In recent years, along with standard wallpaper, not quite ordinary wallpapers of larger sizes have appeared on the market. And they are increasingly being introduced in construction for decorating interior spaces.
Wide wallpapers are 70, 90, 100 and 140 cm wide.Despite the fact that professionals have already gained some experience in using them, it is useful for a beginner who intends to take on the task independently to learn some rules on how to glue wide wallpaper.
Wide wallpaper: their advantages and disadvantages when sticking
The outdated Soviet standard that definedwallpaper width of 53 cm, today there is a whole range of special sizes, developed by famous European manufacturers. And today buyers can choose between different parameters of roll width, such as 70, 90, 100, 106 and even 140 cm. Wide wallpaper is most often produced on a non-woven base. In this category, there are also paper, fabric and even bamboo wallpaper. Each of these types has its own features in the technology of wall decoration. But wallpaper with increased dimensions has some common advantages and disadvantages that must be taken into account when working with them. Their main advantage is a significant reduction in the number of seams.
Wide wallpapers must be pasted by at least two peoplepeople, one person cannot cope with such work. This advantage over standard narrow wallpaper is immediately evident, it is enough to glue wide wallpaper on the walls. The degree of such a reduction, of course, largely depends on the area of the room being pasted. But on average, the number of seams becomes approximately twice as small. The following advantage follows from this advantage - a decrease in the time spent by the performer on cutting pieces and applying glue to the wallpaper, and, accordingly, speeding up the entire process of finishing the room. In addition, as has long been calculated, despite the relatively large width of such wallpaper, they cost the customer less than narrower wallpaper pasted over the same area. However, the wide version of wallpaper also has some disadvantages. In particular, as you might guess, it is much more difficult to correctly glue wide wallpaper alone than standard narrow rolls. If you plan to glue exactly this finishing material, it is better to enlist the help of at least one more person. Another disadvantage of the large width is this is the risk of significant overspending of material not used for its intended purpose. This happens when the last unpasted section of the wall turns out to be too narrow. In this case, you have to spend a full-weight wide strip on it and actually throw away too large a piece of wallpaper, thus losing part of the money paid for the wallpaper. And the biggest technological disadvantage of wide, especially non-woven, rolls is that for their pasting the wall must be almost perfectly aligned. Otherwise, this will have a detrimental effect on the quality of the joining of adjacent wallpaper strips. Return to the table of contents</a>
Materials and tools necessary for gluing a wide wallpaper
To do this, the master will need the following:
Tools and materials for wallpapering.
- wide wallpaper;
- Wallpaper glue;
- container for glue;
- construction knife;
- wide brush;
- rubber roller;
- construction plumb line;
- Ruler;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- soft rags.
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How to properly glue a wide wallpaper: the sequence of actions
Any finishing of the interior ceilings of the room, inincluding wallpapering, begins with preparing the base. In the case of wide wallpaper, as has already been said earlier, the preparatory stage is given special attention due to the need to provide the most even and smooth surfaces for pasting. To do this, you should first remove all foreign objects, fasteners and hooks from the walls. The covers of electrical switches and sockets should be removed. Open sources of electricity should be protected with tape.
Scheme for applying glue to wide wallpaper.After removing the old wallpaper and cleaning the walls from old layers of glue, it is necessary to carefully level them with plaster mortar or cover them with plasterboard panels. The base obtained in this way should be covered with a primer. This is very useful in terms of saving glue and improving the adhesion of the wallpaper material to the wall. However, this is not the end of the preparation of the walls. To ensure smooth and quick pasting, it is recommended to first calculate the length of the walls and determine the exact number of wallpaper pieces, and then mark the starting strip with a ruler, level and pencil. It is necessary to follow the mandatory rule - the wall is pasted from the window into the room. To control strict verticality, at a distance of the width of the wallpaper from the corner of the room, you can draw a vertical line along the entire height of the room using a plumb line. In this case, a wallpaper fragment with a small overlap should be placed on the corner, which will then be covered with a sheet from the adjoining wall. Subsequent strips are pasted uniformly. The place on the wall for each fragment is spread separately, with the glue extending 1-2 cm beyond the vertical line. Laying the section begins with alignment along the horizontal line of the ceiling, previously drawn using a level. Then the edge of the glued strip is applied to the edge of the previously glued canvas.
Scheme for removing bubbles from wallpaper.Next, the air is forced out from under the newly pasted strip. This is done with a special roller in the direction from the middle to the edges of the wallpaper. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that the wallpaper does not stretch, otherwise, having narrowed significantly after drying, it will form large and unsightly cracks at the seams. When pasting wide wallpaper, protruding glue should be quickly removed with a soft rag. All excess wallpaper can be cut off with a knife only after the pasted wallpaper has completely dried. Return to contents</a>
How to glue a wide wallpaper in hard-to-reach places?
Wide wallpapers are especially difficult to hang in suchplaces such as corners, openings, niches behind radiators. But with some skill this problem can be solved. For example, a piece of wallpaper can be cut into several fragments in advance, based on the location of certain structural elements that interfere with free access to the wall. Glue is applied to the hard-to-reach area of the wall, after which the wallpaper fragments are carefully pasted without haste. Non-woven wallpaper is best suited for such cases. Here you need to ensure that the glue does not contain additives that accelerate the drying of the mixture. Then, for at least 10 minutes, you can calmly move the pieces of wallpaper along the wall, aligning them. The ability to perform such manipulations is very important when it comes to a difficult-to-pasting place. Return to contents</a>
Features of wallpapering alone
The procedure for gluing wallpaper.Despite the preference for working together with wide wallpaper, it is not always possible to do this. But this is not such a problem. The span of human arms allows you to decorate a room with wide rolls even alone. In this case, you can’t fuss. You should take the strip by the upper edge, climb onto a stepladder and align the top of the strip along the horizontal line of the canvas. Lightly pressing the wallpaper to the wall soaked in glue (in this case, the wallpaper will not fall), you can combine the side edges and smooth the strip with a roller, as described above. If it doesn’t work out well the first time, don’t despair. The wallpaper strip can be easily removed from the wall. The wall itself should be coated with glue again. Then the gluing process is repeated, but taking into account the previous mistakes. Thus, if you follow all the rules of this simple process, pasting wide wallpaper can turn a standard apartment into a completely unique home.
