Just found an unopened packet of wallpaper paste, that must be 20 years
old. Does this stuff go 'off' or will it be OK to use? I don't want to
mix and use it, then find paper doesn't stick well, given that it is
hardly expensive stuff.
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Graeme

Graeme brought next idea :
Just found an unopened packet of wallpaper paste, that must be 20 years old.
Does this stuff go 'off' or will it be OK to use? I don't want to mix and
use it, then find paper doesn't stick well, given that it is hardly expensive
stuff.

We have just done (nearly) a top to bottom redecoration with some paste
of similar age, no problems noted.

In message , Harry Bloomfield
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Graeme brought next idea :
Just found an unopened packet of wallpaper paste, that must be 20
years old. Does this stuff go 'off' or will it be OK to use? I
don't want to mix and use it, then find paper doesn't stick well,
given that it is hardly expensive stuff.

We have just done (nearly) a top to bottom redecoration with some paste
of similar age, no problems noted.

Excellent, thanks.
--
Graeme

Seriously, though, if money is that tight, why don't you make your own? It's one of the few substances where the tool for preparation is always at hand. Batch sizes may be a limitation, but certainly a DIY job.

On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:48:57 +0100, Graeme
wrote:

As a slight departure from the theme, has anyone any experience of
"overdoing things" On previous wallpapering episodes I have tended to
assume that if the directions called for two packs of paste per
bucket, then four packs must be twice as effective in both sliding and
adhesive power. Two problems have resulted, shrinkage and the deposits
on vinyl wallpaper were hard to remove. Oddly enough even with a
higher than specified paste ratio and a very liberal coating of paste
onto both paper and wall, the edges are still prone to lifting. The
walls were cleaned and coated with a prelimenary brush of dilute paste
and allowed to dry thoroughly before the papering.

I suppose I should follow instructions to the letter, but it seems odd
that more paste = less adhesion, or is there something I've
overlooked?

Regards

AB






Just found an unopened packet of wallpaper paste, that must be 20 years
old. Does this stuff go 'off' or will it be OK to use? I don't want to
mix and use it, then find paper doesn't stick well, given that it is
hardly expensive stuff.