots every inch around the arch bit so that the bits would fold round, then
put a 4 inch strip around the inside, still looks good years later.


Yeah..That's what I was going to suggest .I believe that's the " proper" way to
do it . I did it that way on an alcove arch and it worked well





Stuart

Stuart wrote:
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:58:26 GMT, "mrcheerful
." wrote:

"PhilJ" wrote in message
oups.com...
Can anyone help....

We have an Arch hole between 2 rooms ...We've wallpapered the walls,
but painted the 'inside' 4 inches of the arch - ie the thickness of the
dividing wall. The problem is getting the wallpaper to stick properly
on this 'open edge' - and look neat.

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as edging that would go
around this edge - and be flexible to run around the arch.

Phil
I papered around the arch with an inch overlapped to the inside, cutting
slots every inch around the arch bit so that the bits would fold round, then
put a 4 inch strip around the inside, still looks good years later.


Yeah..That's what I was going to suggest .I believe that's the " proper" way to
do it . I did it that way on an alcove arch and it worked well





Stuart





Plastic v profile draught excluder might work. Or it might look worse