Chromium, a hard blue white metal, has a brilliant luster used as a plating on other metals. Chrome bumpers, auto body trim, appliance handles and electric fry pans are examples of chrome plating. If grease builds up and is baked on it will burn and be hard to remove. Washing chrome plated items in greasy dishwater leaves a greasy film that will burn on.

Removing wallpaper borders can be a tricky job, especially if the adhesive was strong. However, if you follow these steps, you can get a great finish.

Tools and Materials Needed

Hairdryer
Small spray gun (easily obtained from gardening stores)
Wallpaper scraper
Bucket and sponge
Wallpaper steam stripper (can be hired from tool hire stores)
Protective gloves
Wallpaper removing solution
Step 1 – The Hairdryer Trick

Following are some of the more common problems which may be encountered when installing wallpaper, along with their likely cause and solutions. Most involve improper or poor surface preparation, inadequate inspection prior to hanging, or installation errors. All of these problems can be avoided if proper instructions are followed.

Seams Opening

Causes:

Excessive rolling of seams forcing adhesive from behind wallpaper.
Failure to apply adhesive to edges when pasting.
Allowing paste to dry on edges while booking.

Sheetrock, or drywall as it's technically known, is the foundational backing for most interior walls in homes and other buildings. It's relatively inexpensive, not terribly difficult to hang and finish, and is easy to paint or decorate. The process of installing drywall involves hanging it and taping and mudding the joints, which is called finishing. Only after drywall is finished can it be textured and decorated in the appropriate manner, whether with primer and paint or wallpaper. It can happen, though, that existing drywall gets damaged somehow.

Q. I am updating my daughter's nursery and I would like to take off the border I currently have on the walls. Is there any way to remove the border without damaging the paint underneath? The border is water-based.

A. Remove it as you would any type of wallpaper, be gentle and maybe it won't affect the paint underneath. But be prepared to repaint if needed.

When removing wallpaper from sheetrock damage can sometimes be caused to the drywall surface. Sometimes this cannot be avoided, especially if the wallpaper is old and has been on the wall for some time. When this happens, you will need to repair the drywall in order to prepare it for painting or tiling.

To repair sheetrock that has been damaged after wallpaper removal, you will need to get some joint compound or a replacement piece of drywall to go into the area that was damaged. Here are some of the steps and the process involved in the repair of sheetrock.

Tools and Materials Needed

If you need to repair wallpaper, particularly wallpaper seams that have become loose, you will be encouraged to know that repairing loose wallpaper seams isn’t as difficult as it might seem. Vertical seams on wallpaper may come loose for several reasons. One reason is that when the wallpaper was initially installed and when the seam was rolled, too much glue may have inadvertently been squeezed out from beneath the wallpaper by pressure from the roller, leaving the wallpaper without paste.

by Brian Simkins
When wallpaper is new and in good shape it can add a lot of depth, richness and character to a room. On the flip side though, if it is nicked, torn, or falling down it can make a room look pretty run down no matter how nice everything else in the space may be. Repairing, patching, and maintaining your wallpaper is a great way to fix up the appearance of any room that may have old paper that is showing some signs of wear.

Tools

One of the biggest challenges in hanging wallpaper is the seams. Often too much glue will result in wallpaper seam curls. Other times, the adhesive made by the manufacturer isn't strong enough for seams. Learning how to roll seams when hanging wallpaper will ensure beautiful results and reduce these errors.

There are times when your poor walls look like they have been through a battle. Kids slam open doors too quickly and leave a dent in the wall. You have hung one too many pictures and there are holes that gape at you, demanding to be fixed. Many homes have walls that are made of drywall and the minor day-to-day mishaps, bruises and blemishes can be fixed without calling in a professional.