What do you need to wallpaper. How to glue wallpaper correctly: the nuances of preparing the base and a detailed description of the work process. How to glue vinyl and non-woven wallpaper

Wallpaper appeared in the 16th century and is still a popular way to decorations home interior, bringing personality to the living space.

To bring a fresh breath into your interior, you need to approach the issue of wallpapering with skill and even a certain skill.

Let's figure it out how to glue wallpaper.

What wallpaper is better to glue

Non-woven wallpaper(non-woven wallpaper) are more environmentally friendly than vinyl wallpapers. At the same time, when gluing non-woven wallpaper glue is applied to the wall, whereas when gluing vinyl wallpaper glue is applied to the wallpaper itself.

There are non-woven wallpapers that you can color after gluing with water-dispersion paints.

When choosing wallpaper, you need to take into account the humidity of the rooms in which you are going to glue the canvas, as well as the condition of the walls.

Vinyl wallpaper can be used in the toilet, bathroom or kitchen. With minor contamination, they can be wipe with a damp cloth dipped in a mild detergent solution. For dry rooms, such as a corridor, any type of wallpaper is suitable.

However, there are also expensive non-woven wallpapers, which can also be wiped with a damp cloth.

If there are irregularities on the walls, then they can be covered embossed wallpaper, wallpaper with a dense pattern or with a large cell.

As you can see, there are many factors what wallpaper better to glue, Therefore, in each case, you need to approach the issue individually.

Remember that there are several visual patterns of wallpaper patterns:

• If the pattern is in the form of vertical stripes, then visually the room is made high and narrow.
• Large ornaments or cross stripes create a sense of low ceilings and wide space.
• Rooms with dark ceilings make them look low.

Wallpaper in light colors give a feeling of spaciousness.

How to glue paper wallpaper

It is very important when gluing wallpaper to comply with all technology. All tools must be cleaned and washed. The brushes must be absolutely clean.

We prepare the surface (walls) for gluing.

Some experts advise to glue additional wallpaper or newspaper in case of irregularities on the wall. to smooth out irregularities.

If your surface flat, then you can safely glue wallpaper on it.

If there are sufficiently large irregularities on the wall from paint, old wallpaper and other repair work, additionally align walls. This is done using a pointed object, such as a spatula or sandpaper.

You can use special solution to remove wallpaper. Also for these purposes there is a special steam cleaner.

Cracks and large depressions are puttied or cemented.

Ideally, you need to plaster the surface for correct wallpapering.

After that, it is better to soak the walls special primer, which can be purchased at any hardware store, which will prevent the appearance of fungus and mold in the future. Also, a primer is necessary for a good adhesion of the wallpaper to the surface.

After the walls are prepared for gluing, we proceed to the preparation of the wallpaper itself. First, you need measure the surface to be glued and approximately calculate how many rolls of wallpaper you need.

The length of the standard wallpaper is 10 m therefore, each roll will need to be cut into approximately 3-4 pieces (depending on the height of your ceilings).

If you have wallpaper with a pattern, then you need to purchase a canvas with a margin because you have to cut them off in order to "fit" the drawing correctly.

Wallpaper glue

For each type of wallpaper, it is necessary to choose the right glue. Paper wallpaper is glued universal adhesive.

For vinyl, embossed and heavy wallpaper, apply glue for vinyl wallpaper.

Non-woven wallpaper glued glue for non-woven wallpaper.

It should also be noted that if you are going, in addition to wallpapering, to paint the ceiling, then it is better to do this first.

Follow precise instructions on a pack of powder or concentrated wallpaper glue when diluted with water. If there is not enough water, then the glue will be too thick and if there is a lot of water, then the glue will become too liquid and as a result, the wallpaper will not stick to the wall.

Already exist ready-made adhesives. In this case, you will only need to shake up such glue, and it is ready for use.

A few tricks on how to glue wallpaper on the walls

Before you start gluing the first canvas, you should hang plumb to the ceiling, to draw a precise guideline.

Definitely needed prevent any drafts, So close all windows and doors.

At gluing vinyl (paper) wallpaper it will be more convenient to apply glue on the table, but you can do this manipulation on the floor. We apply the glue with a brush or roller in a thick layer so that they can be moved on the wall. Excess glue already on the glued canvas can be squeezed out with a damp sponge.

After you have applied glue to the wallpaper, you can fold the glued strip into two or three layers and let the glue soak in and in the meantime, apply glue to the next canvas. Wallpapers for paper basis must be impregnated for 5 minutes, and other types of wallpaper must be impregnated for 7-10 minutes (depending on the density of the wallpaper).

You will be much more comfortable adhesive wallpaper with a partner. After all, it is much more convenient when one feeds the roll, and the other, standing on a stepladder, glues it, clinging the wallpaper from top to bottom and gently applying it to the joints.

Here's another tip: glue wallpaper from windows to doors on each side of the room so that the joints are less noticeable.

If you have thick wallpaper (no matter what type and material), then glue them butt, and if thin - overlap.

If bubbles remain on the wallpaper that are not squeezed out, then carefully pierce such places with a pin to let the air out. It is possible that your wallpaper will have bulges - this is not a big deal, because when the wallpaper dries, the bulges will disappear. If the bulges have not disappeared, it should re-glue such paintings.

After the wallpaper has already been placed on the walls, you need to smooth the joints small roller. If you are dealing with embossed wallpaper, then use a clean rag instead of a roller, which will prevent damage to the structure of the wallpaper.

Excess edges on the ceiling and curly walls should be cut with a knife until the glue dries. Over time, glue will harden and accumulate on your knife, so wash the knife periodically in hot water.

You may encounter a problem such as gluing wallpaper near the radiator. Near the radiator mounts and pipes, you can simply cut the wallpaper and paste it in this way hard-to-reach places. To glue the canvas behind the radiator, you can use mop, having previously wound dry and clean material on it, such as a rag.

Important! When performing wallpapering work, be sure to turn off the power supply in the room where the work is carried out (sockets, switches).

Before wallpapering, remove housings from sockets and switches.

Wallpaper can be glued directly to the holes where the electrical wires are located, and after the canvas dries, make it in the place of the electrical wires incision with a knife criss cross.

Take out the furniture and cover with a film those items that cannot be removed. Remove shelves and decorations, sockets and switches from the walls, as well as, if possible, door trims and skirting boards.

Wallpapering is a wet job. Therefore, be sure to turn off the electricity.

If this cannot be done in only one room, insulate the ends of the wires and close them with plugs.

For a dark room, you can make temporary lighting. For example, stretch extension cords from another room and put desktop ones.

If the floors are finished with a material that is afraid of moisture, cover them with plastic wrap.

How to remove old wallpaper

If you stick new wallpaper on the old one, the result is unlikely to suit you. The top layer of old paper wallpaper can peel off after contact with water-based glue, and when it dries, a bubble is likely to form in this place. And if there is a convex pattern on the previous wallpaper, then the new coating will turn out to be uneven.

In addition, due to poor ventilation of the walls under the wallpaper, it can form.

