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Interior Decorating

With this done the topmost sheet of paper should be pasted. The paste of course should be free of lumps. It should be brushed on smoothly and evenly with the paste brush and after a little of this has been done the home decorator will be able to determinate the amount of paste required.

The paste should not be used too thickly or it will make the paper very damp thus making it likely to tear very easily. When one end of the topmost sheet has been pasted it should be folded over as illustrated in Fig. 19. The edges of the folded piece should actually coincide with the edges of the main piece. With one end of the paper folded the rest of the strips should be moved along the table to enable the complete strip to be brushed over with paste.

When this is done the other end of the paper should be folded in the same way as the first piece and if the strip of paper is very long, as will be the case when decorating stairways, the length of paper can be folded concertina fashion as illustrated in Fig. 20. With the paper folded it can be completely removed from the table while the next strip is pasted.

The most important thing in paper-hanging is never to al- low the paste to get on to the pattern or face side of the paper. If this is done a mark will show after the paper is dry.
Every precaution should be taken to avoid this and as the strip of paper is moved along the table when one end is being folded, any paste on the table should be wiped off with a piece of rag. All spots of paste that are dropped on the table surface should be immediately wiped off. With two or three strips pasted the position of the first strip of paper should be marked on the wall.