One of the many positive qualitiesdrywall is that it allows any finishing. It can be painted, tiled, covered with decorative plaster and wallpapered. You can choose absolutely any finishing, based on your wishes and financial capabilities. And one of the easiest ways to finish drywall is to glue wallpaper. Before gluing wallpaper to drywall, you should properly prepare the surface.
Proper wallpapering on plasterboard will hide wall defects and emphasize the individuality of the interior. There are several stages of preparing plasterboard for wallpapering.
Protection of the surface from the appearance of mold and other harmful factors. For this, a special protective compound is applied to the material.
It is performed to seal seams, level and prepare the plasterboard surface for repeated use.
Priming the surface. It is necessary in order to provide better adhesion of walls with wallpaper glue.
When the above measures are carried out and the materials dry, it can be assumed that the surface of the walls of gypsum board is ready for pasting it with wallpaper.
Priming of a surface from plasterboard
Materials and tools:
- GKL-1 primer;
- wide brush or roller for priming;
- paint bath.
Scheme of wall priming.Before gluing wallpaper to drywall, it should be thoroughly primed to protect it from mold. The primer also ensures better adhesion of the putty to the wall. Usually, GKL-1 primer or any other acrylic primer is used for these purposes. If it is a concentrated primer, it must be diluted with water in accordance with the instructions on the package. Ready-to-use primers are also available. The most important thing in this procedure is to apply the primer evenly over the entire surface of the wall. For priming large surfaces, use a large roller - this will speed up the process. Return to contents</a>
Adherence of the serpent to the seams
The purpose of the serpyanka is camouflagejoints of plasterboard sheets, as well as various cracks in the surface of the material. It is a narrow tape made of fiberglass, similar in appearance to a medical bandage.
Scheme of correct joining of plasterboard sheets. To seal the joints between plasterboard sheets, you will need:
- plaster for joints (for example, Uniflott);
- a serpent;
- putty knives 10 and 12 cm;
- capacity for putty.
How to glue the serpyanka correctly?
Apply the putty on the joints of gypsum boards, completely filling its seams.
On the surface of the wall on both sides of the joint at a distance of 5 cm, it is also necessary to apply the putty.
A strip of reinforcing mesh should be applied to the joint. It is important to have time to do this until the putty has not stopped. The strip should be pressed into the mixture until it completely adheres to the plasterboard.
Before proceeding to the next stage of preparation, you need to wait until the mixture in the joints completely dry.
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Putty on plasterboard walls
To complete this job you will need:
- starting and finishing putty;
- capacity for the preparation of putty;
- wide and narrow spatulas;
- grinding stack or sandpaper;
- a grater for grinding or a bar.
Before gluing wallpaper onto drywall, it is necessary to completely fill it, regardless of the evenness of the surface.
Wall puttying schemes.Indeed, this procedure is necessary not so much for leveling, but for obtaining a surface similar to plastered. Such a wall surface allows you to change the coating many times in the future, thereby periodically updating the interior. If you stick wallpaper on drywall without puttingtying it before, you can get several unpleasant moments at once:
- if the wallpaper is light and thin, the color of the gypsum board can shine through them;
- if in the future to change the finish, then glued to the unclean drywall wallpaper will not be easy to remove.
The stages of plastering plasterboard walls look like this:
Priming the surface of gypsum board with acrylic primer
Puttying plasterboard walls. This should be done in 2-3 layers. The last layer is finishing putty. After each layer dries, the surface is lightly cleaned and primed.
When the final layer of putty is completely dry,It must be carefully sanded using a sanding mesh or sandpaper. First, this is done with coarse-grained paper, and then with fine-grained paper, until a smooth surface is obtained.
At the end, the walls are primed again - before wallpapering.
Recommendations for pasting plasterboard walls with wallpaper Materials and tools for pasting wallpaper:
- wallpaper in rolls;
- adhesive for wallpaper;
- wide brush;
- roller;
- scissors;
- rubber roller;
- plastic spatula;
- clean rags;
- a bucket for glue;
- Pull out cord.
Scheme of pasting walls with wallpaper on plasterboard. On the prepared plasterboard and putty surface wallpaper is glued in the same way as on a regular plastered wall.
To make it easier to navigate in quantitypanels and how they will be located in the corners, you can put a mark on the wall with a distance equal to the width of the wallpaper. To apply the starting mark for the first panel you need a padded cord.
Prepare the glue according to the instructions,indicated on the package. Typically, the powdered glue should be diluted in a certain amount of water, mix thoroughly and leave until the adhesive composition of the necessary density.
Measure and cut the panels of the required length, while keeping in mind the fit of the ornament, if any.
Use a roller or a wide brush to spread a section of the wall for one cloth of wallpaper, after which the sheet itself. Fold it in half and leave for a few minutes to impregnate it with glue.
Glue the wallpaper from top to bottom. Arrange the first panel in accordance with the mark and press it against the wall, while gently smoothing with a plastic spatula or rubber roller.
The following strip of wallpaper paste pastythe previous band. Clean the rag with a surplus of glue protruding between the joints. If the glue on the joints is not applied enough, you can additionally smear them with a fine brush. Sutures between the panels of wallpaper should not coincide with the joints of plasterboard.
Over the windows and doors you can use the remains of wallpaper. Try to glue them as neatly as possible, so that the pattern of the cut piece exactly coincides with the neighboring panels.
Pay special attention to the corners. First, the canvas is glued on top and in the corner, and then to the adjoining walls.
Switches and sockets on the wallpaper in advance do notare cut out. When glue the panel on the wall, in the place where the rosette is located, cut the wallpaper with criss-crossed strips, and then cut out the hole in the shape of the socket. For safety reasons, the room should be de-energized.
As you can see, the process of wallpapering isgypsum board is practically no different from other surfaces. The main work of wallpapering gypsum board walls is the preparation of the surface.</ ul>
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