Meter wallpapers remain a curiosity for most domestic users, although they differ from ordinary rolled products only in a width of 1 meter. Thanks to this feature Finishing work take less time and effort, but the task becomes more complicated if you have to work alone. In this case, it is important to know how to glue meter-long wallpapers to one person.
If we talk about the positive aspects of this material, then the following stand out in particular:
- A small number of joints. To finish one room, you will need half as many strips, so you have to worry less about the correct joints. It also gives the impression of a monolithic coating.
- Work speed. Wide fragments cover a large area, it is easy to calculate that it is easier to stick three strips than six.
But there are also some disadvantages:
- The material requires a perfectly prepared base.
- High consumption. Wide wallpaper are more expensive, so if a small strip is not enough, you will have to pay for a whole extra roll.
On a note! Usually wide wallpaper is glued by two or three people, but you can do it yourself if you work quickly.
If a person has already had to glue ordinary half-meter wallpapers, then he will cope with meter-long canvases
Preparatory work
Before sticking wide wallpapers, you need to carry out a number of procedures, which include preparing tools and surfaces, as well as calculating the required amount of material.
How to calculate the footage of wallpaper
Correct calculations will save money, as well as save you from a repeated trip to the store or order additional material on house. The first step is to calculate the perimeter of the room. To do this, you need to measure the length of adjacent surfaces and multiply the result by 2. Let's say one wall is 3 m long and the other 4 m. This means that the perimeter of the room is 14 m. Since we are talking about meter-long wallpaper, 14 strips will be required to cover the wall.
Now you need to find the largest distance from the floor to the ceiling and multiply it by 14. For example, a height of 2.5 m, multiply by 14, it turns out 35 meters. This is the minimum amount of material. If the room has windows, doors, a balcony, and so on, it is better not to subtract their dimensions during calculations, so there will be a supply of material.
Some people think that it is not necessary to seal the area behind the furniture, since the wallpaper will not be visible there. Here the decision is only for the owner of the home, but it is important to remember that when rearranging, a bald spot on the wall will be found. Behind a bulky cabinet that will not move until a new repair, you can not paste over.
When calculating the amount of material, it is recommended to take into account 1-2 rolls of stock. They may be required not only during pasting, but also after. If there are children or animals in the house, then damage to the wallpaper is a matter of time. So that later you don’t have to look for the same ones to replace the site or completely re-paste, it’s better to immediately purchase a stock.
Surface preparation
When sticking meter-long wallpapers, the most difficult stage is the preparatory one, as is the case with any other types of these products. If the apartment goes overhaul or finishing after putting the facility into operation, then all of the following activities must be carried out during work with the ceiling. So, you need to do the following:
Wallpapering is done only on clean and well-primed walls. - Remove the front panels from all sockets and switches, carefully seal the resulting holes.
- Remove all fasteners from the walls: screws, nails, dowels, and so on.
- If there is a coating on the walls, you need to remove it. As a result, not even a single fragment of the finishing material should remain.
- Check if the walls are even. To do this, attach a building level to them at different points.
- For small curvature, it is enough to use a finishing putty, for a serious blockage, plastering may be required.
- Wait for the material to dry and sand the area.
- Before gluing wallpaper on the walls, it is necessary to treat the coating with a primer. This material will increase adhesion and save on glue. The drying time for the compositions is different, but usually it is several hours.
Required Tools
To carry out the work you will need:
- wide brush, roller or brush for applying glue;
- container and construction mixer for the preparation of the composition;
- ruler, level, stationery knife, marker or pencil;
- rubber spatula and roller for ironing wallpaper;
- rag to remove adhesive residue.
For gluing walls with wide canvases, a generally accepted wallpaper tool is used. pasting
Step-by-step instructions on how to glue wallpaper alone:
- cook adhesive composition according to the instructions on the package.
- Use a level and a pencil to mark the upper border.
- Bend a small part of the strip to form a corner.
- Lean the material against the wall and press firmly.
- Iron pasted wallpaper rubber spatula moving from the center to the edges. You can also use a roller to expel the air.
- Trim off excess with a metal spatula and utility knife.
- Inspect the strip and make sure it is fully adhered to the base.
Raw wallpaper does not cut well, so in some cases you will have to wait.