You can remove the old paper coating with a spatula. Pry off the wallpaper with them, pull the bent part and tear it off the walls.

To facilitate the process, soften the glue that holds the old wallpaper. To do this, you will need a container of water, a scraper and a sponge. Dampen the canvases with water using a roller or spray them with a spray bottle. Scrape off the wallpaper with a scraper and wash off the residue with a wet sponge.

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For greater efficiency can be slightly dissolved in water. It will definitely help if there are wallpapers on the walls that could not be removed with ordinary water.

Thus, you can easily and fairly quickly remove paper wallpapers. But on non-woven or vinyl, you must first walk with a needle roller in order to violate the integrity of the cover.

Sometimes the wallpaper is treated with hot steam, carried out on them with a spiked roller, and only then moistened. Through the holes, water will penetrate better.

If water does not help, it can be replaced with special wallpaper removers. Such compositions dissolve the adhesive.

How to remove paint

On a smooth surface, the wallpaper will not last long, so you need to get rid of the paint layer. You can clean it off with the same spatula, but it will take a lot of time.

You can use a puncher with a wide blade or a grinder with a grinding nozzle. Please note that there will be a lot of dust in the process. So don't forget to wear a mask.

There are also special solutions designed to remove paint. They are applied to the surface with a roller or a wide brush, moving in one direction. After the time indicated on the package, the paint will soften, and then it will be much easier to remove it.

Keep in mind that such products are very toxic and disappear for a long time. It is necessary to work with gloves, goggles and a respirator and with open windows.

A building hair dryer can also come to the rescue. Under its influence, the paint melts and is easily removed with a scraper or spatula. In this case, you can’t do without a respirator either: there will be a pungent smell in the room.

This video shows the process of removing paint with a building dryer:

How to prepare the walls

After getting rid of the old finishing coatings walls must be primed. This will prevent the appearance of mold and prevent the putty and new wallpaper from falling off.

The primer must be applied from the bottom up. It is most convenient to do this with a roller, and in the corners with a brush.

Then you need to wait until the liquid dries. It takes about 10-15 hours, but the exact time should be indicated on the package.

After small irregularities, holes or chips on the walls are hidden with a layer of putty. It is applied with a wide spatula and leveled with even pressure.

The drying time of the putty is also indicated on the packaging.

After the putty has dried, level the surface of the walls with a grater with an abrasive mesh fixed on it. Then clean the walls with a brush and a damp cloth to remove any dust that has formed.

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After that, the walls need to be treated again with a regular shop primer.

You can also use a weak solution of wallpaper paste: about 300 g per 10-12 liters of water. A primer made of PVA construction glue will cost much less: it is enough to dilute 2 cups in a 10-liter bucket of water. These methods are effective, but they will not protect the walls from the reproduction of microorganisms, since the adhesive does not have antiseptic properties.

After the final coat of primer has dried, wallpaper can be glued.

How to measure and cut wallpaper

If the wallpaper does not require matching the pattern, you can simply measure the height of the wall with a tape measure and cut off required amount from the wallpaper rolled out on the floor. To make the strip even, the wallpaper is folded in half and cut along the fold.

If the walls in the apartment are not very even, you will have to measure the length of each strip.

If the wallpaper needs to be customized according to the pattern, you will have to act a little differently. It is necessary to cut the strips from two rolls at once. Wallpaper consumption in this case will be less than if you customize the pattern using only one roll.

First, cut one strip, lay it face up on the floor, roll out the second roll and attach it to the strip so that the pattern matches. After that, you can cut a new strip.

Lifehacker spoke in great detail about the calculation of the required number of wallpapers in this article:

And yes, don't throw away the scraps. They can be used near windows or above a door.

Wallpaper should be glued in a circle, that is, one strip after another. The place where you start gluing is really not so important. However, for many, the usual starting point is the edge of the window.

First, the front page needs a level reference point, and windows, especially in older houses, are often flatter than corners or doorways.

Secondly, a few decades ago, most often used paper wallpaper that are glued on. And if the light falls from the side of the window, during the day the seams are less conspicuous.

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But if the wallpaper strips are glued back to back, then you can start from the door or corner.

Wallpaper with a pattern is better to start gluing in an inconspicuous place. For example, where it will stand. The fact is that the space between the first and penultimate bands can be quite narrow. Because of this, the last stripe may not match the drawing with the first.

It is very important to glue the first strip evenly.

Using a building level or plumb line, draw a strictly vertical line on the wall. It will serve as a beacon to which you should navigate when gluing. This will avoid distortion.

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How to stick stripes

Be sure to close all windows and doors tightly before wallpapering. If there is a draft in the room, the wallpaper will simply fall off the walls.

On the inserts in the rolls it is written where the glue is applied: on the wallpaper or directly on the wall. In addition, the time of impregnation of the canvas with glue should be indicated there. In this article, Lifehacker explained what the signs on the roll mean:

And on the packaging with glue should be indicated how to properly dilute it.

It is good if the adhesive contains substances that prevent the appearance of mold. In addition, the adhesive must be environmentally friendly.

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If glue is applied to the wallpaper, then for better impregnation, fold the ends of the strip to the middle with glue inward, and then several more times, without pressing the folds. Do not overexpose, consider the time indicated in the instructions.

Then attach the wallpaper to the line drawn on the wall. The canvas is glued from top to bottom, while a few centimeters must be brought to the ceiling and floor or baseboard.

Smooth the wallpaper with a roller or dry brush from the middle to the edges and from top to bottom.

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There should be no air bubbles between the wall and the canvas. If they do appear, pierce them with a needle and gently smooth the surface.

Cut off excess wallpaper from the top and bottom. To do this, press them well against the edges so that a fold is formed, which will serve as a cutting line. You can also press the wallpaper with a spatula and cut off the excess with a clerical knife.

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The following strips are glued according to the same principle, only the edge of the previous canvas will serve as a guide.

Please note that thin paper wallpapers are glued slightly overlapped, and wallpapers made of denser materials are butted.

The joints between the strips need to be ironed with a small rubber roller. Excess adhesive can be removed with a soft damp sponge.

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How to glue wallpaper in inner corners

Glue the first strip, leading it around the corner by 1–2 cm. In this case, it must first be cut to the required width. Glue the next strip straight from the corner, overlapping.

If the wallpaper is thick, then a double strip of wallpaper will be visible. In this case, firmly press the wallpaper with a spatula in the place where the canvases are glued to each other, and draw a line with a clerical knife. Then remove the two narrow strips left over from both strips and smooth the seam.

How to glue wallpaper in outer corners

The technique is almost the same as the previous one. The first strip should be led around the corner by a few centimeters, and the second should be glued with an overlap.

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Then attach a ruler to the corner and run a clerical knife so as to cut off the edges of both strips. Remove excess parts and tighten the canvases if necessary. Iron the seam between the stripes with a roller.

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How to glue wallpaper around windows and doors

When you get to the window or door, stick the strip in the same way as the previous ones. Then carefully cut off the excess wallpaper around the edges.

