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Bubbles at seams of painted lining paper - help!?

Hi i have put lining paper up in my bedroom and it all looked perfectly flat. I then gave the lining paper a couple coats of paint and it has now bubbled at the seams in a lot of places. Does anyone know how to rectify this? Thanks, Gary

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  • 1 decade ago
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    take a straight pin and stick the bubbles only once and the push from the other side to get the air out

  • haag
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Painting Lining Paper

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    It's all in the technique. First, you have too much paint on the roller. That's why you have the bubbles. Roll it out more in the pan before you apply it to the wall. When you apply it to the wall, put it on in the shape of a capital W. Start in the upper left corner (as high as you arm can reach) come down at an angle, go up at the opposite angle, etc, etc. Then after you've made the W go up and down, right to left, filling in the W. Repeat this until the wall is painted. You got the uneven lines for two reasons, too much paint at the end of the roller, and you probably sucked it off the wall and back into the roller, resulting in uneven coverage. When you roll, eventually the roller will suck the paint off the wall is you stay in one place too long. Now you have uneven thickness of paint. You'll know this because all of a sudden the sheen looks different. When this happens, let it go, go back over it later when it dries. Only do that spot and the immediate area, not the entire W. The trick is the W and don't try to cover it in one coat. I know the paint says one coat coverage but that's B.S.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's more likely the paper is not pasted at the seams and has slightly lifted. You can use the shringe and paste tip or lift at the seam with a craft knife and push emulsion in on a small brush. Both methods will work.

    In future use ready mixed paste, applied with a roller; it's a lot better.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    As long as the lining paper was perfectly flat before you started painting , Just be patient and the all should go down ,

    Good luck

  • 1 decade ago

    Use a syringe filled with wallpaper paste, and shoot it in the bubble, then roll it out with a wall paper seam roller

  • 1 decade ago

    Furthur to these answers , if the air bubbles need gluing, try a sringe, available free from your local medical centre. Fill with watery wallpaper glue.

  • 1 decade ago

    just leave them alone they will go,if they hav,nt flattened by then slice with a craft knife and re-paste

  • 1 decade ago

    Just leave it, when it drys you will see perfect

  • 1 decade ago

    squeegy...and a pin...pop them and smooth them flat you can even use a spackle paddle...or ruler...

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