If you've been wondering whether peel and stick wallpaper is for you, here's our definitive guide to selecting and installing your paper. 

Here's a few things you should know: 

• Our papers are DIY friendly and now ship with a squeegee for easier install. 
• Peel and stick wallpaper WILL NOT adhere to walls painted with teflon paints (including the Dulux Wash and Wear range). If you have walls painted with wash and wear paints, you can prepare them for wallpapering by painting them with primer. Viponds make an excellent primer available in a clear matte finish.
• Make sure you order a sample first! This will give you an understanding of the product, its adhesiveness and whether it's right for you.
• Our priority has always been creating a product that is Australian Summer-safe and won't peel off your wall in heat and humidity. (We feel this is particularly important when our product is being used in nurseries etc). Therefore, we use a more adhesive product than some other companies. 
• The flipside of this is that the product can remove some plaster when you take it off. This is pretty simple rectified by then sanding that patch and repainting, but if you are worried about possible paint removal down the track (eg, you're renting), we recommend priming your wall first! Here's the link to the primer we recommend. 
• Each wallpaper panel ships with a one cm panel down the right hand side, designed to go underneath the next panel along the wall. Depending on your design, this may look like a mirror of the pattern, where it suddenly changes direction, or simply a little chunk of the next part of the pattern.

Installing Peel and Stick Wallpaper

 

 

If you're worried about the install process for removable wallpaper, watch our video here. 

 Some of our wallpapers have a one panel  design and some have a two panel design. The wallpaper will ship with instructions explaining yours. 

1 Panel Design: 

This means each panel of your wallpaper is the same and you can hang them in any order you like. Easy!

2 Panel Design:

This means your wallpaper panels feature two different designs. You’ll need to hang them in an A B A B A B pattern. Note that if you ordered an amount that means an odd number of panels (eg, seven panels), you’ll receive four of one panel and three of the other. Make sure you hang them correctly (A, B, A, B, A, B, A) not the other way round or you won’t have enough! If you have an equal number of panels, you can hang them B A B A B A if you prefer- it’s up to you. 

TOOLS YOU’LL NEED TO INSTALL

• Primer - not essential in every case, but recommended if you have Teflon based paint on your walls, or don’t want to risk any wall damage at removal time (ie, you’re renting). Just to reiterate, peel and stick wallpaper will come off without damage in most cases, but it can’t be guaranteed.

• Stepladder
• Your squeegee
• Cutting knife.
• Straight edge or ruler.
• Clean cloth or white cotton gloves

 

 

PREPARATION:

• Patch and sand any lumps and bumps in your wall to ensure a smooth surface. 

• Ensure your wall is clean by wiping down with sugar soap and allowing it to completely dry. Note that any dust left on the wall can show through the wallpaper as well as affecting the adhesiveness of the paper, so it’s important to clean your wall thoroughly.

• If your wall has been recently painted, please allow 30 days or more for the paint to de-gas before applying the wallpaper. (Note that as stated in descriptions, the paper will not adhere to Dulux Wash and Wear or other teflon paints without priming). 

• If you’re worried about damaged to your walls on removing your wallpaper (ie, it’s old and crumbly, or you’re renting) we do recommend priming the walls, as stated above. 

 

Time To Stick!

Ok, you’ve done your prep and your wall is clean, smooth and potentially primed for action (literally). 

Now for the fun part. 

If you have a two panel design, we recommend laying your panels out side by side so you’ve got them in the right order. Short on space? Simply roll out the top 30cm and ensure the tops are different from one to the next. 

Remember again, the one cm panel on the right edge. You’ll be laying the next panel along on this. 

Start with your first panel and climb up to the top of your wall. 

Peel off about 10cm - not too much yet - from the backing paper. 

You can gently let the rest drop to the ground. 

 Play with the position of the paper until you’re happy it’s straight. 

To start to adhere the paper, work from the middle out towards the edge smoothing it out gently. You can use a wallpaper smoother, your hand, a credit card… just be careful not to scratch the paper. 

Working slowly, move out towards the edges and down the panel, peeling away a little at a time. 

If you get any bubbles, lightly rub and press them down to remove. If this doesn’t work (ie, there is more air trapped under the paper), peel the paper back up again to remove them and lay it again. 

Peel and stick wallpaper can be removed and restuck several times, so you can easily peel it back up to remove trapped air and work down again. 

Once you’re happy with the paper and it’s placement, go back over it and really push it down to the wall. 

Once you reach the end of your wall, use a sharp stanley life to trim the excess paper. 

Move onto the next panel, making sure to place it one cm over the first one, until the pattern looks right. 

CARE AND MAINTENANCE:

 

Your wallpaper will last many years, unless you wish to remove it. 

 

To clean, gently sponge with a damp cloth. 

 

In some cases (typically extreme heat or moisture), the wallpaper may detach from the top of the wall slightly and droop. If this happens,  you should be able to reattach it pretty simply by simply smoothing it back on the wall. 

When it comes time to remove the paper, gently pull it away from the wall. If any damage occurs to the paint underneath (this is unlikely - but can happen), you can  sand this patch down and re-paint.

About The Material:

 

We print all our wallpaper on PhotoTex paper, a premium peel and stick paper. 

 

• PhotoTex is peel and stick made of 100% polyester fabric.

 

• Phototexl is Class A or 1 fire rated, non-toxic, green, and phthalates free.

 

• We print with a latex printer, using environmentally friendly latex inks.

 

• Not recommended for use in wet or hot environments - like laundries and kitchens.