An increasing number of homeowners are giving awaypreference for drywall when renovating the house. The choice in his favor is made due to the fact that with the help of gypsum board it is possible to achieve any configuration of walls, ceiling, door or window openings. If necessary, they turn out to be absolutely even and vertical, achieving the result is not such a time-consuming operation as, for example, leveling a wall with plastering. 
Scheme of painting the walls of plasterboard: 1 - priming of the surface; 2 - preparation of paint for work; 3 - coloring of corners; 4, 5 - the first vertical and second horizontal layers of paint; 6 - cleaning the working tool from the paint. Drywall is a "grateful" surface. It can be covered with various finishing materials. Implement the most daring ideas for the decoration of walls from plasterboard will help their painting. True, in carrying out this work, one should adhere to the recommendations that the colorful coating should be a decoration of the wall and emphasize its merits, and not the flaws and minor flaws in the installation of panels. You can add that the painting of the walls is experiencing a revival. This is facilitated by a wide palette of colors offered by paint manufacturers, the variety of their brands and the high quality of their products.
Preparation for coloring
Nevertheless, even the most expensive and qualitativethe paint can only slightly mask the surface defects, and in this case the defects will remain invisible only under certain lighting conditions. To avoid problems, it is better to prevent it, so the stage of preparation of gypsum cardboard walls for subsequent painting should be considered almost the most important in repair. Before you paint the walls of the GKL, you need to carry out their additional alignment. This process is divided into several operations: 
Scheme alignment gypsum wall joints.
Tools for preparing the wall for painting. After finishing filling, sanding of the wall is carried out, it is cleaned of dust and priming. carried out by the following tools:
- with a spatula 80 mm;
- a wide spatula (200 mm or more);
- with an angled trowel;
- sandpaper;
- fluting brush;
- roller.
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Staining of walls from GKL
At the end of the preparatory phase and cleaning in the room, you can start painting the walls. At present, several types of paint are used for painting surfaces:
- Water-dispersive (among them are acrylic, silicone and silicate paints);
- water emulsion;
- oil;
- alkyd enamels.
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Scheme of painting the wall with a roller. Painting gipsokartonnoy walls with water-based paint - the cheapest option of finishing. After painting, the surface acquires a matte shade, which hides the small defects well. This water-based paint differs from other coatings, which form a glossy surface, extremely demanding for the quality of preparatory work. In addition, adding different colors to the white base of water-based paint, you can create any color, but you need to remember that this paint when it dries slightly lightens. When preparing it, consider this circumstance and pre-coat it on some rough surface to check what the result will be. Prepare an emulsion for painting, you can start to finish the wall. Remember that the coloring is carried out in several thin layers, which must be dried before applying the next one. To paint walls from plasterboard it is necessary to begin with corners which are stained with a brush. Also brush on the width of 3-4 cm color space around switches, sockets, junction boxes, etc. The surface of the wall is better to paint with a roller of natural materials. Do not stop working until you finish painting the entire layer of the wall. Surfaces are painted in 2 or 3 layers. Each following should be applied perpendicular to the previous one, while the paint of the finishing layer should be stretched by vertical movements of the roller. 
Types of paints for walls and ceilings. Use an airbrush for coloring can be recommended only to experienced painters, who know how to evenly distribute the paint throughout the surface. It should be added that the replacement of brushes and rollers when painting walls is highly undesirable, since new tools may differ from previous ones with a state of bristles or fur coat. As a result, they will leave a trail behind them. Painting walls should be conducted in a room protected from drafts, which will ensure a uniform drying of the paint. For work with water-based paint you will need:
- mixer with a nozzle for stirring paint;
- Paint roller with pile medium length;
- flute brush;
- paint bath.
Water-based paint can be used in all rooms in which the humidity level does not exceed the normal value. Back to contents</a> Staining with acrylic paint and enamelsfrom emulsion, enamel and acrylic paint create an elastic film that is not afraid of penetration of moisture. Therefore, these types of paints are used to paint a wall of plasterboard in rooms where it is possible to increase the level of humidity. The dyeing technology is practically the same as painting the walls with a water-based coating, but water-dispersion paints and enamels are applied to the surface in 3 layers. The middle layer is superimposed somewhat thicker than the primary and final layers. Work with paints diluted with chemical solvents should be carried out in well-ventilated areas and using respiratory protection. Back to contents</a>
How to hide irregularities
To the consolation of domestic craftsmen, who still do notmanaged to achieve a perfectly flat surface for staining, you can tell that the defects are well hidden if the walls are painted by spraying. To do this (after applying to the surface of the main tone), a spray gun or a brush soaked in a different color paint is used. Before the wall, she is hit on the rack. For nabryzga it is better to use at least two tones, different from the main one. After training on the rough surface, you can get a very decent result when painting the walls. </ ul>
