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Symbols

The following symbols can be found in your wallpaper pattern book or on product labels on your rolls of wallpaper. Use this guide to help you identify the various characteristics of the rolls to ensure the best possible results

Spongeable

Either printed with water-fast colours or thinly coated with PVA. Paste on the surface can be safely removed by gentle use of a damp sponge.

Washable

As spongeable but with more protection. Will withstand more wiping after light soiling.

Super Washable

As spongeable but well protected with PVA. Suitable for wet areas such as bathrooms and kitchens.

Scrubbable

Normally only applies to vinyl wallcoverings used in areas with heavy wear.

Good Light Fastness

This means that the wallcovering should retain its original colour for a considerable amount of time, but can't be guranteed on any permanent basis.

Moderate Light Fastness

Beware!! This product may well fade or discolour in areas of direct sunlight.

Adhesive to wallcovering

This needs to be pasted as this is not a ready pasted or paste-the-wall product.

Ready Pasted

To be hung by immersion in clean water according to instructions.

Paste the Wall

Applicable only to Novamura, some textiles and some wide-width wallcovering. Always check the type of adhesive and the method of application.

Strippable

Should peel cleanly from the wall in a dry state.

Wet Removeable

This will not dry-peel.

Overlap & Double Cut

Where edges cannot (or should not) be butt-jointed in the ususal way, they are lapped and the two thicknesses sliced through, usually with straight edge and knife. The subsequent two strips of waste are pulled away leaving two edges to stuck down as a perfect butt joint. Often applies to contract materials and thicker wallcoverings.

Peelable

The top skin of the decoration should peel cleanly away, leaving the backing (if still secure) ready for further decoration.

Offset Match

This is sometimes called a Half Drop - the match is obtained by halving the repeat.

Straight Match

The pattern matches straight accross the width.

Free Match

No matching required; lengths can be cut straight from the roll without wastage.

Design Repeat Distance Offset

The circumstance of the printed rollers, half of which represents the wallcovering drop (where applicable). This is very important information for calculating the number of lengths available from a roll and this will give the total quantity you will need.

Direction of Hanging

This can be found (but rarely), on the shelvedge of wallcoverings that have been untrimmed or it may be on the reverse of some products. In other respects, on a label it will mean Don't reverse the lengths.

Reverse Alterative Layout

Mostly applicable to plain effects and necessary to minimise the risk of side to side shading.

Co-ordinated Fabric Available

This does not necessarily mean a matching fabric and even when your design is the same, your colours may often vary because of some different techniques in printing.