Wallpaper

On May 2, 12:20=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:


> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?

It's not hard, just a tad messy.

For the afterparty, hunt down a copy of _A Day at the Races_, (1937).

On May 2, 4:01=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 2, 3:57=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On May 2, 3:50=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > On May 2, 3:42=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > On May 2, 3:35=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > > "Robatoy" wrote:
> > > > > > Show of hands:
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> > > > > > WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
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> > > > > > DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
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> > > > > News Flash=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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> > > > > Dateline: SoCal
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> > > > > You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.
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> > > > > Lew
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> > > > I see that now. You figgur that after all these years........
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> > > It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
> > > 'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed thei=
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> > > petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...
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> > It is likely to go better after # 6 beer. Lew said so.
>
> That tray with that little wire and water.... is not supposed to be ON
> top of the ladder?

135 PSI WILL put a staple right THROUGH wallpaper.

On May 2, 3:42=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 2, 3:35=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > "Robatoy" wrote:
> > > Show of hands:
>
> > > WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> > > DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > News Flash=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > Dateline: SoCal
>
> > You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.
>
> > Lew
>
> I see that now. You figgur that after all these years........

It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed their
petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...

On Mon, 3 May 2010 10:12:40 -0700, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]>
wrote the following:

>"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
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>> "Puckdropper" wrote:
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>>> I've never done wallpaper before, but it seems to me if it's pre-glued
>>> it'd
>>> be a water-based glue and not alcohol based. Save the beer for drinking,
>>> use water. ;-)
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> You haven't lived till you have hung paper using wheat paste glue. (Yes
>> it's water based)
>
>You guys all whining about hanging wallpaper haven't lived until you've
>removed paper going back a hundred years ...
>
>Hanging is a piece of cake compared to removing.

I've never hung wallpaper, though I tried to help once (I helped
straighten and align), but I've removed it. In this house, I removed
the flowery shit in my bedroom, the striped crap in the bathroom, and
the choo-choo stuff in the office. Luckily, 2 of the three were
plastic-based, so they pulled right off. the third was paper-based but
the glue wasn't very good, so most of it pulled right off, too. I
then took warm water and the old glue dissolved into the washtowel. A
few gallons or rinse water later, I was done. It was time consuming
but not too hard, thank goodness. I've also been instructed to paint
over old wallpaper, when it's _really_ on there. THAT I like to do.

--
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
-- Raymond Lindquist

On May 2, 2:20=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Show of hands:
>
> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?

Wallpapering is inherently evil.

After about 1 roll I start speaking in tongues.


RonB

On May 2, 3:57=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:



oops

"Robatoy" wrote:

> Show of hands:
>
> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
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News Flash===================
Dateline: SoCal

You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.

Lew

"Robatoy" wrote

It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed their
petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...
===============

Ahhh..... , the feminine perspctive when it comes to form and color. I am
familiar with that one.

My wife is a quilter. She buys fabrics and cuts the flowers out of it. So
she can put together quilts where every 3 inch block is a flower. Remember,
women just can't have enough flowers. (or chocolate)

"Robatoy" wrote:

> It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
> 'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed
> their
> petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...
>
> It is likely to go better after # 6 beer. Lew said so.
--------------------------------------------
You have to understand, the 6 pack is so you can qualify as
supervisor, not installer.

You leave the installing to a PROFESSIONAL.

Understand?

Lew

"Robatoy" wrote:

Ah yes, the Secret Referral System.....I forgot. So who's coming over?
---------------------------------------------
You need your Capt'n Midnight secret decoder ring to decode the
special message from the high Ayatollah.

Once you have ring, a secret message will appear at the mystery phone
booth.

Go to the booth and decode this message, it will self destruct one
minute after opening.

The Secret Referral System must not be violated.

Lew

Robatoy wrote:
> Show of hands:
>
> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?

Does it look any better after the 4th beer?

Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in news:7391f09d-bd40-443e-9515-
[email protected]:

> Show of hands:
>
> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?

I've never done wallpaper before, but it seems to me if it's pre-glued it'd
be a water-based glue and not alcohol based. Save the beer for drinking,
use water. ;-)

Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.

"Puckdropper" wrote:

> I've never done wallpaper before, but it seems to me if it's
> pre-glued it'd
> be a water-based glue and not alcohol based. Save the beer for
> drinking,
> use water. ;-)
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You haven't lived till you have hung paper using wheat paste glue.
(Yes it's water based)

Lew

On May 2, 3:35=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote:
> > Show of hands:
>
> > WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> > DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> News Flash=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> Dateline: SoCal
>
> You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.
>
> Lew

I see that now. You figgur that after all these years........