Regardless of the width of the canvas, pasting the room occurs according to a single scheme. Docking
The glued canvas must go end-to-end with the adjacent one. If there are drawings on the wallpaper, then it is important to adjust them in height. During gluing, the strip must be smoothed at the same time and ensure that it does not move away from the previous one. At the same time, it is forbidden to stretch the material in order to achieve docking; after drying, it will pull back and a gap will remain.
Joints are rolled special roller, an attempt to forcefully tighten the sheets at the seam will cause a gap to appear after drying
On a note! If you need to glue non-woven wallpaper, then they can be moved over the surface for 10 minutes after pasting. If a different type of wallpaper is used, then it is worth choosing glue without additives that speed up drying.
If the joint does not work, you can overlap the wallpaper, and then cut off the excess with a clerical knife. The remaining non-glued side should be smeared with glue and ironed with a rubber roller.
Docking wallpaper overlap with pruning Pasting in hard-to-reach places
Now about how to glue the wallpaper alone in the corners, behind the battery, above the doorway. It is better to arrange them at the main stage of pasting. To do this, leave a small overlap (about 2 cm), which will go to the adjacent wall. To glue the wallpaper behind and under the battery, you need to cut the material into small fragments and pick up a pattern. After that, the pieces are glued to the wall, as described above.
A simple way to glue the wall behind the radiator Another difficulty that you will have to face is pasting the area with sockets. If at the preliminary stage front panel was removed and the voltage turned off, then you just need to glue the strip, not paying attention to the hole, and then cut through the wallpaper with a knife. If you get jagged edges - it's okay, the front panel will hide these flaws. In the case of door jambs, it is necessary to stick the canvas with a margin of 5 mm. After smoothing, the excess length is trimmed or covered with a platband.
It is advisable to cut holes for sockets and switches after the canvas has dried. Before you work alone with meter-long wallpaper, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with some expert advice:
- There should be no drafts in the room, suitable temperature regime- from +5 to +25 C. In addition, it is also quite difficult to work in damp rooms, so at the preparatory stage it is necessary to ventilate and carefully close the room.
- If sticking is planned in the cold season, it is better to turn off the radiator. If it is not possible to do this, it is recommended to reschedule the work for the time when the central heating is turned off.
- Most adhesives are universal, but when choosing, it is better to ask the seller what type of product this composition is suitable for. This will help to better fix the wallpaper on the surface.
- If defects were noticed immediately after gluing, in particular uneven joints, it is necessary to lift the canvas with a spatula and correct the problem. It is very important not to pull the strips.
- After gluing, sometimes there are difficulties with cutting the material. To do this, use a clerical knife or scissors. It is necessary to press the excess part with a spatula and draw a knife along the markup. In the case of scissors, it is necessary to bend the edge along the markup and cut it off.
- If there are uneven cuts at the top or bottom of the wall, do not try to fix it. As practice shows, this will lead to bad consequences. It is better to purchase skirting boards that will hide the flaws.
If ceiling fillets are not provided, then the perimeter can be cultivated using a frieze Non-woven wallpaper is one of the most popular and versatile wall decoration materials. This is explained by their a wide range and excellent quality.
It should be remembered that non-woven wallpaper masks the imperfections of the walls.
In addition, meter-long wallpapers are much faster to glue than standard-width wallpapers. Non-woven wallpapers are non-woven or completely made of non-woven.
Characteristics of non-woven wallpaper
The composition of this material is fabric and paper fibers impregnated with special binders.
Flizelin is durable and easy to use. It has long been used in the textile industry: added to fabric to give strength and volume.
These meter wallpapers are presented in a wide range colors, texture and density. quick and easy. They do not tear, do not stretch, do not shrink after applying glue. The finishing material perfectly masks small defects and cracks on the walls.
Non-woven wallpaper does not wear out and retains its original appearance for a very long time. beautiful view. They lend themselves well to coloring without losing their relief structure and quality.
The top of the wallpaper vinyl flooring. This gives the material strength and lightness, which cannot be said about paper wallpaper.
The variety of textures of this finishing material allows you to imitate any kind of surface: plaster, wood, marble, stone.
The multi-layered interlining allows you to create the illusion of a three-dimensional image. Thanks to such special effects, the room can be visually enlarged.
