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TOOLS YOU’LL NEED

• A large table (or flat door or sheet of plywood on sawhorses)
• Stepladder or step-stool
• Yardstick or tape measurer, pencil, scissors
• String, chalk, weighted object for plumb line, or 4’ level
• Screwdriver (for removing switch plates & outlet covers)
• Plastic bucket, sponge, & clean-up rags
• Smoothing brush or Wallpaper Smoothie (see your local dealer)
• Paint roller & tray for adhesive (for unpasted paper only)
• Razor blade holder & good supply of single edge razor blades,
(or small razor knife with snap-off blades)
• 4-6” putty knife for preparing wall & cutting off excess wallpaper
• Seam roller (used lightly)
• Adhesive (for unpasted paper only)
• Premixed drywall patch (to repair damaged walls)

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