Another Ahern classic in card.

I love to see these made, Terry, but I meant to ask. As you cover each wall separately with brick paper, how do you cover the filling of the inevitable gap at the corners?
Martin

If I may leap in here (notwithstanding any reply Terry makes to explain his excellent  results ) I tend to cover (say) the ends and cut the texture paper flush with the edges, then allow the front and back papers to overlap a little and after joining the four sides, cut off the appropriate overhang with a razor blade using the flush cut side as a guide.

If I were able to call up the thread I did on a GWR engine shed from my tablet there is a sketch to explain same.

Doug

Thanks, Doug.  That would be a neat way of doing it, certainly.
But a razor blade?  There are those who would have the H&E police banging on your door!<G>

Martin

It's fine where there are plausibly downpipes to cover the join.  Very nice work anyway. Lovely to see JA's book still used. I have George Stoke's book too, but it's surprisingly difficult to read and seems to gloss over a lot of stuff.
Cheers,
Martin

You can never have too many books, Terry.  Especially by the acknowledged experts.  I have Gordon Gravett's book on grasslands and muddy tracks, but I haven't got round to laying out for static fluff. I made a bug bat dispenser, but I still do alright with my medical lint and Scotch brite. However I will shortly need some sticky up stuff.
I used to have the Pendon book on cottage building, but it disappeared in a move.  Looking at some recent additions to Pendon in MRJ, I am inclined to stick with the George and John show!  I wonder what George would have made of Foamex.  He's bound to have used it if it were around back then.
I believe my dear bride has got me a book on using brick papers, for Christmas, ut I'm not allowed near it. It will go with another by Gordon Gravett that also turned up and was also hidden away till the 25th.  She buys me books and music for Christmas. It stops me screaming abuse at the crap on the telly that she might be watching on the big day

Martin

[user=2084]Mr.Tin[/user] wrote:

Thanks, Doug.  That would be a neat way of doing it, certainly.
But a razor blade?  There are those who would have the H&E police banging on your door!<G>

Martin

Tee-hee!

If it was good enough for Mr Ahearn, s'good enough for me….



Copyright CV Russell and E Fells. Reproduced with their kind permissions.

and here, appropos the razor blade corner method, see lower right corner…





With apologies for semi-hi-jack, Terry,

Doug
 

Just another quick question, if I may, which adhesive do you use, and is it applied to paper or wall? I'm having trouble with wrinkles at the moment, and happy to listen to the experts.

Spraymount if you can afford it or Evo-Stik for me, always.

Martin

For me, for large areas, PritStick, applied to the walls. Paper damp with glue stretches and tears easily. This way you can stick one surface/face, then have dry paper to score along at the edge to make a sharp fold. For 'beasting' a wrap around, say, a chimney, then apply it to the paper and fit carefully.  If you have ever done any wall papering you'll know that the paper should 'soak' a bit if you want to stretch it.

Hi Terry,
I like the razor blade holder design. I have similar in plastic. I use the blunt end for curving strips of paper (without the blade ). Pretty obvious which way the sharp end goes. Just have to remember which end is used for cutting. Is there a left-handed version?
Nigel

I've tried glue stiks, but after a while they seem to give a 'lumpy' coating. Perhaps I keep them in operation for too long? I'll be trying some of the other suggestions, though.

You are right A-W, they seem to have a limited life once you start to use one. I generally ditch a glue stick after I have used it for a couple of weeks - it begins to dry out and start to solidify.
Cheap enough anyway, so it's false economy to try and make one last.

HTH
Shaun.

Cannot get Prit sticks to work. Even helping the kids with school projects where they're given the stuff to use, I couldn't get it to stick.  Good quality Spraymount if used on both surfaces is OK. I have had it let go when the card substrate got very damp. In that case I just reglued with Evo-Stik.  That does NOT let go!  But you have to be accurate positioning it. If that is a potential problem, use Dunlop Thixofix. It allows a bit of shifting.  As long as it isn't a liquid style glue.

Cheers,
Martin

I use the cheap glue sticks that you get in the stationary section of the supermarket. Very effective. 
Following along Terry, keep it coming.

cheers

Marty