In construction practice, non-woven,textile, cork, bamboo or vinyl wallpapers are glued end to end, that is, in a way where the sheets are applied with the edges to each other and do not overlap.
The butt-to-butt method is used to glue non-woven materials,textile, cork, bamboo or vinyl wallpaper. Why are the listed types of materials glued in this particular way? The whole point is that the named samples have a thick, dense structure. When gluing them with an overlap (when the joints overlap each other), a thick seam is formed on the surface, which does not look good on the walls or simply cannot stick to the applied canvas.
How to glue the wallpaper into the joint, observing the technology?
In order to comply with technology, it is necessary, first of all:
Tools for gluing wallpaper end to end. To perform the listed operations, the master must have a set of the following tools:
- Painting brushes and brushes for applying primer and glue;
- a clerical or construction knife equipped with replaceable blades;
- A special polyurethane roller for rolling joints;
- roulette, long ruler, construction level and paper paint tape;
- foam rubber sponges (in order to remove excess glue);
- narrow plastic spatula (can be metallic);
- A cotton rag or rag (for wiping hands and excess glue).
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How to properly prepare for pasting?
To properly prepare for gluing walls, you should:
Wall plastering scheme.
When the adhesive and fungicide compositions dry, the walls can be considered completely ready for wallpapering. Return to contents</a>
How to check the readiness of walls?
You can check the complete readiness of the walls for pasting using a piece of cellophane film. To do this, you need to do the following:
If after 24 hours on the insidefilm, evaporation (small drops of water) is formed, which means that the surface is not dry enough, it is too early to start pasting. If the cellophane is completely dry, there are no drops of water on its inner surface, then the walls are well prepared and can be pasted over with any material. Return to contents</a>
How to prepare wallpaper?
Craftsmen glue wallpaper directly from a roll, however, non-professional craftsmen are advised to cut the rolls according to the geometry of the room.
Figure 1.The rapport is the length of the pattern repeated on the wallpaper. The wallpaper roll is first rolled out on the floor, then cut to length with the pattern aligned, and then cut into the corresponding panels using sharp office scissors. Samples with a large or relief pattern require special care when working. In order to cut panels with a pattern correctly, you should carefully study the label and find the rapport on it. The rapport is the length of the pattern that is repeated on the wallpaper. Marking using the rapport is considered the most economical (Fig. 1). If the wallpaper is cut according to the rapport, the craftsman needs to make a calculation. For example, if the rapport size is 60 cm, the wall height is 2800 cm. It is necessary to distribute the whole number of rapports along the height of the panel. That is, you need to multiply 60 by 5 and get the total length of the canvas, equal to 3000 cm. This is the length that should be measured on the roll canvas. When the canvas is cut to 3000 cm, it should be cut into panels, and the panels should be stacked. In this case, the leftovers should not be thrown away, as they can be useful for pasting walls under radiators, window sills, above windows or behind cabinets. Return to contents</a>
How are wall marking and wallpaper gluing done?
Marking walls is an important procedure.The walls are marked using a pencil and a laser level. When the level sets the vertical, a vertical line is drawn along the entire length of the wall using a pencil. Wallpapering begins from this line (Fig. 3).
Scheme of puttying wall joints.Where is the best place to start marking? If you are going to use non-woven, cork or vinyl wallpaper, the marking point does not matter. You can mark the walls from the middle of the wall or from its beginning, since in the corners such wallpaper is glued in a completely different way. How to prepare the glue for work? should be done strictly according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer. The glue should be diluted immediately before work, in a deep plastic or enamel bucket. How? Let's consider the technology of gluing wallpaper using the example of the most popular type, i.e. vinyl wallpaper. Vinyl wallpaper consists of two layers:
- lower (paper or non-woven);
- face (polyvinyl chloride or vinyl), where vinyl performs protective and decorative functions.
Due to the presence of two layers in the wallpaper, theyare characterized by high strength, reliability and durability, but are quite heavy for a non-professional craftsman. It is better to glue them together. One worker should stand on a stepladder, the other on the floor. Return to contents</a>
What are the features of sticking vinyl wallpaper?
The question of how to glue vinyl wallpaper, what are the features of working with them, worries many novice craftsmen. The process of pasting vinyl wallpaper includes the following operations:
Figure 3. Wall marking diagram.
If glue appears at the joint between the wallpapers, it should be removed immediately with a cotton cloth, but under no circumstances should a brush be used.
Scheme for wallpapering butt joints.After the wallpaper has been pasted on the walls near the baseboard and the ceiling, there will be excess material. The unnecessary material is removed from the walls using a ruler and a sharp knife with replaceable blades. During the work, the cutting part of the knife should be changed, since a blunt tool tears and crushes the material. How to glue vinyl wallpaper near the ceiling? Wallpaper at the top of the wall near the ceiling should be glued from a stepladder. The edge of the sheets adjacent to the corner of the ceiling and wall is folded back by 5 cm so that the glue cannot get on the plane of the ceiling. Then the strip of material is carefully pressed against the wall and smoothed with a rag, moving along the surface from top to bottom. All the sheets are glued in this way. If the sheets are not glued to the base of the ceiling (for example, 10-20 cm lower), then before gluing them, it is necessary to beat off the level along the perimeter of the room and draw a border line on the wall with a pencil. When gluing, you need to focus strictly on the drawn line, while aligning the joints. Return to the table of contents</a>
How to paste wallpaper in the outer and inner corners without wrinkles and folds?
To carefully glue wallpaper in the inner corners, you should:
How to glue wallpaper on external corners?If the room has ideal geometry, gluing the canvases on the outer corners is not difficult. The canvas should simply be folded onto the adjoining wall and pressed tightly to the wall surface.