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How to glue wallpaper behind batteries

Measure the height and cut off the required amount of wallpaper. Attach the canvas to the battery and make vertical cuts on the wallpaper at the places where it is attached to the wall. Copiously coat the canvas with glue, put it behind the battery and level it.

The video shows this process in detail:

How to glue wallpaper behind pipes

Start gluing the canvas, and make an incision at the beginning of the pipe. Having led the strip behind the pipe, cut off the excess wallpaper around it and level the canvas.

Here are the detailed instructions:

Mark their edges on the canvas with four diagonal lines. Then carefully cut out the window in the right place and smooth the wallpaper with a roller.

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How to fix defects after gluing

Directly in the process of work, until the glue has dried, the strips can be slightly pulled towards each other right on the wall. After that, it can no longer be repeated. Therefore, be extremely careful.

Defects in the form of air bubbles that appear on the wallpaper after drying can be corrected.

To do this, draw glue into the syringe, pierce the bubble and inject a little glue from top to bottom. Then smooth the surface with a roller or cloth.

If the edges of the wallpaper are lagging behind, they can be glued either with a brush or using the same syringe with glue. Flatten the canvas and, for reliability, press with a dry cloth for a few minutes.

If a wide gap has formed between the strips of wallpaper, cut a strip from the rest of the wallpaper required thickness and glue it back to back in place of the gap.

If the gap is very narrow, you can dip the edge of the spatula or ruler into the paint of the same color as the wallpaper, and paint over the gap. You can also use an ordinary felt-tip pen for these purposes.

Do not forget that after pasting the room, it cannot be ventilated until the wallpaper is dry.

As a rule, paper wallpapers dry for at least 12 hours, non-woven - about a day, and vinyl - about two days. The time may increase if the room is humid and the temperature is low. To check for sure, touch the pasted walls with your hand: they must be dry.

Before you start cardinal changes in the house it is necessary to develop a plan, decide on the interior, choose suitable wallpapers, and carry out preparatory work. And, most importantly, be patient!

Where to start sticking wallpaper with your own hands?

Naturally, it is worth starting work with wall decoration, or rather, with their preparation. The main problem before pasting the room with wallpaper is the alignment of the walls. There are two fundamentally different ways.

Leveling walls with cement, putty and plaster

With this type of decoration, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe room will decrease slightly. To level the walls with cement, it is necessary to prepare a screed and a cement mixture. After completing the preparations, you can get to work.

To begin with, the walls are moistened with water. Apply cement with a large spatula and gradually level with a level. The number of layers depends on the curvature of the wall. From the moment the rough work is completed to the start of the finishing work, at least ten days must pass.

To level the walls with plaster, you will need the plaster itself and the soil mixture. Before leveling, it is necessary to clean the walls of any dirt and unnecessary parts (nails, dowels). Then priming is carried out with a roller or a large brush in two or three layers.

After the wall dries, plaster is applied with a spatula. Final stage repeats three times. Each layer is allowed to dry and coated with a primer.

Leveling with putty is used for minor irregularities before painting or wallpapering. The thickness should not be more than 2 mm. After the putty has dried, the walls are sanded to perfect smoothness.

Plasterboard leveling

This is the easiest way to make walls even. To do this, you need the sheets themselves, self-tapping screws, metal profiles and suspensions, putty, reinforcing material, sandpaper.

Work begins with attaching guide profiles to the floor and ceiling at a distance of 5 cm. Then hangers are attached at a distance of no more than 50 cm. After completing the preparatory work, you can proceed to fixing drywall. Fix it with nails at a distance of 20 cm.

After fixing the sheets, the seams formed at the junction of the sheets are primed. After the primer dries, a sickle is glued, and putty is applied on top of it with a thin layer. Work is ready!

What wallpaper to choose?

An important role in the interior of the room is played by the color, texture and pattern of the wallpaper. They can visually reduce or enlarge the room. The modern market offers many types of wallpapers with different patterns, textures, properties, etc.

Wallpaper types:

Paper wallpapers - varied in color and texture, there are washing, moisture resistant, heavy and light. They are recommended to be glued in bedrooms due to increased breathability.

Non-woven wallpaper - do not tear, stretch well, soundproof. When sticking them, it is not required to apply glue to the wallpaper.

Liquid wallpaper - do not gather dust, do not fade. Apply to any material with a flat spatula.

Vinyl wallpapers - two-layer, have a relief surface, you can not change them for a long time. In rooms with such wallpaper, there must be ventilation.

How to calculate the required number of wallpapers? To do this, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe room must be divided by the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe roll.

Sticking wallpaper, algorithm of actions

After completing preparatory and finishing works, definitions with the material, you can start wallpapering the walls.

To do this, you need to take several steps:

• Cut the wallpaper into strips according to the width and height of the walls.
• Mark the vertical line of the wall for even gluing with a plumb line.
• Treat the wall and a strip of wallpaper (depending on their type) with glue.
• Attach the wallpaper to the wall and smooth it with a roller or soft tissue to force out the air trapped between them.
• Cut off excess wallpaper near the floor and ceiling, forming a smooth and beautiful edge.
• Sockets and switches must be removed and de-energized in advance. You need to paste the wallpaper directly on them, forming a hole in the already glued wallpaper. It is best to use a clerical knife for this, and not scissors, because. the edge of wet wallpaper can be severely torn. During pasting of walls it is necessary to avoid the through movement of air.

Using this simple algorithm, one can make redecorating in a house or apartment on their own, significantly saving the family budget. And if you involve family members in this process, then there will be an opportunity to spend time together and become closer to each other. After all, working together brings people together.

Photo sticking wallpaper with your own hands

When carrying out repairs at home, most people purchase wallpaper for wall decoration. Today they are very popular among buyers of finishing materials, as before, but not everyone knows how to properly glue them on their own.

It is important to know how to properly design and combine wallpaper, as well as what rules and methods to use.

Peculiarities

Wallpapering is a process that requires careful preparation. So, the surfaces for gluing must be absolutely flat and smooth. Old coatings must be completely disposed of. In addition, it is necessary to decide on the choice of the most suitable wallpaper and choose the highest quality and most beautiful cover design.

Before gluing, be sure to do some preparatory work. So, you need to turn off the electricity and remove all covers of switches and sockets. When gluing, you must also get rid of all skirting boards. Thus, you can make your work much easier.

The easiest way is to paste over the walls yourself with paper or non-woven wallpaper, but it is best to choose medium-density models. They will adhere well to the walls, and their gluing will take less time.

All wallpapers are glued only longitudinally, in no case horizontally. Wallpaper is first glued on completely free walls, and only then separate pieces are cut out and adjusted to fit windows, doors, passages, radiators and other interior features. When wallpapering, it is important to make all measurements of the room and calculate the amount of wallpaper you need. If you decide to stick colored wallpaper with drawings or combine coatings of different appearance, then you will need much more materials.

The stock must be left for the subsequent docking. If you have chosen wallpaper for painting, then you can paint only after you have completely pasted them, and they have completely dried out. Some features have sticking already ready-made wallpaper with a special composition - this is a self-adhesive wallpaper. So, the rolls are soaked in water, and the glue, thus, dries up. After that, they are glued to the walls without the use of additional adhesives and only rolled out on the surface.

