Renovation of an apartment or house can be completelynot complicated, if you think everything through and foresee it. The selection of paints, tools, and preparation of walls for painting are very important when decorating any room.
Scheme of plastering and painting a wall.
Types of surfaces to be painted
The most common decoration of apartments and premises is painting.
Striped wall painting scheme.To understand how, you need to decide on the type of wall surfaces, as well as financial capabilities. Surfaces that can be painted have various types:
- smooth putty, plastered;
- textured plastered;
- faced (tiles, wallpaper, panels).
Each individual case implies its ownpreparation. The most time and effort is spent on leveling, filling and plastering the surfaces being prepared. It is very important to remove old paint, mold stains, rust, and fungus from the walls so that in the future the room will have the same beautiful appearance as originally intended. Return to contents</a>
Surface Alignment
Technology of painting walls. This is possible in the following ways:
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Putties
Rollers for painting walls.At the beginning of these works, according to the instructions, a starting putty is prepared, which contains fine sand and can be applied in a 3-4 mm layer with a wide spatula (60-80 cm) and a small one (20-25 cm). Wooden, steel, rubber spatulas are used. The solution sets in 45 minutes. During the preparation of the walls, it is better to use a reinforcing nylon mesh with 2 mm cells. To do this, a layer of putty is applied to the surface in a strip, the mesh is placed on it and pressed with a spatula. A new layer of putty is applied on top of the finishing version. After 6-8 hours of drying the applied solution, you can begin grinding with a coarse abrasive mesh 120. The final stage is the finishing putty, which is applied in a layer of no more than 1.5-2 mm, while the solution should not contain sand. Smoothing the walls for painting, obtaining a glossy smooth surface is done on a damp surface with a putty mixture that has a consistency like liquid sour cream. This is done with a rectangular trowel. After drying, the surface is sanded with a 60-80 abrasive mesh. If you do not get a smooth surface, you can apply several layers.
Scheme of painting a concrete wall with a roller.You can check the evenness of the walls before you start painting them using a lamp or a spotlight. The light from the lamp should be directed at an oblique angle, then you can see the unevenness using the shadow. These unevennesses must be removed by sanding well so that the painting is of high quality and does not spoil the appearance of the entire room. After complete drying, you must clean the entire surface from dust and suspended matter using only a dry cloth or vacuum cleaner. Return to contents</a>
Uneven surfaces and primer
uneven surfaces have a different design.
The primer is selected depending on the paint,which the surface of the room will be covered. Antibacterial acrylic primer is often used, which is suitable for all paints except oil paints. This primer composition penetrates deep into the material, is non-flammable, and does not allow harmful microorganisms to appear.
