How to Double Cut Wallpaper - WallpaperBuddy™ (2024)

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How to Double Cut Wallpaper - WallpaperBuddy™? ›

Use your cutting tool to cut through both strips. A good technique is to slide your guide and knife down the wall simultaneously. The guide helps to maintain the same distance of the cut from the wall, as you progress downwards.

Double cutting wallpaper involves overlapping two strips of wallpaper and then cutting through both layers at the same time. This process, known as the double cut seam, ensures that the edges match up perfectly. It requires precision and patience, but the result is a beautifully smooth surface with no visible seams.

Dry wallpaper is naturally stiffer, and easier to cut with scissors or a snap-blade knife. The reason is that dry wallpaper has more resistance to the sharpened edge of the blade, which allows the cut to be smooth and straight.

Measure out the drop length on the back of your paper. Mark a straight line across the back and make your cut. A dustsheet on the floor will help keep your wallpaper clean as you work. Check your first drop dry against the wall before you paste or cut any more.

The cuts should always be at a right angle to the roll. Either use a wallpaper ruler or fold the wallpaper at the marked point "edge on edge", and cut it with your wallpapering knife or scissors. For plain-coloured wallpapers, the cutting process for the first length is identical.

Use a seam roller at the edges of each wallpaper panel to increase the paper's grip. So to avoid seams showing in your wallpaper, prepare your wall by applying the appropriate wallpaper primer. Choose a quality paste with good tack.

It is often necessary to overlap two lengths of wallpaper to ensure the edges meet perfectly, and to accurately align the pattern.

Snap-Blade Utility Knife

A quality snap-blade utility knife is a must-have tool in your arsenal of wallpaper hanging tools. Wallpaper will easily tear when cutting if your blade is dull and this type of knife gives you the ability to always have a fresh, sharp point when you need it.

Where on the wall do you start wallpapering? If your wallpaper does not have a main focal point, start at the left corner of the wall and move toward the right. If you do have a central design element, you'll want to center that in the middle of the wall and move outwards.

If you come up against an external corner, cut the wallpaper to fit as for an internal corner, allowing for an overlap in the same way. Smooth the wallpaper into place around the corner. Just as for internal corners, you'll need to make a new plumb line on the adjacent wall before continuing.

What does 53 26.5 mean on wallpaper? ›

For example a label might state a 53/26.5cm offset match. This means the design repeats every 53cm and the point at which they match from left to right is every 26.5cm. Free match means there is no matching required.

Stubborn seams that won't lay flat may need to be warmed up with a heat gun or hair dryer. Pull the seam back and apply the seam repair adhesive behind the paper. Allow 3 – 5 minutes for the adhesive to tack up before sealing the seam.

If the width is 20.50 inches or 21 inches then you divide the square footage by 56 to find out how many double rolls you need. If the with is 36 inches (only natural grasscloth patterns are this size) then you will divide the square footage by 72 to find out how many double rolls you need.