Types and characteristics

Before you purchase wallpaper for subsequent wall decoration, you must first select them from the range presented. Manufacturers are now offering a large number of different types wallpapers that differ in their quality characteristics and appearance.

When choosing, you should rely on the reliability and quality of the material, the operating conditions of the wallpaper, and also on the room in which you plan to stick them.

paper wallpaper

This is the most common and famous wallpaper that is popular all over the world. They are quite thin and at the same time are quite inexpensive. If you purchase this type of wallpaper, you can later easily replace them with new paper ones. Moreover, this process will not cause any inconvenience.

Expensive and durable coatings are more difficult to remove, in addition, such a change in the interior will take more financial costs. And if you replace the paper wallpaper, you will spend quite a bit of money and at the same time change the situation. Producers represent wide choose colors and patterns on these coatings. The material is completely environmentally friendly and does not cause allergies. In addition, such wallpapers pass air well and allow the walls to breathe.

But this coating has several disadvantages. So, they quickly lose color brightness when exposed to direct sun rays, wear out quickly. If you have small children or even pets at home, they will easily rip them off. Paper covers cannot be washed at all.

In addition, they deteriorate from exposure to high humidity. This applies, first of all, to simplex wallpapers. These are the thinnest single-layer models, which are considered the cheapest of all options.

Two-layer or duplex wallpaper

They are presented as the main base layer, which fixes them well to the wall and the top decorative layer. Due to the presence of a base, the outer layer is not impregnated with glue and stains and stains do not remain on it. In addition, such models do not shine through at all.

Many models have embossed patterns or embossing. They are thicker and more reliable, but also quite inexpensive. They are easier to glue than ordinary paper ones.

They do not slip off the wall after impregnation with glue and adhere well to the surface. Such wallpapers are also presented in the form of plain smooth coatings, which involve pasting the walls and their subsequent painting. Big Advantage this type of wallpaper - the ability to change colors several times. There are also structural wallpapers for painting with a pronounced relief.

Vinyl wallpapers

They have paper as a base, as well as interlining. But the big difference from classic paper wallpapers is that their surface is treated with polyvinyl chloride. They may also have voluminous patterns or may be smooth.

This option coatings have higher quality characteristics.

So, they do not fade from exposure to direct sunlight and tolerate high humidity air. That is why they are glued even in the bathroom and in the kitchen. But such wallpapers do not pass air well, so the walls do not breathe, and in such rooms it is necessary to systematically ventilate. But now manufacturers are introducing some models that have a porous structure. Thanks to this, the coating breathes and creates a comfortable microclimate in the room.

Vinyl wallpaper is quite expensive. They serve a very long time, up to 10 years. So, the manufacturers are different models vinyl wallpaper, among them models with a hard vinyl coating are very popular. They can even endure many external influences of a mechanical nature.

Another model is smooth vinyl wallpaper, which does not have a hard floor and therefore is more vulnerable to external influences. Silk-screened wallpaper is a popular vinyl wallpaper model that looks very presentable in appearance. Such products are produced using hot stamping technology, so it seems that the wallpaper is made from natural silk threads.

Foamed vinyl wallpapers are the most reliable products that have a dense embossed structure. They are very durable and high quality. Any vinyl wallpaper is quite capricious for sticking, because they have a lot of weight. On the packaging, manufacturers always indicate what composition is needed in order to glue them well.

Non-woven wallpaper

This type of wallpaper is very popular because it has qualitative composition. They are made from cellulose. The coating itself includes two layers - a non-woven fabric and a polymer.

They are more durable than regular paper and even with duplex wallpaper. In addition, they can be used to hide wall defects, such as cracks or bumps.

Such wallpapers are much easier to glue, because if you use the right technology, then bubbles do not form under them, and the coating does not change its appearance. They are easier to dock than other models. They can be moved while sticking. In addition, you can choose absolutely any texture.

Such products are suitable for mounting on plaster, including Rotband, cement, slab, wooden walls.

In addition, when gluing, no glue is applied to the surface of the canvas itself. Cloths cover the wall with pre-applied glue. Such wallpapers can also be easily covered with oil or acrylic paint if you choose the most neutral option. Experts believe that it is non-woven wallpaper that is easiest to pick up and stick, so they are often purchased for self-finishing premises.

Textile or fabric wallpapers

This option is based on textiles and paper. It consists of several layers. Textile materials are applied to the base. It can be linen, cotton or synthetics.

Depending on the quality of the textile material, the cost of this wall covering changes. They do an excellent job of their decorative function. In addition, the coatings have the qualities of sound insulation and thermal insulation, so they are perfect for gluing in any room.

But these coatings are quite difficult to apply on the wall on their own, not everyone will be able to stick. In addition, they are quite difficult to care for, if they get dirty, it will be problematic to wash the stains. They do not tolerate wet cleaning.

Fabric wallpapers bring coziness and comfort to the room. This is especially true for models made of silk, jute textiles, felt and velor. Such wallpaper can be taken care of with a vacuum cleaner so that dust does not remain between the fibers of the fabric.

Glass fiber

It's pretty reliable and unusual wallpaper, which are produced using glass fibers, which are subsequently impregnated with a special liquid. Thanks to this, wall coverings have fire-fighting qualities. In addition, they are resistant to any, even mechanical damage. This is the most durable and reliable wallpaper that can serve more than 25 years.

They are easy to care for and do not attract dust at all. The coating is natural and completely safe for human health, since the woven base is breathable. They look very presentable, but the price tag on them is clearly too high.

Liquid wallpaper

This the new kind wallpaper that is not glued, it is applied like plaster. They are sold in powder form and then diluted. This solution is carefully distributed along the wall. When the coating dries, it looks completely identical to the usual classic wallpaper.

Manufacturers also provide washable wallpapers that tolerate wet cleaning well.

These are new generation models that are perfect for gluing in the kitchen. Now also popular bamboo wallpaper. This is a fairly dense eco-friendly coating that looks natural and natural. But such products are quite difficult to glue.

Manufacturers present many other types of wallpaper: cork, palm, quartz, metallized. But their independent gluing is quite complicated, not everyone can handle such work. By the type of decor, there are classic plain wallpapers with smooth surface or embossed coatings. Popular coatings, in the manufacture of which the technique of hot stamping is used.

As for smooth options, coatings such as fiberglass or photo wallpaper are quite popular. They are used for pasting one wall. Their main function is to create an accent and attract attention. Such canvases are whole works of art in the form of paintings or abstract compositions.

Tools

When pasting wallpaper, you will need some tools:

• In order to level the walls before wallpapering, you will need to use a tape measure, laser level, a long pile roller, a smoothing brush, a soft-edged trowel, a construction knife, a narrow metal trowel, a sponge, a container for glue, a pencil and, of course, a stepladder.
• For further work, you will need a special nozzle - a mixer, so that you can knead the putty. The mixer attachment is inserted into electric drill, so this tool is also required.

