Wallpaper
Wallpaper is a great way to transform a room, impart style, atmosphere, or color to walls of a residence or business. Elite has many years of experience and can provide all of your wallcovering needs. Our professional team specializes in a broad range of wallcoverings that include custom wallpaper, vinyl, fabric, grass cloth and more.
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Step 1: Remove all decor, wall plates, and move furniture out of the way.
Step 2: If your walls are cracked or dented you’ll need to repair them with a spackle.
Step 3: Smooth the walls with sandpaper.
Step 4: Wash the walls and let them dry.
Step 5: Prime the walls, this process allows the wallpaper to apply securely to your walls allowing easy damage-free removal in the future.
Step 6: Ready to apply wallpaper.
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Step 1: Using a level and measuring tape, measure and record the width and height of the wall.
Step 2: Calculate how many strips of wallpaper you'll need.
Step 3: Measure your first strip of wallpaper.
Step 4: If your wallpaper is pre-pasted, wet it.
If your wallpaper is not pre-pasted, you'll need to apply paste.If it is a peel-and-stick paper, you won't need to prepare your paper before you start.
Step 5: Hang the first strip of wallpaper.
Step 6: Trim the excess wallpaper and clean off the excess adhesive.
Step 7: Repeat the above process for each consecutive strip of paper.
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Step 1: Protect floor and electrical outlets. Before beginning, you’ll want to protect your floors since you’ll be spraying water onto the walls.
Step 2: Prep the room.
Step 3: Soak the old wallpaper.
Step 4: Strip Away the old wallpaper, peel the wallpaper down or begin to scrape it off the wall.
Step 5: Clean the walls by wiping them down with a damp sponge and a mixture of hot water and liquid dish soap. Let it dry before putting on the new wallpaper.