Vinyl Wallpaper

[poppysix]

Hi, I am trying to wallpaper my upstairs toilet and sink, I have lined the walls first and then put vinyl wallpaper on it but it wont stick properly this morning it was full of air bubbles and it was coming off, I used plenty of paste and I smoothed it down with a roller, the wall i am covering is hardboard. What am I doing wrong. thanks

[boxtops]

what sort of paste are you using?

[Old_Geezer]

Will it stick to the porcelain ?

[poppysix]

cant remember the name but it was in a yellow packet and the bins have just been emptied, bought it from poundland.

[Old_Geezer]

if it is coming off I suspect you haven't used a suitable paste for heavy wallpaper. If the lining paper stayed up, for the moment I can only think the paste is inadequate.

Also you need to use the right amount rather than soak the wallpaper, although I'm unsure that is the issue here.

[poppysix]

no it dosn't stick to the porcelain.

[Old_Geezer]

"bought it from poundland"

Maybe I'm being cynical but I'm assuming it wasn't a well known brand. Go try a big name brand paste. And pop into Poundland, check what it was you used.

[razza]

You need a heavy duty wallpaper adhesive,I suspect that from poundland is just pure rubbish

[poppysix]

Back again I followed the instructions on the back for vinyl is said I think ten pints of water for the whole packet but I only used half at a time.