• It is better to have several spatulas in the set, which differ in their thickness and shape. So, the most necessary will be straight, even products with a width of 5 to 50 cm. You will also need a classic corner spatula in order to be able to remove external and internal corners. In another way, it is called a profile spatula.
• To rub the wall to smooth the surface before gluing, you will need a grater. It can be an abrasive mesh or emery. In some cases, even genuine leather is used.

• When sticking, you will definitely resort to using the building level. It is useful when leveling walls to control their perfect verticality and smooth surfaces.
• The roller is necessary in order to be able to apply a primer or putty on the walls.

It significantly speeds up the process of applying these materials.

• In addition to the container in which you will knead the mortar and glue, you will need a bucket or basin of water. In it, you will soak the tools in the process of work, so that later you can easily wash off the building materials from them.
• In order to level the walls, you will need two types of putty: the first will serve as the base, and the second will serve as the finish. Your work will be facilitated by a ready-made putty composition. It can be purchased at any hardware store so as not to prepare it yourself.
• In addition, you will definitely need a primer. With its help, you can get rid of harmful microbes. To do this, it is better to use compositions with special additives from mold.

Surface preparation

After you have chosen the wallpaper and prepared all the tools, you need to decide on the amount of this coating. When buying wallpaper that you need to cover one room, it is important to choose completely identical coatings. You need to pay attention to their article and release batch. Thus, all rolls will have the same shade and uniform color.

Wallpaper try to buy with a margin so that you have enough for pasting all the walls completely. It is better that all vertical sections of the walls can be covered with whole sheets. Thus, the joints between the sheets will only be wide. Horizontal joints are unacceptable and look unpresentable.

Preparatory work:

• Before re-gluing the wallpaper, it is necessary to take out all the furniture and, preferably, dismantle the split system. You also need to completely remove the old coatings and start plastering the walls. Many use for effective removal old coating soap solution. It allows you to soften it and quickly remove it. Wallpaper glue or PVA can be added to the soap solution. It will dissolve the old coating faster.
• But if you previously had moisture-resistant or washable wallpapers pasted, then you must first cut them, then make notches, and only then apply a soapy solution. After you moisten the surfaces with the old coating with this composition, you need to let it soak in so that the wallpaper swells and after a while you can easily dismantle it.

• Wallpaper is removed after a couple of hours with a spatula. But even in this way, not all of the old coating can be completely removed. This procedure may have to be carried out several times.

There is also a special solution that allows you to soften the old coating and quickly remove it to replace it with a new one.

• But removing enamel or old paint is much more difficult. If the paint layer is thin, then it can be peeled off with a spatula, but when the paint is thick and old, it is necessary to tap the surface with a hatchet and clean the walls with a flat cutter.
• Some prepare the walls by removing whitewash from them. It must be washed off with warm soapy water and then remove with a spatula. If the whitewash is very thin, then it can be easily washed off with hot water and rags.

• Having removed the old coating and determined the number of wallpapers for gluing, it is necessary to correctly prepare the surface of the walls for further repairs. At this stage, insulation can be carried out using foam or foam. All defects must be hidden in advance. This way you can avoid focusing on them. After all, not all wall coverings are able to close the flaws of wall surfaces.
• Some wallpapers, even the most expensive ones, for example, fabric ones, can emphasize the imperfections of the walls, so the surface must be prepared most carefully. If you prepare the walls poorly, then it will be quite difficult for you to combine adjacent canvases, the junction lines will be uneven, and the corners at the end and beginning of the wall will be crooked. The wallpaper will wrinkle and even tear.

• On the irregularities and defects of the walls, bubbles from the wallpaper often form, which subsequently lead to peeling of the glued coating and damage to the entire wall repair as a whole. That is why it is important to initially prime the surface of the walls.
• If the material from which the wall is made is porous, then it will be highly susceptible to moisture. This means that without pre-finishing, the wallpaper will not last even a year. They will peel off and deteriorate quickly. The primer is recommended to be produced, regardless of what material the walls are made of.

• After the walls are completely cleaned, you need to align them. In some cases, old walls begin to crumble and crumble. If you are faced with this problem, then manufacturers recommend resorting to treatment with a bonding primer.
• If protrusions are found on the wall, they must first be knocked down. Cracks are sealed with a special compound. But at the same time, it is better to first expand the cracks, then deepen them, and only then close them.

Thus, you fill each crack with a repair compound as much as possible and correctly repair the surface of the walls.

• Expanded cracks must be cleaned of dust and old plaster. You can do this with a damp sponge. The extended crack must be completely covered with a primer. It is important to carefully treat the entire inside of such a defect, and then the outside. After that, the primer must be well dried.
• Then you should use the first layer of putty - the starting one, which will act as the base. It must be applied to those places where the cracks were smeared. After all the resulting patches are completely dried, you need to clean the walls with a grater to level the surfaces.

• Things are a little more complicated with some coatings, which include, for example, drywall. The joints of the sheets must be glued with a special mesh, which is covered on top with a thick level of putty. After this layer is also dried, it is necessary to treat the walls with an antiseptic primer. This special composition allows you to increase the adhesion of finishing materials and wall surfaces. In addition, it will extend the life of the wallpaper.
• The primer-concrete contact is applied with a roller, but it is quite difficult for them to process the corners, you need to soak them as much as possible, since it is there that the mold makes its way first. If you cannot reach the corners, then it is better to treat these areas with a brush. The primer should be allowed to dry a little. But if the coating dries very quickly, then you need to apply at least two more layers of this solution.

• After that, it is necessary to make a putty or use a ready-made, pre-purchased composition. The first preparatory layer will be the starting or leveling. It can be worn on almost any surface, including concrete, plastered walls, panels, OSB, plywood, lime, fiberboard, laminated chipboard, OSB-plate. The starting layer must be applied to the walls with the widest trowel. It needs to be laid in a certain way.

So, the thickness of the applied layer should be approximately 3 mm, in some places even thicker, but the entire wall should be a single flat plane. You need to move from the corner of the room with smooth and uniform movements.

It is better to hold the spatula at an angle of 45 °, since this way no traces of it will be visible on the walls.

After the solution is applied to all the walls, you need to illuminate the surface with the help of light bulbs and carefully examine it: will the flaws of the wall cast a shadow. If the walls are even, then you will not need further leveling, but if irregularities are detected, then you need to carefully level them with a spatula until the mortar has completely dried.

• After you have applied the putty, you need to wipe this surface. You can do this with your own hands using a hard sandpaper or grater, or using a special electric grinding.
• After that, you need to apply a second layer of putty. It should finally hide all the bumps in the wall. The finish layer is usually much thinner than the base layer. After applying it, it is important to find out if there are any irregularities, again using the light.
• Finishing putty is applied in two layers, but each of them must be allowed to dry. In addition, both outer layers must undergo high-quality grouting, and the last one is the most gentle. For her, it is better to use genuine leather. After you have completely covered the walls with putty and let it dry, you need to apply a primer on it. Only after that it will be possible to proceed to wallpapering.

