how to hang black wallpaper without leaving white stripes?

We're in the middle of decorating our dining room and have papered one wall in black wallpaper. When we hung the wallpaper there were no white lines between the sheets of wallpaper but now that it's dried out there are very noticeable white stripes - it looks like it's the edge of the wallpaper and not the wall underneath showing through.

Does anyone know how to hang black wallpaper without the white stripes at the edges of the paper showing?

Any help would be appreciated.

2010-11-23T12:31:34Z

Sorry, maybe I should have said that the paper is patterned so it wouldn't be possible to overlap as the pattern would then not match.

saaanen2010-11-24T02:54:21Z

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Simple, but time consuming.

Measure and mark the size of the wall paper on the walls. Draw vertical lines form ceiling to floor, and paint 1" stripes of black paint. on the markings. No edges will show.

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?2016-10-16T08:03:18Z

The White Stripes Wallpaper

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?2010-11-23T12:16:43Z

When I first saw this I was going to say paint the wall where the paper meets black so if it does show through it will be black but since you think it's the paper Maybe overlap it a little.

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Ant Boni2010-11-23T12:22:05Z

I've never seen a "selvage" edge on wallpaper, which makes me think that the whit that is showing through is your wall.
When you hang wallpaper (regardless of color) the new piece you hang should overlap the the previous piece by 1 1/2 to 2 inches.
Then, with a very sharp, dry utility knife you score the full length of the two strips and peel away the excess.
When wallpaper is wet (with either water or paste) it swells. When it dries, it shrinks. That's why your two pieces of wallpaper have separated.

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Anonymous2016-04-24T07:32:48Z

White with black stripes =D

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