How to glue non-woven wallpaper? This material so versatile that it can be applied to any surface: concrete panels, drywall, chipboard sheets, plaster, wood, paper.
But if the meter-long wallpaper is thin enough, then it is preferable to glue them on a flat and smooth surface. If it is a concrete base, then it is necessary to putty all cracks and irregularities. If the wallpaper is planned in light colors, then the base must be of a single color.
For example, if the wallpaper will be glued to drywall, then you must first putty the joints of the sheets, and then apply one layer of putty to the entire surface so that it becomes homogeneous.
Caring for the non-woven coating is very simple: any dirt can be wiped with a damp cloth using a cleaning solution. In the case of paper wallpaper, this cannot be done: a dirty paper coating can only be replaced.
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Preparing the surface for pasting with meter wallpaper
To work, you will need the following tools:
- laser level;
- tape measure and pencil;
- roller with a long pile;
- plastic and metal spatulas;
- mounting knife;
- two containers: for glue and water;
- soft sponge.
The preparation of the walls begins with the dismantling of the old coating. old paper wallpaper it is good to remove with a spatula, after wetting the walls and leaving them for a few minutes.
If the walls are painted, then you have to work hard here: old paint difficult to peel off with a spatula and sandpaper. The best option To do this, use a drill with a nozzle. A metal brush is suitable as a nozzle.
When the base under the wallpaper is cleaned, it must be primed. This is done for good adhesion of the finishing material to the walls.
Using a level on the walls, mark vertical lines in increments of one meter. But the width of these wallpapers is slightly larger, 1.06 m. This margin is needed for possible deformation, shrinkage or edge correction.
Before pasting, the wallpaper must be cut immediately on all walls. If the wallpaper is with a displaced pattern, then the material must obviously be bought with a margin. If the colors are uniform, then there will be no difficulties with joining the pattern.
If the preliminary repair was carried out in accordance with all the rules: the walls and floor, the ceiling were leveled, then all strips of wallpaper would be the same length.
If produced redecorating without leveling the surfaces, then, most likely, the height of the walls in different areas will be different. This means that the lengths of the strips will also be different.
Roll cutting is performed on clean floor by putting wallpaper front part way down. Measure the required length of the strip, make a mark and cut it off with a mounting knife.
When combining patterns, the first strip should be applied to the unrolled roll in the place where the image joint will be. The joint of the pattern will be the beginning of the length of the second strip. In this case, part of the wallpaper goes to waste. However, large pieces of material can be useful for gluing in non-critical places: behind the battery, cornice, curtain.
Glue should be for non-woven wallpaper. The technology of its preparation is simple. According to the instructions, the dry composition is poured in a thin stream into water until the desired consistency is obtained. Having removed lumps from the composition, you can proceed to pasting.
“The repair cannot be completed, it can only be stopped!”, M. Zhvanetsky wrote in one of his miniatures. Is everything so bad? How to glue meter-long wallpapers on your own so that neither the quality of work, nor relationships in the family suffer, and the repair would not drag on for centuries? Let's figure it out.
Wallpaper meter - a sign of the new time
Wallpaper replacement has always been a common thing in our family. Everyone participated: someone took out excess furniture, someone cleared the walls of old paper panels, someone marked and cut what should come to replace them. Then they started spreading the paste, pasting, combining patterns, etc. This is where things got interesting. It could not do without mutual claims: either the leaves and flowers do not converge, then the overlap is small, then large, or even not enough in length. Is it a joke, standard width Soviet wallpaper 53 cm on the walls of an 18-meter room, it was necessary to cut and glue more than 30 canvases 2.5 m long.
Today, much has changed, including in the field apartment renovation. Foreign manufacturers, whose products are now in abundance on our market, offer many options for wallpaper, and this applies not only to colors, patterns, materials from which they are made, but also to the length and width of the panels. So, for example, the Italians today produce rolls of 106 cm and 70 cm, the Belgians - 90, 100, 140, the French - 70 and 90 cm. Our enterprises still keep the standard of 53 cm.
Specialists involved in the wallpaper business have long dubbed overseas specimens as non-standard, wide or simply meter-long wallpapers. Neither give nor take such a sign of the new time.