Technology

Do-it-yourself wall pasting is pretty simple work, if you choose suitable coatings for this. With their help, you can simply and without problems stick the wallpaper on your own evenly without subsequent plywood. Non-professionals need to follow a certain technology that allows you to quickly glue the coating on the walls. First you need to choose a scheme for sticking wallpaper. The canvases should be distributed over all walls in such a way that the joints are as invisible as possible.

• When sticking any wallpaper, you need to move from the window, which is located opposite the entrance to the room, alternately in different directions towards the door. Thus, if you overlap the wallpaper, the shadow from the sheets will not be noticeable.

• But if you glue the wallpaper end-to-end, as is most often done in Lately, then you can follow a different technology. This option involves wallpapering from the corner you see first when you enter the room. From it in different directions you need to move one by one up to the door.

Walls should be pasted over vertically with whole canvases without horizontal joints, only if this is not special method combination.

• If whole meter wallpaper fell on the corner of the room, then it is necessary to cut them in this place so that there are no bends. Because of them, the wallpaper can quickly peel off and begin to bubble. If you come across a fairly old wallpaper with an edge, then first you need to cut it evenly, but now such models are not common. Therefore, you only need to cut sheets. You need to know the height of the ceilings in order to measure the right amount of material.

• The cut off part of the wallpaper should be about 5-7 cm longer than the height from floor to ceiling. This allowance must be divided in two and leave part on top and part on bottom. It is important to mark a line in the center perpendicular to the edge so that you can cut the wallpaper evenly. To do this, it is better to use a corner or the method of bending the wallpaper. You need to cut off the wallpaper with a very sharp knife or scissors, this must be done smoothly and evenly.
• After you cut the roll into pieces, they must be stacked on top of each other in the sequence in which you will apply them to the walls. It is better to cut the wallpaper on each wall in turn, as it is pasted, and not on the whole room at once. For narrow sections of the room where there are doors, windows should be cut later. After all the smooth walls are pasted over, you can move on to the detailed finishing of these intermittent sections of the walls.

• After you have cut the wallpaper, you need to prepare the glue. To do this, you must follow the instructions that are indicated on the box with the composition. Many adhesive mixtures are diluted in water in the proportions indicated on the package. Water must be stirred periodically during the process of falling asleep so that lumps do not form.
• Make sure there is no draft in the room before wallpapering, otherwise the wallpaper will peel away from the walls because the wallpaper has dried unevenly. After that, you need to draw a vertical line on the wall, which will help align the edges of the wallpaper from the corner. To do this, it is better to use a laser level.

You need to outline two points and connect them with a ruler. But the line must be made thin and barely noticeable so that the pencil does not form streaks when it gets wet on the wall.

• On each specific type of wallpaper, it is indicated what glue should be applied to: on the canvas itself or on the wall. Most often, glue is applied only to paper wallpapers, but non-woven, vinyl wallpapers are glued to walls already covered with glue.

But many craftsmen indicate that it is better to apply glue both to the wallpaper and to the wall.

You will use more adhesive, but the coating will be fixed more efficiently and reliably. In addition, it will be easier for you to align the sheets, since the wallpaper will slide well, but not too abruptly on the wall.

• Wallpaper must be laid out on a flat, smooth and clean surface. inside up. You need to apply glue on it with a roller, without missing a millimeter. After that, one edge of the canvas must be slightly bent towards the center and the second edge should be smeared, which should also be bent towards the center. In this form, the wallpaper must be left for impregnation.
• In some cases, you will have to wait from 5 to 10 minutes, during which time you can additionally apply glue to the wall. To do this, you can use both a brush and a roller. After that, you can unfold the wallpaper and stick the canvas on the wall. It must be applied strictly according to the marks so that the joints are as even as possible. Apply wallpaper from top to bottom. The allowance must be located evenly.

• The most important thing in this case is to set the right direction for the wallpaper. It is better not to open the lower edge of the wallpaper initially, since the coating can quickly stick to the wall; when folded, it will simply hang down. After you have glued the top and center parts of the wallpaper, you can unfold the bottom part and glue it.
• After you have attached the entire canvas, you need to smooth it from the center to all edges, and then from top to bottom. If you have just smoothed the wallpaper, then you still have the opportunity to check how evenly the canvas is located relative to the line you previously outlined. If deviations are noticeable, then you need to slightly align the wallpaper by gently sliding them.
• After that, you can make the final fixation of the wallpaper canvas. Then you need to attach the wallpaper to the wall as tightly as possible. To do this, you can use a special plastic spatula or wallpaper brush, as well as a pressure roller. In this case, it is necessary to move from top to bottom, the so-called Christmas tree.

This technology of movements involves smoothing from the center of the canvas to the side and slightly up alternately on the right and left. Thus, you will remove excess glue and air bubbles from under the surface of the wallpaper.

But you need to move very carefully so as not to damage the surface of the wallpaper, especially if they are embossed or have a beautiful texture. If after that there are glue residues, you need to remove them with a special sponge previously moistened with water. This item should always be kept close at hand.

If you do not remove excess old adhesive, the surface will not be smooth.

• After leveling, you can trim the top edge and bottom. It is better to do this after you have pasted all the wallpaper or after each canvas in turn. Some recommend that the final ironing be done on the surface of the wallpaper with a rubber roller of a large width. Thus, the coating will be very even and tightly fixed on the wall.

• After that, it is necessary to prepare the following wallpaper canvases and begin to paste over the walls using the same technology. In this case, you need to start from the already evenly located edge of the previous wallpaper canvas. It must be placed as close as possible to the butt joint to the first wallpaper. It is important to combine the pattern if the coating has patterns.
• It is important that there are no gaps between the canvases. It is better to coat the canvases at the joints with glue with a thin brush, and then roll this place with a narrow roller. The right technology gluing involves checking the perfect verticality with a plumb line after every third wallpaper.

• After you glue the entire wall, reaching the corner, you need to divide the corner sheet of wallpaper into 2 parts. Moreover, you need to measure the distance from the previous canvas to the corner line and add about a centimeter to the measured width. After each corner, it is necessary to again measure out a perfectly even vertical line so that you can build on it when gluing the next canvases.
• In the corners, it is better to make a small overlap so that the canvases fit as well as possible to each other. On outside corners it is better to leave a margin of about 2 cm. So the corner will be decorated more accurately. After you glue all solid walls, you need to move on to fragmentary wallpapering. Where there are doors and windows, you need to start pasting from the top down, pre-selecting the size of the fragments and cutting them out of the canvases.

• After gluing the wallpaper, it is necessary to allow the coating to dry. Some wallpaper options require a different gluing technology. So, glass fiber is glued a little differently. They are not covered with glue. They need to process all the walls well.

At the same time, you need to choose adhesive composition, which is designed for heavy wallpaper. Glass fiber is different important feature: the outer side of the rolls is hidden inside, so it is a little easier to glue them.

But such wallpapers dry much longer, for this you need to wait a day.

Any gluing technology requires the use of some recommendations. So, you need to observe the temperature regime: the room should not be warmer than 25 degrees. It is better if the sun's rays do not fall into the room when wallpapering. Drafts are also unacceptable, the wallpaper should dry evenly.