On May 2, 3:57=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 2, 3:50=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On May 2, 3:42=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > On May 2, 3:35=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > "Robatoy" wrote:
> > > > > Show of hands:
>
> > > > > WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> > > > > DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > > News Flash=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > > > Dateline: SoCal
>
> > > > You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.
>
> > > > Lew
>
> > > I see that now. You figgur that after all these years........
>
> > It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
> > 'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed their
> > petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...
>
> It is likely to go better after # 6 beer. Lew said so.

That tray with that little wire and water.... is not supposed to be ON
top of the ladder?

>Took me longer than that on a small bathroom. Then I had to repair
>all the divots. Though I didn't realize it at the time, the paper
>came off the sheetrock with the wallpaper. Then it took three tries
>to get it primed and painted so the paint would stick. What a mess.
>[email protected]

I had the same problem with that hallway. It took two weeks just to
get the paper off, then we realized they hadn't primed the walls, so
the sheet rock paper came with it. By the time we got done with the
hallway, we stood just staring at the bedroom, which was next. The
only good part about the bedroom was that they had only papered
halfway up the walls, but that still took another few weeks. What
should have taken a couple weeks all told, took a few months because
of improper preparation on the previous worker's part. I'd rather put
up paneling than to ever deal with wallpaper again.

`Casper

On May 2, 4:26=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote:
> > It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
> > 'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed
> > their
> > petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...
>
> > It is likely to go better after # 6 beer. Lew said so.
>
> --------------------------------------------
> You have to understand, the 6 pack is so you can qualify as
> supervisor, not installer.
>
> You leave the installing to a PROFESSIONAL.
>
> Understand?
>
> Lew

Ah yes, the Secret Referral System.....I forgot. So who's coming over?

Reasons why wallpaper is evil...

> --------------------------------------------------
> You haven't lived till you have hung paper using wheat paste glue. (Yes
> it's water based)
>
> Lew

Yep, yep .. sucks.

> --------------------------------------------------
> You guys all whining about hanging wallpaper haven't lived until you've
> removed paper going back a hundred years ...
>
> Hanging is a piece of cake compared to removing.
>
> Lobby Dosser

Ack! Just thinking about it sucks

> --------------------------------------------------
> Or "removed" it from a wall that hadn't been primed, painted, or even
> sized. It would have been easier to re-rock the whole bathroom. :-(
> [email protected]


Oh gods yes! I did that BEFORE the tools available today for removal.
Took me two weeks just to clean a 25ft hallway! My arms hurt just
thinking about it. Don't paper it! Paint it!!

`Casper

"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:7391f09d-bd40-443e-9515-02cd020fd64d@b18g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> Show of hands:
>
> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?


As long as you are papering an area narrower than the paper is wide. ;~)

"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>> You haven't lived till you have hung paper using wheat paste glue. (Yes
>> it's water based)

Don't remove it. Roll it with KILZ and then skim float with new mud.
VOILA! It's like new drywall.

Dave in Houston

On May 4, 7:33=A0am, Casper <[email protected]> wrote:
> Reasons why wallpaper is evil...
>
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > You haven't lived till you have hung paper using wheat paste glue. (Yes
> > it's water based)
>
> > Lew
>
> Yep, yep .. sucks.
>
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > You guys all whining about hanging wallpaper haven't lived until you've
> > removed paper going back a hundred years ...
>
> > Hanging is a piece of cake compared to removing.
>
> > Lobby Dosser
>
> Ack! Just thinking about it sucks
>
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > Or "removed" it from a wall that hadn't been primed, painted, or even
> > sized. It would have been easier to re-rock the whole bathroom. :-(
> > [email protected]
>
> Oh gods yes! I did that BEFORE the tools available today for removal.
> Took me two weeks just to clean a 25ft hallway! My arms hurt just
> thinking about it. Don't paper it! Paint it!!

Took me longer than that on a small bathroom. Then I had to repair
all the divots. Though I didn't realize it at the time, the paper
came off the sheetrock with the wallpaper. Then it took three tries
to get it primed and painted so the paint would stick. What a mess.

On May 2, 3:50=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 2, 3:42=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 2, 3:35=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > "Robatoy" wrote:
> > > > Show of hands:
>
> > > > WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> > > > DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>
> > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > News Flash=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > > Dateline: SoCal
>
> > > You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.
>
> > > Lew
>
> > I see that now. You figgur that after all these years........
>
> It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
> 'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed their
> petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...

It is likely to go better after # 6 beer. Lew said so.

On May 3, 12:12=A0pm, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
> > "Puckdropper" wrote:
>
> >> I've never done wallpaper before, but it seems to me if it's pre-glued
> >> it'd
> >> be a water-based glue and not alcohol based. =A0Save the beer for drin=
king,
> >> use water. ;-)
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > You haven't lived till you have hung paper using wheat paste glue. (Yes
> > it's water based)
>
> > Lew
>
> You guys all whining about hanging wallpaper haven't lived until you've
> removed paper going back a hundred years ...
>
> Hanging is a piece of cake compared to removing.

