Some high end or specialty contract wallcoverings need special care for perfect installation.
Special Notes for Textiles:
- Natural fiber color variation, slubs and knots are an intricate part of each textile design and are used to enhance the beauty and texture of each pattern.
- Textiles are generally designed to be installed non-reversed.
- Extreme care must be taken to keep adhesive from the face of a textile wallcovering. Adhesives on the surface may prove to be difficult or impossible to remove without staining. Clear adhesives that are designated as non-staining should be used.
- Selvage (excess trimmed edge) should be removed from the wall and seams closed within one hour.
- Acrylic-backed or unbacked textiles should be dry hung. The walls should be pasted with a paint roller. Paste a section 4 to 6" wider that the width of the wallcovering. In some cases, the adhesive should be allowed to tack sufficiently in order to provide greater adhesion and prevent adhesive bleed through.
- Paper-backed textiles may be wet-hung or dry-hung. When wet-hanging, the wallcovering backing is pasted using a paint roller of pasting brush; when dry-hanging, the paper backing should be moistened with water prior to application to the wall.
- When installing textured or non-matched patterns, reverse hanging of alternate strips may be required to ensure color uniformity from strip to strip.
- Apply adhesive to the back using a pasting machine or roller. Work the adhesive to cover the back completely, especially near the edges. Fold each end forward, pasted sides together, aligning edges carefully so they do not dry out. CAUTION: do not crease wallcovering. Allow to "relax" or book for 10 minutes. This will allow the adhesive to penetrate the wallcovering fabric which is important for successful installation.
Content Provided by the Wallcoverings Association (WA).
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