Today we will talk about the most popular typesWallpaper - vinyl and non-woven: how to choose them correctly and what advantages each type has You can find many types of wallpaper in stores and showrooms, and understanding this variety without professional help is a difficult task. That's why we turned to Danil Lesovodsky from Rebel Walls for advice - he knows absolutely everything about wallpaper. - You can find a dozen different materials on the Internet - here you have textiles, and wallpaper made of cork and bamboo, and metallized wallpaper, and even leather. In reality, buyers give greater preference to only two types:
- non-woven fleece;
- vinyl on non-woven basis.
Wallpaper interlining is paper that is glued toLong, thin, strong threads were added during production. They are clearly visible - if you tear a piece of material and look closely at the place of the tear, a bunch of hairs will stick out of it. Such material hardly changes its dimensions when wet. And it is much more tear-resistant - it is more difficult to tear when gluing and it is easily removed from the wall even after the glue has dried.
For those cases where the wall covering canbe contaminated, for example, in the kitchen, they came up with the idea of covering the interlining with a layer of polyvinyl chloride, which is commonly called vinyl. Polyvinyl chloride is a flexible plastic used to make pipes, films, dishes and many other household items. The main problem with vinyl is the difficulty of its disposal, since this material releases toxic substances when burned.
In the economy segment you can find paper wallpaper.The paper tears when wet, changes its linear dimensions greatly during the gluing process, and after the glue dries, removing the wallpaper is a separate, labor-intensive undertaking.
Choosing wallpaper material for a room For the kitchenIn the cooking area, I would recommend vinyl wallpaper — only it can be washed off from greasy stains. Non-woven wallpaper cannot be washed off this way. Many young parents prefer to use washable wallpaper in the children's room, but my life experience shows that you can't save the walls from the child in any case. And drawings, stickers and other decorations, on the contrary, only add coziness and charm.
What to pay attention to when wallpapering wallswallpaper When calling the experts to paste the wallpaper, it is necessary to take into account that after their departure, there should be no drafts in the room and the temperature should be normal. Otherwise, the edges may come off or whole strips of wallpaper may fall off. In office premises, you need to turn off the ventilation and air conditioning. Provide such conditions for 24 hours after pasting the wallpaper.
Features of wallpaper with a rapport (repeatingA very important point is the wallpaper batch number. Be sure to choose wallpaper from the same batch, since the shade in different batches may differ. When choosing wallpaper with a rapport, pay close attention to calculating the number of rolls. The rapport has a certain step, for example, 50 cm, which will definitely not be a multiple of the ceiling height (usually it is 260-270 cm). Therefore, a decent part of the wallpaper will go to trimmings, and you may not have enough roll, and when you return to the store, it may turn out that the required batch is no longer available.
Features of panoramic wallpapers (photo wallpapers,photo panels, digital wallpaper, frescoes) Before purchasing, clarify what method of joining the strips is supposed to be. Often, photo panels are sold that need to be glued with an overlap and then cut. This technique is much more complicated, and not all painters own it. It also makes sense to ask the seller about the environmental friendliness of the paints. Until now, some manufacturers use paints on chemical solvents, with negative consequences for the atmosphere and ecology in the room. Wallpaper paint should only be water-based.