For the most part, wide wallpapers have a non-woven base. However, there are also paper, bamboo, fabric ones. Meter canvases can be light, heavy, for each type you need to select required type adhesive specified by the manufacturer on the package. Please note that if you have not achieved perfection in wall pasting, then you cannot purchase glue that hardens in a few minutes, this is only for professional craftsmen.
The website site masters have prepared a special calculator for you. You can easily calculate required amount wallpaper.
How to glue meter wallpaper - the pros and cons
If you decide to update the wallpaper in the room, then, first of all, try to approach the choice of a new home design as responsibly as possible. Undoubtedly, outlets now there is a huge number, but it would be better to go all the same to where there will be an opportunity to examine the panel on a special stand in expanded form and with long distance. It's no secret that in a roll and on a wall, as they say in Odessa, these are two big differences!
By the way, remember that vertical stripes visually increase the height of your room, and horizontal ones seem to push the walls apart. So be careful and be careful again! It is better to weigh and count again before buying this or that type of wallpaper.
If we talk about the positive aspects of wide rolls, then the main one is a significant reduction in the number of seams, due to which a so-called “seamless” effect is created. How is it achieved, you ask? The answer is simple: if the mentioned 18-meter room needed 30 and a half standard half-meter canvases, then the wide ones would need to be half as many - there will also be fewer joints, which means they will not be so conspicuous.
It is probably unnecessary to say that applying glue to 15-16 tapes will take significantly less time than the same operation with three dozen. Yes, and cost physical strength it's incomparable. And the procedure for pasting walls with such panels, in general, is no different. And, by the way, many who decide to make repairs, for sure, will be attracted by the moment that meter-long wallpapers, as it turned out, are able to save money on your budget. The fact is that in most cases one wide roll is still cheaper than two standard 50-cm ones. In addition, non-woven wallpaper will also be the most durable.
It would be dishonest to you, having talked about the advantages, to keep silent about the difficulties of working with meter-long canvases. But they still exist. So, wide wallpaper assumes that it sticks to perfectly flat surfaces, since any flaws, irregularities will not allow you to achieve perfect joining of adjacent canvases. Namely, this, I recall, is their main "seamless" plus. But in principle, this is solvable, since there are more than enough options.
The large width of the roll is fraught with another danger - you may not have enough of the last full tape with a width of just a couple of centimeters. Collect a fragment from pieces? This is hardly the way out. You have to buy a whole roll. With standard rolls, it is easier to adjust the number of panels to the width of the walls. Well, and one more thing, which, however, can only be called a minus with a stretch. It is quite difficult to glue meter wallpapers alone. You will definitely need an assistant. I don’t know about you, but for our family this is not a question - we also glued Soviet standard wallpapers with four hands, so we have worked out this moment.
How to glue non-woven meter wallpaper - step by step instructions
If the choice of material for pasting the walls has already been made, then we get to work. Let's repeat it again: before gluing non-woven wallpaper meter wide, it is necessary to carefully level the surface, because the flaws of the walls will not allow the canvases to be joined qualitatively.
How to glue non-woven meter wallpaper - step by step diagram
Step 1: Surface preparation
True, we note that non-woven fabric, due to its features (thickness and softness), is still able to hide the smallest irregularities. Old wallpaper even with perfect walls you need to remove it, if they don’t give in, then wet it, and the paper will give in. If the wall is rough after processing, this is even good - the connection of the wall, glue and canvas will be better.
Step 2: Remove drafts
Remember that for pasting walls with any wallpaper, the temperature regime is important, and the absence of drafts until completely dry is a guarantee that the joints will not disperse, the canvases will not “bubble” and they will not be led. This may take a day, or maybe three.
Step 3: Turn off the light, remove everything superfluous
Before starting work, do not forget to turn off the electricity in the room being repaired, remove the top covers of sockets and switches. When the wallpaper is dry, you will cut the canvas in the right places crosswise and return the covers to their original places. You should also remove all fasteners, screws, nails, dowels from the walls for a while.
Step 4: Prepare the Glue
We take up the preparation of glue, which, as you remember, must necessarily correspond to the type of wallpaper you have chosen. In the vessel in which you are going to dilute it, pour water and, shaking in a circle, pour glue in a thin stream. After thoroughly mixing the mass, let it brew - the required period and other features will be indicated on the package. Usually it is 15 minutes.