Working with a drawing

Wallpaper with a pattern is a very elegant coating, which is used even more often than plain models. Popular wallpaper in a flower, under a tile, under decorative rock or with abstract patterns. But all of them are glued with fitting and with the selection of a pattern. The wallpaper must be cut with a small allowance, and the second roll will need to be adjusted to the first, starting from the pattern on it so that the joint is completely closed and no seams are visible.

From each roll, you need to choose a pattern that will be as similar as possible to the ornament of the adjacent strip so that the docking is correct. But this way you will use up a lot of wallpaper, so you can use another method of fitting.

You need to take two rolls of wallpaper. From the top of the first one, you need to cut off about 40 cm. Then you need to take another roll, completely unwind it and cut off about 40 cm from the reverse end. This technology is due to the fact that when cutting wallpaper, machines in factories leave a small margin, which we thus remove when cutting. This can make fitting much easier.

Each roll is cut in turn and the pattern will fit together without extra effort. It's very simple and economical way, any person can cope with such gluing and docking, even if he acts alone, without outside help. The most difficult thing to work with a pattern is when gluing in the corners of rooms.

It is necessary to overlap, and you need to select the wallpaper not to the edge of the first roll, but to the part that will be located right in the corner. The easiest way is to glue meter-long wallpaper with a pattern, since docking will not be so difficult. It is best to join the wallpaper before sticking and lay them out on the floor in the desired sequence, so that then you can only stick them next to each other.

By itself, the technology of sticking wallpaper with a pattern is not so complicated, so it is only important to join them correctly so that the pattern does not go astray, and the walls look more elegant and presentable.

Room design options

Different rooms need to be designed differently. It is especially difficult to apply pasting when a built-in cabinet or kitchen set. It is also quite difficult to glue wallpaper in the area of ​​​​the doorway, especially if you have to decorate the arch with them. In addition to the wallpaper located in different rooms, there are certain requirements:

• For the living room it is better to purchase only high-quality and elegant wallpapers. It is better if these are coatings with beautiful patterns. In this case, a horizontal combination is perfect, since this option looks very noble. In the living room, photo wallpapers are often glued, which are placed on one of the walls. In this case, the image is better to select, depending on the interior.

Landscape wallpapers are the most popular. But in modern styles use wallpapers with images of large metropolitan cities and their attractions.

Neutral wallpaper with monograms is also often glued to the living room. They are easier to dock because the pattern is constantly repeated. In addition, it looks more interesting. The living room is also often wallpapered with vertical stripes or the method of vertical combination is used, as this allows you to raise the ceilings, making the living room more spacious and pompous.

• Concerning bedrooms, then in this case it is better to use the highest quality and natural breathable wallpaper. In addition, they should not have too catchy pattern. For the bedroom, ordinary paper wallpapers are most often purchased. But since they quickly fade, you need to try to choose a coating with a less catchy and dim pattern. Otherwise, you will have to constantly curtain the windows with blackout curtains.

• In the children's room glue wallpaper with special unusual patterns. It can be a photo wallpaper with images of cartoon characters or animals, birds, cars. For a children's room, paper or vinyl wallpapers are often bought because they are natural and hypoallergenic. Paper wallpapers are ideal for a children's room, because children often paint on the walls. Thus, you will not be sorry to replace old coatings with new ones.

• For wall decoration in the office use wallpaper with a large pattern. It is better if they are as neutral and calm as possible in design.

But if the office has small area, then you need to purchase coatings with a fine pattern.

• For kitchen it is better to buy washable wallpaper, since any dirt can be wiped off from them, including greasy spots. But fabric wallpapers are completely unsuitable for this room, like paper ones. This is due to the fact that it is almost impossible to remove stains from them, they quickly become dirty and lose their original gloss. You can stick ordinary paper wallpaper on the balcony, but if it is not insulated, then it is better to purchase non-woven or vinyl materials.

• For bathroom and toilet it is better to choose a washable wallpaper or a coating that is resistant to moisture. Thus, fungus will not form there, and you can not worry about the integrity of your walls.

In some rooms, it may be difficult to stick wallpaper due to the fact that they already have a stretch ceiling. Initially, it is necessary to prepare it in such a way that gluing can be carried out. First you need to remove decorative insert, which is located at the junction between the ceiling and the wall.

After that, you need to glue all the edges with masking tape stretch ceiling along the perimeter. So you protect the already installed stretch ceiling from glue stains. After that, you can proceed to wallpapering using standard technology. When all the canvases are glued, you need to install a spatula to the edge of the wallpaper and cut off the excess part of the wallpaper. Then you should remove the masking tape and install the decorative insert back at the junction of the walls and wallpaper.

See the next video for the secrets of wallpaper stickers near the stretch ceiling.

Combination rules

When combining wallpaper, many prefer the horizontal method, this is the most popular option. It is a so-called bottom plinth of wallpaper, but it is quite wide. Usually it is made darker than the light upper part and the wallpaper is sized horizontally from a ratio of one to two. The top is always twice as large as the bottom.

In this case, you can combine not only wallpaper, but also this material with another, when decorating walls, different ways and options. But this option has one important property: it allows you to make the ceiling in the hall higher.

Owners of rooms with high ceilings can afford another type of horizontal combination:

• A narrow top can also be made along the ceiling, but when gluing it is important to properly align the top strip parallel to the floor so that the design of the room looks very harmonious. This method of gluing is perfect for decorating halls, dining rooms with high ceilings. With their help, you can slightly underestimate the ceilings and focus on them.

When combined in a horizontal way, you can use two contrasting shades or one related to the dark color scheme, and the second to the light one.

• Another option is to combine wallpapers with the same texture, but with a different pattern, and the background color should be the same. good option combination is a combination of wallpaper with two different colors, but with one common texture. The vertical combination also looks stylish.

It is an alternation of different wallpaper canvases in color and design. Moreover, in this way it is possible to arrange both adjacent walls, and one. The canvases should be combined one through one or two through two. It is better if the coatings you choose do not contrast too much with each other. Try to choose an alternation of plain wallpaper with colored ones that have some kind of pattern or ornament.

• But if you want to decorate an apartment or house in a more stylish and fashionable way, then you can resort to a vertical combination of wallpaper that contrasts in color. So, a combination of wide red and white stripes is popular. If you chose the method of contrasting combinations, then the canvases should be wider, and if you chose a vertical combination of light and similar-colored wallpapers, then the stripes may be narrower.
• Another way to combine is to highlight the accent wall. You can highlight it with the help of photo wallpapers or bright coatings with an ornament. But in this way you can glue only one wall, preferably the shortest. At the same time, plain light wallpaper should be glued to other walls.

• Combination with ceilings - another interesting way. Yes, one wall covering completely goes to the ceiling, and other walls and floors are distinguished by different colors of coatings. Thus, you make a fashionable and unusual accent. So you can interestingly decorate the ceiling in the attic. It will become a bright continuation of the wall and the advantage of such an apartment layout.

