to Prit Stick my wallpaper back on?

[Undercovamutha]

For quite a long time (2 years) we have had a loose bit of wallpaper on the living room wall (the room was last decorated about 4 years ago). I keep asking DH to sort it out, and he keeps saying it is a bigger job than it looks - its apparently not just a case of sticking it down, he claims he will have to repaper the whole section. I have been a bit about it when we have visitors but haven't nagged DH too much as we have bigger DIY fish to fry!

Anyway, DS (9mo) has just started crawling and ripped the bit of wallpaper even more the other day. I suggested we just stick it down for now to stop him making it worse. DH said that no way should we just stick it down. To leave it and he will sort it (yeah right!).

This morning DH and DD have gone out, and whilst my back was turned DS pulled the bit of wallpaper even more and it looked terrible. SO I got DD's prit stick and stuck it down with that!

AIBU?

Prit stick should harm it, mind you it won't keep it stuck down for more than a few days either.
YANBU, get the glue out

shouldn't

Use a bit of PVA (white school glue) that'll hold it.

I've used glue and blu tack before

To fix a bit of wall paper you use egg white...supposedly it's just as good as wallpaper paste. YANBU to do a job that you have asked to be done and it hasn't. If your DH thinks he has to replace that whole strip of wall paper it is going to make no difference if you do a quick fix in the meantime.

When we had a leak in bathroom I poked a hole in hall ceiling with a pen[to let water out].Then I mended hole with smoothed over toothpaste-it was still like that 4 years later when we sold the house.Nothing wrong with improvisation.

I would try double sided sellotape!

Thanks. Am now scouring the house to see what I can mend with toothpaste......

Just buy some wallpaper paste and stick it down. T'is not expensive. Don't use too much or you will make the paper soggy.

As the daughter of a builder and diy enthusiast I cannot see of any reason why you would need to repaper the whole section. My dad didn't when mine came away on my rented flat because of damp. He just stuck it back down.

However I avoid wallpaper where ever possible. So what he is saying might be true, I just cannot understand why. Have you asked him?

Shiny - my DH does like to make a bit of a mountain out of a molehill, whereas I am seriously slapdash so am never sure who is in the right.

DH has been home a few hours and hasn't noticed the prit stick repair job yet. Am keeping my head down !

We had a loose bit at the bottom of a strip at the top of the stairs, my ds pulled it one day and it was a big flappy sheet i had to fix, we had no paste so i used prit stick. It looks fine now, an hasn't came away again.

YANBU, Like you said he hasn't even noticed!! The prit stick should hold out for a bit as long as its not near a radiator.

If it does come away Flour and Water is great for a makeshift paste, have used this many times over the years.

Prammy - very pleased to hear that someone else has used the prit stick method!

Ifyoucould - it is quite near the radiator .

I have used pritstick before when the border in DS's room was coming away. Stuck it down no problem and it has stayed put.

YANBU