Step 5: Marking the Wall
As with any wallpaper, experts recommend starting to paste over the walls from the window. Although in the case of meter rolls and non-woven, in particular, due to the fact that they are glued end-to-end, you can start from where it will be more convenient and economical for you in terms of material consumption. To evenly glue the first fragment, use a plumb line, ruler and pencil to draw a perfectly vertical line, from which you will start pasting.
Step 6: Cut the canvases
Are you ready to cut the required length of web from the roll? Leave a reserve on the ceiling and floor sides - 10 cm is enough. When the wallpaper is dry, you can cut off everything superfluous with a sharp clerical knife. And when pasting, if it suddenly turns out that you need to move the canvas up or down, you will have such an opportunity, since non-woven wallpaper allows you to do this within 10 minutes.
Step 7: Getting Started with Pasting
If everyone preparatory stages passed - to the point! Thoroughly mix the glue again and apply it with a wide brush to that part of the wall where, according to the markings, the first tape will go. As you know, non-woven fabrics are not lubricated with glue, and therefore, together with a partner, carefully apply dry wallpaper to the right place and proceed to smooth the fabric. This work is traditionally done from the top down and from the center to the edges. It is convenient to use a special roller for this, and pick up excess glue along the edges with a damp cloth. We glue the second canvas as close as possible and attach it with an edge. If necessary, we connect the drawing. Repeat this operation the prescribed number of times, and the job will be done.
Step 8: Taping awkward spots
Particular attention should be paid to pasting the so-called uncomfortable places. We are talking about corners, openings and behind radiators. Nothing complicated, it just takes a little more time. The fabric is glued so that it is slightly on the corner wall. On the other wall with the second tape do the same. Then, using a ruler and a sharp knife, a vertical incision is made through these canvases. Raising the edges, remove the excess parts of the wallpaper, and, having smeared the junction with additional glue, apply the canvas back. For pasting places behind the battery, you will have to cut convenient small parts.
By the way, do not forget that when pasting the walls of the room with new wallpaper, you can show your imagination. Moreover, we can talk about experiments with both color and forms. will definitely make your home completely unique.
Instruction
Wide wallpapers, of course, have enough advantages over the usual ones. subtle views. So, meter-long wallpapers simplify pasting work, reduce the number of seams, which often spoil general form rooms, and also reduce the cost of acquiring such material for wall decoration, since one roll of meter-long wallpaper costs a little less than two similar small ones.
Prepare wallpaper, special glue for non-woven wallpaper, building water level, pencil, tape measure, glue roller and bucket, plastic spatula, soft-bristled brush, knife, polyethylene film and a roller for rolling the edge.
Prepare the room. To do this, you must completely remove the previous coating, align the walls if necessary, remove all sockets and switches, insulate the wires. Mark the room. Marking should be started from the corner of the room, as there will be overlapping wallpaper pasted over. Set aside one meter on both sides of the corner and make a vertical mark with a pencil and a level, approximately the height of your height. Make these marks every 1.06 m (width of the tube), marking the exact distance with a tape measure.
Spread the film on the floor of the room so that the wallpaper does not get dirty and glue does not get on the floor. Determine the height of the wall by measuring it with a tape measure. Roll the tube over the film face down. Mark your length (wall height) + 10 cm.
Bend the roll and return with it to the starting point so that, by cutting off the length, you end up with two strips of wallpaper. Run your finger along the fold, making it more even and precise.
Cut the folds with a prepared, well-sharpened knife. Prepare, thus, strips of wallpaper for the entire room.
Dilute according to instructions wallpaper glue and let it stand in a bucket until it swells completely. Dip the roller into the glue and spread the area for the first panel (the first strip) on the wall. Take the first strip of wallpaper and attach it to the wall. It is important to know that pasting the strip starts from above (from the ceiling) and stretches downwards.
Take a brush and smooth the panel along the entire length from the middle to the edges. Do the same with a plastic spatula. The canvas should fit snugly against the wall and not have bubbles. Cut off the stock that turned out at the floor, if there is one. When doing this, consider the width of the plinth, which will be subsequently fixed.
