Care and handling

• Storage:
  We suggest that the paper be kept rolled in its plastic sleeve or stored flat between sheets of acid-free museum or matte board and covered until you are ready to apply it.
• Adhesives:
  Use a good quality acid-free or archival paste. Nori Paste has given us excellent results. We’ve found gels somewhat more difficult to work with than the paste. Some customers have alerted us that brown tinted wallpaper gels have yielded poor results, discoloring the papers.
  Avoid rubber cement and other solvent-based adhesives.
• Application:
  Begin by “dry-fitting” your paper to your room, trimming and creasing as necessary. Set the paper aside and apply a thin, even coat of paste to the walls, smoothing it with a piece of light cardboard used as an applicator. Take care not to accumulate excess paste in the corners or along the joints between the walls and either the floor or the ceiling. Place the paper over the pasted wall and apply light pressure with your fingers to ensure that it makes good contact with the paste. Position the paper on the pasted walls. By smoothing or leveling the coat of paste on the wall prior to application of the paper, you should avoid the need to force excess paste from behind the paper. However, if you find it necessary to smooth air bubbles out of your newly papered walls, protect the printed surface with a thin sheet of clean wax paper before smoothing gently with the pads of your fingers or a soft rubber roller or squeegee. Care should always be taken not to scratch or abrade the printed surface with a credit card or similar material.
• Cleanup:
  Excess paste can be removed by dabbing gently with a soft, clean damp cloth. Do not rub or scrub the paper so as not to damage the printed image.
  Fingerprints can be removed gently with a “gum” eraser; do not use plastic, rubber, or “kneaded” erasers.
• Coatings:
  A light coat of Fixativ may provide some degree of additional protection if applied prior to using your paper. We’ve found the following to perform well with our papers:
• Krylon Clear Satin Finish acrylic spray
• Patricia Nimocks Clear Acrylic Matte
• Krylon Matte
• Milano Protect (alcohol based)