Finishing walls with plasterboard is one ofthe most popular options for rough finishing of the surface. After all, structures made of this finishing material are erected quite quickly, are not very dirty and wet. In addition, the surface is even and smooth, so it seems that gluing wallpaper on drywall can be done immediately after installing drywall structures. However, this is not true at all, this type of surface requires a special approach. Therefore, the question of how to prepare drywall for gluing the wall with wallpaper is important and relevant.
With the help of correctly selected wallpaper, you can enliven even the most boring room interior.
Stages of surface preparation
To create an ideal surface for wallpaper, the plasterboard structure requires several stages of finishing. It is important to follow all the rules to get a long-lasting result:
Preparing walls for wallpapering.
Once it is completely done, you can proceed directly to the final finishing of the walls with the selected decorative covering, in our case, wallpaper. Return to the table of contents</a>
Glue the wallpaper
Scheme for gluing wallpaper onto drywall.Wallpapering drywall involves the same steps as wallpapering any other prepared surface. You need to cut the wallpaper into strips of the required length and dilute the glue suitable for the selected type of wallpaper. In order to glue them evenly, you need to mark the wall for the strips. It is best to start doing this from the slope, since it is inconvenient to glue part or half of the strip to the corners. A vertical line is drawn on the wall using a plumb line or a building level, along which the first strip of wallpaper should be glued. If you glue it unevenly, then all the other strips will be located at an angle, which will cause difficulties, for example, when the pattern matches. Then the remaining strips are coated with glue one by one and glued to the wall. You can pre-apply glue to the wall itself - then the wallpaper will adhere to it much more reliably. To prevent the strips from diverging, they need to be joined end to end, not overlapped, as is sometimes done. In addition, it is necessary to ensure that there are no drafts and the temperature is constant, then the material will not peel off. When gluing wallpaper to a prepared plasterboard surface, you need to pay attention to the fact that the joints of the wallpaper strips do not coincide with the joints of the plasterboard sheets. The most difficult and important thing is the rough finishing of the surface. If you properly prepare the plasterboard surface, then gluing the wallpaper will be simple, they will lie flat quite easily, the repair will delight the owners of the house with its beauty and neatness for many years.