Glue the second strip in the same way. When pasting a corner, the wall should be abundantly smeared with glue. Here, two strips of wallpaper are placed on top of each other, that is, there is an overlapping pasting. In this case, the wallpaper is tightly pressed with a spatula and the corner is cut, after which the seams are evenly joined. Take the roller and roll it gently over the seams. Carry out the same actions with other canvases, joining them with each other along the marked lines.
You should know that there is no better and comfortable material for pasting walls than non-woven wallpaper.
If you plan to decorate the ceiling and walls with a fillet, then initially you need to paste them, and then proceed to wallpapering.
How to glue non-woven wallpaper: technology
This type of material has the following advantages:
- The width of the roll is approximately 1 m, resulting in much fewer joints in the room than with conventional wallpaper.
- Increased material wear resistance and abrasion resistance.
- Can hide small cracks and other defects on the base of the wall.
- If you want to change the decoration of the walls, old stuff can be easily removed from the wall when dry, that is, you do not need to spend time soaking the wallpaper.
- High light fastness.
- You can paste over the wall from a roll. In this case, the working area will be reduced to a minimum.
- Can be produced wet cleaning improvised means.
- The material is able to pass steam and air, while it will not change its texture and size, which cannot be said about ordinary wallpaper.
- Minimum amount of debris and dirt. This is due to the fact that the glue will need to be applied exclusively to the wall.
- You can paint many times, which allows you to change the interior design.
- The material is made from environmentally friendly raw materials.
- Wall-paper conforms to all norms of sanitation.
- The material can be glued both on the walls and on the ceiling.
Wall cleaning scheme old finish: a) cleaning, b) smoothing, c) moving the tool.
Before gluing meter non-woven wallpaper, you will need to measure the height of the walls. If the junction of the wall and ceiling is decorated with a fillet, then it must be glued before pasting the walls with wallpaper.
Height will need to be measured from floor to ceiling or fillet, if the latter is used. To the value that will be obtained, you will need to add 10 cm for a margin.
On the wall from which wallpapering will begin, at a distance of 1 m from the corner, you will need to beat off a strictly vertical line, for which you need to use a plumb line and a long ruler.
A plumb line can be made with your own hands from a cord of the desired length, while a heavy bolt or nut must be tied to one of its ends.
Elements that will be needed to glue the non-woven material:
- The wall decoration material.
- Construction sharp knife.
- Putty knife.
- Primer.
- Putty.
- Special glue.
- A plumb line or a long ruler.
- Rag.
- Meter.
- Roller or brush for wallpaper.
Completion of all preparatory work
Before sticking wallpaper, you will need to prepare the wall. You need to make sure that the wall is completely flat, there are no bumps, cracks or any other noticeable defects on it. The base will need to be thoroughly cleaned of the old coating.
To make it easy to remove old wallpaper, you need to wet the coating. This can be done using water and a rag. The wetted material can be removed from the wall with a spatula.
If the wall is not perfectly flat and you need to repair work before gluing the non-woven material in the corners and other problem areas, you will need to perform puttying. After that, the wall must be primed with glue or with a primer. deep penetration. If glue has been chosen, it is recommended to make a weaker mixture.
Speaking about how to glue non-woven wallpaper, you should know that there are 2 basic rules that you need to follow:
- The surface on which it is planned to glue the non-woven material must be dry and even.
- There should be no drafts and air currents in the room, for example, from an air conditioner. All windows in the room must be tightly closed.
Next, you need to prepare the material for gluing and painting. To do this, cut them into strips. It is important to remember that you need to leave allowances of 10 cm on each of the canvases. It is important to remember about the observance of the drawing, if necessary.
How to apply glue on wallpaper?
The material must be glued from the corner, from top to bottom. In this case, you will need to consistently smooth it in the vertical direction using a roller or a wallpaper brush.
You need to press lightly so that the new layer lies end-to-end to the edge of the glued one.
Glue will need to be smeared not on the reverse side of the material, as is done in the case of ordinary wallpaper but only on the wall.
The scheme of applying glue to the wallpaper: 1. Spreading the canvas with a paste. 2. Folding the canvas in half.
Important to choose right glue, which is suitable for gluing non-woven wallpaper. Any employee of the store, which specializes in the sale of materials for construction and decoration, can help with the choice.
