Puttying of any surfaces ispreparatory operation before finishing. With its help, they achieve that the walls are even and smooth and the wallpaper pasted on them looks beautiful. It is also necessary to putty the corners of the walls before whitewashing or painting them.
Puttying is the preparation of the surface beforefinishing. Putty is a special compound that eliminates various defects and roughness. While it is quite easy to putty a flat surface, puttingtying corners can be difficult for a novice craftsman.
Mixtures for puttying
Scheme for preparing putty.For finishing works, 2 types of putty mixtures are used. The first one - starting - is used to level the walls. It has large fractions of the composition and after it it is necessary to perform finishing puttying. It is intended to prepare the surface of the walls for subsequent finishing operations. The construction market offers putty both in dry form for further independent preparation, and in ready-made form. To prepare the putty, the dry mixture is poured into water at room temperature in the proportions indicated on the package, and thoroughly mixed. Having prepared a fresh solution, putty the walls. Return to the table of contents</a>
Methods of puttying
It is enough to simply putty the room ifbefore this, the walls were plastered well or a plasterboard structure was used for leveling. In the latter case, a fiberglass mesh is used, which is simply pressed into the plaster solution, on top of which a layer of putty is applied. If the corners are uneven, then different methods are used to putty them. Experts, as a rule, use 3 methods.
Puttying corners:a-b — internal; g — external. 1 — sheathing sheets; 2 — paper tape; 3 — putty over the tape; 4 — cover layer. Option 1 involves puttying with a wide spatula. This is the highest quality method. However, you should be prepared for the fact that this work will require significant labor and time costs. Even if the corner has excess plaster mortar, this method allows you to completely remove them. Putty is applied in a thin layer in any direction - from the bottom up or vice versa. Puttying the corners of the walls begins on one side, putting as much pressure on the spatula as possible. Then wait until the composition has completely dried and proceed to the other side. If the surface was poorly plastered before puttying, the process becomes more complicated. In order to remove excess plaster, use various tools - an emery block or a grinding machine. In especially difficult cases, a grinder is used. After removing excess mortar, putty is applied using a wide spatula - first one side of the corner, then the other. If the corners of the walls are uneven, but in the future the walls are planned to be finished for painting, they can be leveled with finishing putty, preventing the formation of drips. Since puttying with finishing putty should be done in several layers, there is no need to use preliminary plastering. If in the future you plan to glue wallpaper, this method of puttying the corners of the walls is not recommended. To make the corners perfectly even, professionals advise using perforated corners, placing them on still wet putty.
