From time to time, the interior of a living space requiresupdates. The simplest and most common way is to change the wallpaper. Here a dilemma arises: to glue the wallpaper yourself or to invite hired workers for this operation.
Scheme for calculating the area of a room for wallpapering.When choosing an independent option, you must be ready to carry out the entire range of preparatory work and perform the gluing operation itself. In order to glue the wallpaper, in addition to the wallpaper itself, you will need:
- Wallpaper glue;
- a container for diluting the glue;
- electric drill with a nozzle-mixer;
- brush or roller;
- knife construction.
Surface preparation: recommendations
If you immediately cover the walls of the room with wallpaper, thensubsequently, you may encounter such unpleasant surprises as peeling rolls or unevenness of the wall. To avoid this, it is recommended to carry out preliminary preparation of the surfaces before finishing. Depending on the initial condition of the wall, the preparation process may include the following stages:
Necessary tools for wallpapering.
- removal of the old coating (wallpaper, bad plaster.). Here it is necessary to adhere to the principle: everything that does not hold well must be removed;
- dedusting and priming the surface;
- leveling by means of putty;
- smoothing of possible irregularities on the layer of putty with the help of a sanding pad or spatula;
- removal of formed dust;
- priming the surface of the wall before gluing wallpaper (very often as a primer under the wallpaper is diluted adhesive).
Special attention should be paid to the corners of the room at the stage of preparatory work. The less they differ from 90°, the easier it will be to work later. Return to contents</a>
Preparation of glutinous solution
Depending on the type of wallpaper purchasedthe type of glue is selected. The instructions for preparing the solution are indicated on its packaging. In a clean container, using a mixer, prepare the adhesive solution from the granules contained in the pack and water. The ratio of components for each type of wallpaper is indicated in the instructions. The general requirement for the quality of the resulting solution is its homogeneity. Also, before starting work, it is usually necessary to wait for some time, during which air bubbles that got in during mixing come out of the solution, and it matures. Return to contents</a>
Additional points
Scheme for gluing wallpaper to walls.
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Direct wallpaper gluing
Scheme for gluing wallpaper in corners.Before gluing the wallpaper, it is necessary to draw a vertical line at some distance from the corner. It will be a reference point that will not allow the sheets to deviate from the vertical. The distance from the corner of the room to the line should be slightly less than the width of the roll. The side edge of the wallpaper with glue applied to it is applied to the reference point marked on the wall. Direct gluing is carried out by pressing the sheet with a roller or a clean dry cloth in the direction from the edge and from top to bottom. Due to the selected distance from the corner of the room, the wallpaper sheet is partially folded onto the adjacent wall. Subsequently, the last roll of wallpaper will be glued to it with an overlap, which will hide possible unevenness of the corners. After the first sheet is installed, proceed to gluing the next ones. The sheets are installed end to end with each other. The gluing process is carried out by smoothing in the direction from top to bottom and from the middle of the roll to the edges. It is necessary to try to avoid the formation of bubbles and folds-wrinkles on the wallpaper. Sometimes, if the bubbles cannot be smoothed out, you have to resort to detaching part of the roll from the wall and gluing it again. It is recommended to carry out the gluing process together with an assistant, although you can do it yourself. You just need to take into account that when working alone, the labor intensity of the process and the likelihood of errors increase dramatically. A rather difficult moment is gluing around switches and sockets. The simplest option, providing a neat appearance, is the method that involves dismantling electrical devices. The electricity is turned off at the input machine to the apartment and gluing is carried out with a solid strip of wallpaper. A piece of wallpaper is cut out with a construction knife directly above the location of the sockets and switches. During the final installation, their body sits on the wallpaper from above, which ensures a neat connection. After installing the bodies of electrical devices in their places, you can connect the electricity. An important point that is often overlooked is the need to close the windows and doors before gluing the wallpaper. The absence of drafts during and for some time (up to 24 hours) after finishing the work is the key to good gluing. From all of the above, it is clear that gluing wallpaper on your own is not such a difficult process. And with a certain amount of accuracy, even one person can handle the job.</ ul>