It is important to know that the advantage of such a material is that in this case it is not necessary to withstand a certain amount of time to impregnate the wallpaper.
Such a material is able to ensure the stability of the shape and size of the sheets. Before applying the adhesive to the wall, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the information that is indicated on the packaging of the adhesive mixture and on the wallpaper roll.
Glue must be applied to the wall, which was previously prepared.
How to glue non-woven wallpaper: a sequence of work
After applying the adhesive solution, you need to take the first strip of wallpaper, adjust it in height, and then stick it along the broken line on the wall. The second side needs to be tucked into a corner. Don't worry if you can't get an exact match at the top of the wall, because at the end the wallpaper that will protrude can be trimmed. First you just need to turn them up. Next, you need to start smoothing the material, expelling air from under it. To do this, use a wallpaper roller, spatula or a piece of clean cloth.
After smoothing, you need to take a large-width metal spatula and a sharp knife. The spatula is used as a guide for the knife, it is applied to the junction of the wall and ceiling. After that, cut off the excess wallpaper with a knife. If you can't cut the raw wallpaper, you will need to wait until it dries, and then try to cut it again. If the wallpaper in some places was not completely glued, it may be necessary to glue the material.
How to glue meter-long non-woven wallpaper end-to-end?
Each layer is glued end to end with the previous one. In this case, there will be no problems if the wall was leveled at the preparation stage.
In the process of gluing a new layer end-to-end to the previous one, you will need to adjust it in height. A clear joint is not allowed to be achieved by stretching the material. Even if it can be done at first, after the glue dries, the wallpaper will disperse.
If you can’t achieve a perfect joint and monotonous wallpaper without patterns is used, you can go for a trick. The canvas must be glued overlapping with the previous one, while the intersection should be about 2-3 cm. Further with the help of a sharp construction knife it is necessary to make a through cut in the place where the canvases intersect. It is important to cut through 2 layers at the same time. At the end, you need to remove the trimmings, coat the joint with an adhesive mixture and straighten the layers, getting an even joint.
How to glue wallpaper in hard-to-reach places and corners?
Particular attention should be paid to the process of wallpapering walls in hard-to-reach places. In this case, we mean the location of sockets, batteries, switches and the ceiling. The edges of the wallpaper must be smeared with an adhesive mixture to ensure that they are securely attached to the base of the wall. It is highly recommended not to allow the adhesive solution to get on the main side of the canvas. If for some reason this happens, you will need to quickly remove the glue from the wallpaper using a damp cloth. Next, the wallpaper must be wiped with a dry base.
Glue non-woven wallpaper next to sockets and switches should be carefully, while the electricity will need to be turned off. Before that, you should measure what size strips will be needed, and then cut them out.
After the adhesive mixture has dried, a recess must be made in the place of the hole. required dimensions. At the end of all work, you will need to screw in place all the sockets and other elements.
If you plan to glue this type of material on the ceiling, then you should know that the technology is no different from wallpapering walls. The only difference is that in this case you need to find an assistant who can hold the wallpaper.
In the corners, the canvas must be glued so that the overlap on the adjacent wall is approximately 2-3 cm. If a large layer is tucked during the gluing process, then it must be cut sharp knife to the required size.
There are 2 options for how to stick a finishing material of this type in the corners of the room:
- The first method is used when you need to stick a material with a pattern. The canvas must be glued from the corner, while the overlap with another layer should be approximately 2-3 cm. The overlap can hide the defect if there is an uneven corner.
- Another way is for plain wallpaper. The canvas should be glued from the corner, after which cut 2 canvases with a knife, remove the excess and straighten the joint at the end.
How to paint non-woven wallpaper?
If after pasting the room with wallpaper you need to paint the material, then you need to know that water-based paints that are resistant to abrasion and cleaning are best suited. It is recommended to use latex or acrylic paints that have the effect of silk. If you choose these materials, you can emphasize the texture of the wallpaper.
The first coat of paint is applied approximately 24 hours after the adhesive has dried. To do this, you need to use a roller that matches the type of paint purchased. An employee of the same store will help you choose it. The second and all other layers of paint are applied after a few hours.
Gluing such wallpapers is quite simple, it is only important to prepare the base and follow the sequence of actions.
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