Or "removed" it from a wall that hadn't been primed, painted, or even
sized. It would have been easier to re-rock the whole bathroom. :-(

On May 2, 4:48=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 2, 3:57=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> oops

drat

On May 2, 3:50=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 2, 3:42=A0pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
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> > On May 2, 3:35=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > "Robatoy" wrote:
> > > > Show of hands:
>
> > > > WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> > > > DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>
> > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > News Flash=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > > Dateline: SoCal
>
> > > You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.
>
> > > Lew
>
> > I see that now. You figgur that after all these years........
>
> It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
> 'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed their
> petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...

Now, the way I see it, the trim will help hold that shit up, yes? So
in reality, I erred in not having my trusty Paslode ready with some
cove moulding and a box of 2" 16 ga nails? Was that wrong? Also, when
making a little semi-two-sided loop out of duct tape... it shows
through the paper..and doesn't hold all that well when wet.

On Tue, 4 May 2010 16:06:03 -0700 (PDT), RonB <[email protected]>
wrote the following:

>On May 2, 2:20 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Show of hands:
>>
>> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>>
>> DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>
>Wallpapering is inherently evil.
>
>After about 1 roll I start speaking in tongues.

Stop licking your fingers clean, silly.

--
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian,
or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up
to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
--Thomas Paine

On 5/02/10 4:06 PM, Robatoy wrote:
> On May 2, 4:01 pm, Robatoy<[email protected]> wrote:
>> On May 2, 3:57 pm, Robatoy<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
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>>> On May 2, 3:50 pm, Robatoy<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>> On May 2, 3:42 pm, Robatoy<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>>> On May 2, 3:35 pm, "Lew Hodgett"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> "Robatoy" wrote:
>>>>>>> Show of hands:
>>
>>>>>>> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>>
>>>>>>> DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>>
>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> News Flash===================
>>>>>> Dateline: SoCal
>>
>>>>>> You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.
>>
>>>>>> Lew
>>
>>>>> I see that now. You figgur that after all these years........
>>
>>>> It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
>>>> 'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed their
>>>> petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...
>>
>>> It is likely to go better after # 6 beer. Lew said so.
>>
>> That tray with that little wire and water.... is not supposed to be ON
>> top of the ladder?
>
> 135 PSI WILL put a staple right THROUGH wallpaper.

Having fun yet?
More beer, then have a few extra, at least it will look good tonight.
;-)

--
Froz...


The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.

"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:7391f09d-bd40-443e-9515-02cd020fd64d@b18g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> Show of hands:
>
> WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
> DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?


It's not bad, if you don't have to remove the old stuff first. Once spent a
weekend removing the wallpaper from a LR and DR. Middle of summer and I was
using a steamer to get the stuff loose. Beer sweated right through me ...

"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Puckdropper" wrote:
>
>> I've never done wallpaper before, but it seems to me if it's pre-glued
>> it'd
>> be a water-based glue and not alcohol based. Save the beer for drinking,
>> use water. ;-)
> --------------------------------------------------
> You haven't lived till you have hung paper using wheat paste glue. (Yes
> it's water based)
>
> Lew
>
>

You guys all whining about hanging wallpaper haven't lived until you've
removed paper going back a hundred years ...

Hanging is a piece of cake compared to removing.

On Sun, 2 May 2010 13:01:51 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On May 2, 3:57 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On May 2, 3:50 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On May 2, 3:42 pm, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > > On May 2, 3:35 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > > > "Robatoy" wrote:
>> > > > > Show of hands:
>>
>> > > > > WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>>
>> > > > > DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>>
>> > > > ---------------------------------------------------
>> > > > News Flash===================
>> > > > Dateline: SoCal
>>
>> > > > You need a six pack before you even think about wallpapering.
>>
>> > > > Lew
>>
>> > > I see that now. You figgur that after all these years........
>>
>> > It was just pointed out to me, that certain floral patterns have a
>> > 'This Side Up' to them.... WTF? I have seen flowers that pointed their
>> > petals to the ground.... Okay, maybe not lillies... but...
>>
>> It is likely to go better after # 6 beer. Lew said so.
>
>That tray with that little wire and water.... is not supposed to be ON
>top of the ladder?
Forget the tray and water. Just paint the wall with cheap latex paint
and slap the paper on while the paint is still wet and the paper is
dry.
Then curse like crazy when SWMBO decides she wants the paper changed
in a few years!!!!!

>Show of hands:
>
>WHO likes wallpapering as much as I do?
>
>DOES it get any easier after the 4th beer?
>
>Robatoy

No amount of beers can make wallpapering easier.

Wallpaper is pure evil.

`Casper