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Wall decoration under the wallpaper: preparation for the main works

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One of the most common materials forDesign of apartments are wallpapers that are sold in a huge range. The process of gluing the walls is quite simple, but preliminary work should be done first. Basic requirements for wallpapering. Correctly executed decoration of the walls will help to make the rooms beautiful.

Preparing for pasting walls

Decorating an apartment with wallpaper requires the rightapproach to this process and great patience. When pasting the walls of any room with wallpaper, no special knowledge is required. It is only necessary to have the right surface, choose the right wallpaper and glue them patiently, in order to then get satisfaction from the work done. The most important is the preparatory stage, in which it is necessary to ensure that the walls are dry and even, without paint, lime, wallpaper. Wooden, painted, whitewashed, old wallpaper or newly built walls require an individual approach. Preparing walls for wallpapering. Finishing work if you need to start with the following important work:

  • All the nails are deeply hammered, paint the hats, and then zashpatlevat, clean them.
  • Seal all seams and corners with a wide bandage or paper and zashpatlevat.
  • Preparatory works include 3 stages: getting rid of the old coating, removing all defects and priming the walls. Back to contents</a>

    Features of preparation for the main works

    Apartments purchased for self-dressing, require a lot of time for the preparation of wallpapering wallpaper. The technology of wall finishing for plastering works is carried out in several stages:

  • Spray application in a layer of 3-5 mm. The consistency of the solution should be, like a thick sour cream, to connect with the wall, close the irregularities.
  • Primer. The solution is prepared thicker and applied after the drying of the spray. The thickness of the layer is no more than 6 mm.
  • Cover - the last layer of plaster in 2-4 mm to obtain a thin film.
  • Stripping with fine sandpaper.
  • Much attention should be paid to the intertwiningseams. They need to be patched up, pasted with paper, zashpatlevat, and then proshkurit. If you do not remove the old wallpaper, then later they themselves can move away. To start the preparatory work, the following building materials should be prepared: Tools for wall decoration.

    • spatula (wide and narrow);
    • roller, brush, sprayer;
    • water;
    • additional funds: vinegar, grater, etc.;
    • means for removing wallpaper.

    Wet the surface of the wallpaper with hot water. You can add vinegar to the water, which will be an adhesive solvent. Those who do not count money can use a special tool that removes the wallpaper. If there are oil stains on the walls, they should be painted with nitrocellulite, nitro-enamel or sealed with aluminum thin foil. Plastered walls should be taped on the entire surface of the walls, so that later this plaster did not leave under the wallpaper. In case of small damaged areas, repair and level up everything, and if large areas are damaged, all old plaster should be removed. Preparing the wooden walls for wallpaper is done with plasterboard or leaves of dry plaster. Then the wall is primed. Back to contents</a>

    Preparation of painted walls

    The technology of preparing painted walls is more difficult thanthis occurs in similar work with wallpaper. It is very difficult to get rid of paint, especially oil. The use of special solvents, spatulas does not always help in cleaning the surface of the paint. Remove from the paint can be using a construction hair dryer and spatula. Hot air blow dryer blows a layer of paint, and with a spatula, these recycled layers are easily cleaned. The use of a grinder or a grinder brings inconveniences associated with a huge amount of dust. Do not save in this case and protection in the form of glasses, a respirator. Sequence priming the walls. In some cases used to clean the walls of small axes, which make incisions, and then remove all unnecessary staple. After these works, the walls are cleaned of dust and dirt with a damp cloth, sponge and dried. An effective way to finish the painted surface is to use a special wash. At the same time, all safety measures must be observed: rubber gloves, goggles, respirator. If all these methods did not help, you can cover the walls with a special primer or buy glue for vinyl wallpaper. But you can get the best result by removing all the paint. Back to contents</a>

    Ground works

    Technology of decoration of wall surfacesis to remove irregularities, cracks, defects with a spatula and putty. Before the beginning of these works it is necessary to pull out all nails, screws, dowels and other fastening elements. If cracks, chips, potholes are not many, then these plots can only be puttied, but experts recommend plastering the walls completely. Especially carefully, the walls must be finished in places where there is metal reinforcement, so that later on the rust spots do not appear on the wallpaper. Apply the putty in two thin layers: in vertical and horizontal directions or diagonally. The applied layer of putty should dry, and then the walls should be sanded with sandpaper and eliminate the dust that has appeared. After that, put the putty again, smoothing all the irregularities. Then it is necessary to walk again with sandpaper. At the end of these works, the finish ends with a primer, after which the wallpaper is glued. Priming of the wall surface is used primer, which has its own characteristics, properties. The subdivision takes place according to the following types of primer:

  • Acrylic. Used for almost any surface. Quickly dries (2-5 hours), no unpleasant odor.
  • Alkyd. Used for wooden walls, dry for 10-15 hours.
  • Mineral. Basically, they have lime, cement, and gypsum. Applied with concrete, brick walls. Dried from 2 hours to 2 days.
  • Deep penetration. Used for additional strengthening with loose porous walls, penetrating inwards by 5-20 mm. Special additives fight with mold, fungus.
  • With coloring pigments. Can have different shades. Suitable for walls with thin colored or white wallpaper.
  • Primer can be glue, which will be gluedwalls. Primer can be applied by brush, roller, spray. You can buy this material in diluted or dry form. With strong walls, one primer layer is enough. When the walls that are poorly absorbing the solution should be put a second layer, which should be applied only after completely drying. After a set of preparatory works, you can begin to paste the wallpaper.

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