Author: Shields Wallpaper
Published: November 25, 2011
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8RTCIkUO0
Thanksgiving leftovers – we don’t want good things to go to waste.
And that’s how I think about my leftovers. I don’t want the leftovers of the best wallpaper I’ve worked with this year to end up wasted. So I make decorative boxes.
Even the smallest scraps can make beautiful gifts. I make all kinds of useful boxes for hats, business cards, wine bottles, matches, even tissue roll covers. Think about how you can recycle your leftover wallpaper. It can be a great gift, even great wrapping paper.
The ones you see here in the video — they will be holiday gifts for my customers. A special thanks for working with me this year.
Author: Shields Wallpaper
Published: November 14, 2011
The recent popularity of English pulp papers in America, as represented by brands like Zoffany, Farrow & Ball, Sanderson, Osborn & Little, William Morris & Co., has resulted in the resurgence of liner paper. Actually, all of the English papers require lining. Instruction sheets that come with these papers refer to liner paper as cross lining.
Here are five reasons why you should cross line with blank stock liner when using English pulp papers.
- You have no warranty from the manufacture if you do not use liner paper.
- Liner paper wicks away moisture to reduce staining and tearing on the finish paper.
- Liner paper gives you perfectly smooth walls to work on.
- Pulp papers tend to expand or contract when they are installed. If the paint under the newly installed wallpaper is unstable, you can have your seams pop open. Liner paper tends to eliminate this problem.
- You have no WARRANTY if you do not cross line.
I am frequently asked about the purpose of liner paper. You don’t need it for non-English papers but I do urge you to use liner with English pulp paper.
