Pasting wallpaper with walls is the most popular anduncomplicated kind of decoration of walls. The technique of doing this kind of decoration can not be called intricate. Therefore, it is quite possible for a layman to completely cover the walls with wallpaper by his own hands. However, quality wall gluing requires observance of certain rules and nuances in the process of work. 
The scheme of gluing wallpaper on the wall.
Choosing wallpaper and preparing the necessary tools
In the modern construction market wall wallpaperpremises of any type are presented in such a rich assortment that it is difficult to choose one. Therefore, to begin with, it is necessary to determine the priorities and the choice of the most suitable material for finishing your home. The kitchen and the corridor are better covered with the most durable and resistant to wear wallpaper. This is suitable for dense moisture-proof vinyl, the so-called washable wallpaper, suitable for wiping with a damp sponge or cloth. 
Tools for gluing wallpaper. The bedroom can be decorated with any type of wallpaper in accordance with the design of the room. It is better to decorate the nursery with inexpensive, environmentally friendly, paper wallpaper, where you can experiment with the combination of different colors. In the living room expensive textile wallpaper or silk screen printing. Pasting of walls with wallpaper requires the preparation of improvised materials and tools, they should also be purchased in advance. Here is the list:
- wallpaper paste and container for its dilution;
- putty and a narrow spatula;
- sandpaper and holder for it;
- a large ruler and a plumb line;
- knife or scissors for trimming edges;
- a wallpaper brush or roller of rubber;
- sponge or rag for wiping.
When everything is ready for repair, you can proceed directly to the process. Consider the sequence of stages of pasting the walls with your own hands. Back to contents</a>
Alignment and marking of walls
Preparing the walls for wallpapering. The first step is to clean the walls of old wallpaper, if any. To do this, wet them with a damp sponge or roller and use a spatula to scrape off the wall. Then, using an acrylic putty and a spatula, you must carefully level all the depressions and hollows on the walls, after removing the nails sticking out of the wall, screws, hooks. The puttying layer after drying should be ground using sandpaper, fixed in a special holder. Then apply a primer coat. This will strengthen the strength of the putty and increase the degree of bonding the wallpaper to the wall. Now you can go to the layout of the wall. To do this, in a corner located next to the window, draw a pencil with a plumb line or level of a strictly vertical line, it will help to evenly glue the first strip of wallpaper. Then determine the upper and lower edges, measure the distance between them, add to this number 5-7 spare centimeters. This will be the length of the wallpaper. Preparation and marking of the walls is over, you can proceed to the next stage. Back to contents</a>
Cutting the wallpaper and preparing the glue
The usual length of the roll is just over 10 meters. If the wallpaper pattern does not require a fit, 4 rolls will be made from one roll, and taking into account the fit of the picture, only 3 canvas will be produced. The remaining large pieces are usually used when pasting walls over window and doorways. 
Table calculating the number of wallpapers. We proceed to cutting. We lay out the roll on the floor with the figure up, measure the desired length (not forgetting about the spare 5-7 cm), we do notches on the edges, we bend the canvas along these incisions and the knife we pass along the fold line. The first canvas is ready. Roll next to him another roll, customize the picture, usually the displacement of the figure is from 15 to 50 cm Cut the second canvas to the size of the first. In a similar way we measure and cut out the following 5-6 canvases. After cutting the wallpaper, prepare the glue. The modern market offers a wide variety of adhesives: painted, colorless, for heavy vinyl and thin wallpaper. Having chosen a suitable glue, we bred it according to the instructions. Usually this is not a very complicated process. In a container with warm water, pour a fine stream of glue powder, constantly stirring it and not allowing lumps to form. Then we let the glue to swell, we stand it for several minutes and once again vigorously mix it. Now the glue is ready to be applied to the wallpaper. We proceed to the next stage. Back to contents</a>
Application of glue and the beginning of pasting
First of all, the finished glue is applied with a rolleror brush on the wall surface as an additional primer. Then turn the prepared cloth face down and start evenly and densely along the entire length of the glue, carefully smearing corners and edges. It is very convenient to use colored glue, when it is applied it is easy to see where there are no oversaturated areas, and after drying it becomes discolored. 
The correct order of gluing the room with wallpaper. When the cloth is completely covered with glue, add it with the "accordion" glue side inward, without pressing it down the fold. We maintain the wallpaper for the time specified on the package with glue, usually 5-7 minutes. In this case, you should follow the instructions exactly, since dense underexposed wallpaper can become unstuck, and thin overexposed swells and crawls. When the glue has absorbed, take the canvas over the top edge, climb the ladder or chair, apply it under the ceiling, carefully unfold, while simultaneously guiding the edge of the canvas exactly along the planned vertical line. Making sure that the edge of the wallpaper coincides with the control line along the entire length, you can smooth the fabric with a special wallpaper brush or rubber roller. The canvas is carefully stretched, beginning from the top and gradually running the brush down and to the sides, trying to expel the remaining air under the wallpaper and smoothing the folds that appeared. Glue, which fell on the front side of the canvas, we remove with rags or sponge, so that after drying there are no stains left. Immediately after gluing the first strip with a knife, cut off the excess wallpaper from the top along the intended line and from the bottom along the line of the plinth. Similarly, paste the second and subsequent strips of wallpaper to the back of the previous, trying to well fit the edges of the canvas, leaving no gaps and crevices and not forgetting about carefully combining the pattern of wallpaper. When one wall is pasted, all the edges of the canvas should be carefully smeared with a fine brush, as they are most often peeled off. Back to contents</a>
Sealing of corners, door and window openings
The most difficult moment is pasting the corners.But if the first canvas and all subsequent ones are glued evenly, then it will not be so difficult to properly paste over even a not quite even corner. So, we paste over the inner corner of the room. To do this, measure the distance from the edge of the last glued sheet to the corner at the top, middle and bottom of it. Then add 1 cm to the largest of these distances and cut a strip of wallpaper with this width. Thus, after gluing to the wall, this strip will slightly overlap the corner. 
The scheme of gluing wallpaper in the corners. Next, we must draw a strictly vertical line on the next wall that has not yet been glued, having receded from the corner a segment equal to the width of the second strip remaining after cutting the first one. After marking, paste the second strip clearly on this line and smooth with a wallpaper brush. You can use the same scheme for pasting external corners. We glue the doorways in the following order:
Window openings are glued according to the same scheme asdoor, pasting the cloth wallpaper is lapped at the opening angle and carving out excess parts along the fold line. After completing the pasting of the walls, it is necessary for 1-2 days to close the windows and doors in the room so that the walls dry well. Using this technology, you can independently and without much expense pasted the walls of your apartment.
