The Complete Guide to Wallpapering

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	The art of wallpapering requires skill and knowledge of the tried and true as well as the latest techniques. This book unlocks the many secrets of paperhanging. Complete Guide to Wallpapering is the most comprehensive book on the subject, written by a professional paperhanger who includes every step of every possible installation. Over 60 photos and 170 illustrations and a consumer-friendly text cover selecting tools and supplies, estimating materials, preparing walls, hanging paper, and trouble-shooting wallpaper problems. It is a comprehensive resource for the novice and the professional alike. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

		Date Published 9/1/1993

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Rated By: Deborah Moon

From: Lilburn, GA

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Comments: Great book, even for beginners!
Before I bought this book, I had never done wallpaper at all. The book contains excellent and easy-to-understand instructions and illustrations for all phases of the wallpapering process. My first wallpapering project turned out very well, even though I was a complete novice. I highly recommend this book.

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Comments: Complete Guide? uh huh uh huh
This book is deceptive for the homeowner who does not have much experience hanging paper. It is written as if the author may have never hung paper! Some of the descriptions of procedures are absolutely wrong! Some other descriptions are worthlessly inadaquate. I am sorry I wasted my money on this book. A Complete Guide it is NOT!!
Example #1.) It pretends to explain how to cut paper for switchplates. The cut that it illustrates is absolutely WRONG!! Anyone who has done this knows the cuts should be at 45°. The 90° cuts they illustrate would leave wrinkled clumps at the edges.
Example #2.) The complete guide to removing grasscloth paper consists of one paragraph telling us to saturate it and scrape it.
This is totally inadaquate for anyone who has never removed this stuff. The tools should be described, the amount of time, drop cloths, etc..should all be included in this procedure. Anyone starting this procedure by simply doing as they say would be in for a real stressful event.
I say buy a different book!

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