Re my previous post, there were some disappointing issues with the faux silk wallpaper ; some caused by shipping , and some inherent to the material itself.
First notice the white splotch on the right, two of them, in fact. A few others appeared throughout the bolt, but not as bad, and I was able to cover them with pencil.
Next is edges that got banged up during shipping , as you see here on the right.
Some paper wallpapers will dry out and flatten down pretty nicely. But thick vinyl like this won’t flatten out, and these creases will reflect light and catch the eye.
Here’s the back side of the paper, showing more of the damaged edges. We had two double roll bolts of this material , and both had this damage. But one was much more severe, and pretty much unusable. Even when I rolled off several yards, edges deep inside the bolt were banged up as well. If I tried to trim off 3/8″ or so from the edge, it would mess up the pattern match.
The other roll was also banged up, but not as badly, so I went ahead and used it. I rolled off the outer yardage , and took my strips from the inner, less damaged material. I spent a lot of time plotting where to place my strips, to minimize the exposure of the dents. For instance, since the worst bangs were on the right side of the strips, I placed that strip where the right side would be mostly cut off by trimming around the window. See previous post for pics.
But wait … There’s more! This is about the last 2′ deep inside the bolt. Obviously caught in the machinery and crimped as it was being wound up into a roll.
If I had been planning to get four 8′ strips out of each 33′ long double roll bolt, losing this 2′ length would have meant we wouldn’t have enough paper to do the room. Another reason to always buy an extra double roll.
In addition, the backing on this material was difficult to cut through, as it liked to drag and shred , even under a new trimming blade. This left little jagged shards of white backing sticking out, that I had to go back and trim off with a scissors .
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