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ing to dump the whole lot, and ending up having to collect and pour back excess into
your container. You can stand the straw up on the cardboard side so you are hands free
to apply glue to the next area.
You'll still have to shake your material after a while to get rid of excess glitter, and can
pour that back into the container, but less mess, less fuss!
Isn't that clever?!
Oodles of love, AA
PS. Trotters wishes me to convey his best regards.
Dear Aunt Anastasia…
I have a new house that I'm doing up myself. It has all white either painted walls, or they
could be melamine (seems more likely), not sure. Very smooth. I put up wallpaper using
real wallpaper and real wallpaper glue. This was about 4 months ago. Yesterday I noticed
all the wallpaper had just come off the walls as if no glue had been applied at all! What
did I do wrong, and how can I fix it?
Thanks , Glued aka Cheryl C
Dear Glued,
Oh dear, melamine…very tricky, but there are ways and means of getting that paper to
stay put. I am afraid that you will have to take all the paper off and start again. Rather a
nuisance! Once the paper is removed, I think that a light sanding of the walls wouldn't
come amiss to give the wall some "tooth", so to speak. Now to the glue question: some
people use white glue/PVA with great success, but my favourite adhesive in this case
would be to use the premixed wallpaper border adhesive (also known as vinyl to vinyl
adhesive) which you can purchase at your local DIY emporium. It is not as liquid as
regular paste and you can reposition the wallpaper more easily during application than
with PVA. I have also used it on foamcore board with great success; used sparingly, it
doesn't warp the board. I hope this helps, Cheryl. Thanks for the great tip for controlling
glitter. My niece thinks you are brilliant.
AA
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your container. You can stand the straw up on the cardboard side so you are hands free
to apply glue to the next area.
You'll still have to shake your material after a while to get rid of excess glitter, and can
pour that back into the container, but less mess, less fuss!
Isn't that clever?!
Oodles of love, AA
PS. Trotters wishes me to convey his best regards.
Dear Aunt Anastasia…
I have a new house that I'm doing up myself. It has all white either painted walls, or they
could be melamine (seems more likely), not sure. Very smooth. I put up wallpaper using
real wallpaper and real wallpaper glue. This was about 4 months ago. Yesterday I noticed
all the wallpaper had just come off the walls as if no glue had been applied at all! What
did I do wrong, and how can I fix it?
Thanks , Glued aka Cheryl C
Dear Glued,
Oh dear, melamine…very tricky, but there are ways and means of getting that paper to
stay put. I am afraid that you will have to take all the paper off and start again. Rather a
nuisance! Once the paper is removed, I think that a light sanding of the walls wouldn't
come amiss to give the wall some "tooth", so to speak. Now to the glue question: some
people use white glue/PVA with great success, but my favourite adhesive in this case
would be to use the premixed wallpaper border adhesive (also known as vinyl to vinyl
adhesive) which you can purchase at your local DIY emporium. It is not as liquid as
regular paste and you can reposition the wallpaper more easily during application than
with PVA. I have also used it on foamcore board with great success; used sparingly, it
doesn't warp the board. I hope this helps, Cheryl. Thanks for the great tip for controlling
glitter. My niece thinks you are brilliant.
AA
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