A | B |
C | D | EF | GHJ
| L | M | OP
| R | S1 | S2
| S3 | T | UVW
- Dado
- The wall space between the chair rail and the baseboard.
- Diagonal pattern
- A pattern that appears at a slant; an oblique pattern.
- Directional print
- A pattern on a wallpaper or border which must be installed in a particular
direction to be aesthetically pleasing.
- Double cutting
- This technique is sometimes used by professionals to obtain a perfectly
fitted seam when a pattern does not need to be matched. Strips are overlapped
about three inches, and a very sharp blade is used to cut through both layers.
The top strip is peeled back, the bottom strip is peeled off, and then the
top is adhered again to the wall. This technique is also used when making
repairs.
- Double roll
- A bolt of two single rolls of wallpaper, in a continuous strip. The double
roll, or bolt, is priced as two single rolls but is packaged as one unit or
length of paper to minimize waste.
- Drop cloth
- Recommended to use when preparing walls and installing wallpaper to protect
floor and furniture.
- Drop match
- A pattern match in which every other strip will have the same pattern design
along the ceiling line. There is waste with the drop matching of large scale
patterns, therefore, when dealing with a drop match, professional paper hangers
use the technique of measuring and cutting adjacent strips from different
rolls of wallcovering and alternating them.
- Dye lot
- A particular batch of wallpaper rolls that are printed at the same time.
All rolls should be from the same dye lot to insure uniformity. Also called
a run.
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