Post #529153 by Swanky on Mon, May 10, 2010 9:52 AM

I have used wallpaper paste for this all over. Hale Tiki and at home. Works well. Your tapa will flatten out as you press it on the wall.

It will take 2 people as one will start placing it (after your cover the wall with paste, and the other holds it so you work across, making sure it is flat and smooth. You might use a metal ruler to help flatten it against the wall.

If you get started wrong, you can pull it off and restart. If your tapa is bigger than what you are covering, leave it bigger and cut it down afterwards. It's best to plan to cover the edges some way. It is hard to get a straight, nice edge.

Use lots of paste so it will soak into the tapa well and go back around all the edges once it is first up and find what isn't stuck or where the layers come apart and paste them down.

With the paste, you may be able to just pull it off in the future. Maybe even salvage it. Not like scraping wallpaper.