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Measure twice, cut once, maintains accuracy and eliminates waste.measuring tape image by Horticulture from Fotolia.com
Unroll the window shade. At the end where it is attached to the wooden rod, use your pencil and draw a line where it hits the rod all the way across. This is helpful as a mark when you reinstall the shade to the rod. Remove the shade from the wooden rod using pliers to loosen the staples. It will want to curl up, so place an item on the top and bottom to help it stay flat. Measure the length and the width of the roller shade. - 2
Reverse the wallpaper roll to help stop curling.roll image by Adrian Hillman from Fotolia.com
Unroll the wallpaper. Mark the width and length measurements from the shade, on the back side of the wallpaper, adding 3 inches to the length measurement. Cut out this rectangle using sharp scissors. Once it's cut, loosely roll it up in the reverse direction to help it stay flat. Unroll the wallpaper piece and place it aside. - 3
White glue works, as long as the shade is not plastic.bottle of glue on black marble image by phizics from Fotolia.com
Place the wallpaper face down on a flat surface. Spread the glue all over the back (unprinted side) of the paper, particularly coating the edges. If your roller shade is plastic, white glue won't adhere. Instead, use rubber cement, which is costlier and harder to work with than white glue. - 4). Place the roller shade atop the glued wallpaper, with side edges lined up. The extra 3 inches need to be at the bottom of the shade. Fold the wallpaper at the end of the shade so the 3 inches overlaps onto the back of the shade. This creates a finished crease at the bottom of the shade. Using a wallpaper smoothing tool, start at the middle and work outwards, smoothing down the shade to the paper and pushing out any air bubbles. Air bubbles will be visible from the front. Smooth every inch of the surface to eliminate the air bubbles.
- 5). Flip over the shade/wallpaper once it is glued. Wipe off any glue that may have transferred to the wallpaper. It will be visible if it dries on the wallpaper. Set the piece aside to dry for at least 12 hours.
- 6). Reattach the shade, using a staple gun, to the wooden rod, lining up the edge of the shade to the pencil line. Don't put staples in the same holes or the staples may work loose and cause your shade to handle unevenly or fall. Once reattached, install the shade in the window following the manufacturer's directions.
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