• You can also combine wallpaper with a patchwork method. This is another interesting way that involves sticking small patches of wallpaper. And it is better to glue them end-to-end. To do this, choose about five different wallpaper rolls, which differ in color and pattern, but have at least one common tone. They are glued, observing any theme.

It is better to cut off pieces of wallpaper about 50 by 50 cm. Unusual wallpaper collages are made from them. In addition, this way you can use unnecessary remnants of wallpaper from previous repairs and save on buying a new roll.

Such an accent wall will look bright, it is better to decorate only one surface in this way, and make the rest plain.

• Combining with inserts is another method that is quite popular now, which is pasting all the walls in one tone, and then sticking a small piece of bright wallpaper over one wall. It is better if this piece has a bright and unusual pattern. Thus, wallpaper can even replace paintings. These pieces of wallpaper are pasted over with special frames or skirting boards, which allow you to hide the borders and prevent corners from bending.
• Wallpaper combination can be more complex and interesting. To do this, use the creation of silhouettes from wallpaper. Most often, the walls of the nursery are decorated in this way. Initially, basic wallpapers are pasted, and then figures of animals, birds, or something else are cut out from other, brighter ones. These elements are glued over the first coating. Thus, it turns out a beautiful and unusual pattern on the wallpaper.

Decor

When sticking wallpaper, they often use such a decor method as molding. It is a decorative material in the form of a three-dimensional plank, which is laid on top of the wallpaper. Usually the length of the bar is about 2 m, but its width and design most often differ. Moldings can be flat or voluminous.

Manufacturers also provide interesting models, which have a beautiful texture and decorative elements. They can be made of plastic, polyurethane and other materials. More popular are elastic moldings, which are easy to install. PVC or gypsum moldings, as well as trendy marble planks, also enjoy polarity. They look very sophisticated and elegant.

With their help, they decorate walls covered with wallpaper in rooms with an interior in classical style. Moldings are mounted on glue along all walls over wallpaper. In addition, they often frame windows and doorways for their visual expansion. For this, classic straight slats are most often used.

Also, for finishing and decorating wallpaper, ceiling or floor plinth. Such products are strips having a semicircular cross section. They are most often used to hide the joint between a wall and a ceiling or between a wall and a floor.

Today, finishing with baguettes is popular. Such planks have an interesting and beautiful texture, they can be decorated decorative elements in the form of flowers and even whole volumetric images.

It is now fashionable to paste over the walls with baguettes, especially in this way they often decorate the edge of the doors over the wallpaper at the entrance or the edge of the arches.

Decorations for wallpapers and walls now have the appearance of whole compositions. So, the slats can be whole finished arches, columns and stucco elements. They look very nice and elegant.

Important nuances

You can glue wallpaper at any time of the year, but there are some nuances:

• Do not stick wallpaper in an unheated room. So, if in winter when gluing the batteries in the living quarters will work hard, then in this place the glue can quickly dry out, and the wallpaper will move away.

To avoid this, you need to take several actions:

1. While working, dampen a cloth cold water and cover the batteries with it.
2. As it dries, the rag will need to be wetted again and laid on the battery in such a way that the wallpaper can be glued. In addition, where the wallpaper is in contact with the battery, it will be necessary to periodically spray with water, so the wallpaper does not dry or deform.

• The most important requirement is compliance with the humidity in the room. The air humidity index should be no more than 60%. If this requirement is not met, then the moisture adhesive will become less effective, and therefore the canvases may peel off before they dry. In addition, bubbles may appear under them. Ventilation or air flow into the room should not be allowed. If the humidity in the room is constantly changing, the wallpaper will dry out and stick unevenly.
• It is important to close the room after gluing and ensure a stable level of humidity and temperature. If you are gluing wallpaper in a living room, then the temperature for different types of glue should be different. But the optimal indicator is from plus 10 to plus 25 °. Higher or lower temperatures will adversely affect the quality of the adhesive, and the adhesive will also become ineffective. The required temperature level can be achieved by placing the heater in the middle of the room and controlling its mode of operation.

• maintenance temperature regime in the room where you just pasted the wallpaper, it is important not only on the day when you are pasting, but also within 10 days after that. If you provide stable humidity and temperature during gluing and some time after that, then the coating will be as durable as possible.
• During drying, it is better to curtain the windows in case direct sunlight enters through them.

They can only dry the glue in certain places by their directed action, and thus the fabric can even partially wrinkle.

If you take into account these nuances, then gluing will not create unnecessary problems.

beautiful ideas

• original finish indoor walls with wallpaper - this is a very popular way in 2017. Now, when pasting, many people choose colors, playing on the contrast of dark and light shades. In this case, it is customary to paste over the wall, which is located opposite the window, with dark wallpaper. This option involves the simultaneous darkening of the room and a slight lightening of the dark wall. But if, on the contrary, you want to lighten the room, then it is better to stick lighter wallpapers opposite the window.
• Now it is also fashionable to highlight the accent wall, decorating it with wallpaper with a pattern. So, for example, pink trim can be diluted with a bright purple accent. This combination is perfect for a child's room or even a bedroom.

• Even more fashionable and modern are 3D wallpapers. They can be a covering with a pattern in three-dimensional space, that is, the so-called panoramic wallpaper. They occupy three walls and can have a solid pattern. You can find examples of coverings in the form of whole mythological plots or beautiful landscapes. In this case, one wall is pasted over with a neutral coating.
• When sticking, you can give preference to LED wallpaper. They have a beautiful colored backlight, the brightness and color of which you can change using the remote control. They are perfect for a nursery and will look very stylish and versatile.

• In some modern interiors It is customary to use wallpapers that imitate other surfaces. So, for loft-style interiors, materials with a pattern under brickwork, paving stones or even decorative stone.
• Provence or country style is characterized by the use of wallpapers that imitate stone or wood. For more classic interiors wallpaper is used under a board covering or skin. Very popular is the use of plant motifs as a print on the wallpaper. This wallpaper can highlight one wall in the bedroom.

• Large flowers are now very popular. Under them, you can pick up a blanket or decorative pillows and lay them out on the bed.

Such an ensemble will look harmonious and elegant.

• Sometimes they try to match the wallpaper to the curtains, but at the same time, the curtains are chosen only to match the color of one accent wall in order to emphasize the pattern or pattern and complete this combination.

• No less popular this year combined wallpaper on oriental and African themes. At the same time, pasting with coatings with ethnic motifs, exotic prints and even hieroglyphs is used. They are most often decorated with one or two accent walls or use horizontal as well as vertical combination.

Despite the abundance of finishing materials, wallpapering the walls remains the most common way of decorating. By pasting the wallpaper, you can very quickly transform the room: make the room bright, “revive” the interior or place style accents.

To get the desired result, you must choose the right wallpaper and follow all the rules for repair work.

The choice of finishing material: features of different types of wallpaper

The process of finishing the walls begins with the choice facing material. If the choice is made in favor of traditional wallpaper, you need to decide on the best option. All types of wallpaper presented on the construction market have certain characteristics. Based on the qualities of the material, the conditions of their operation and personal preferences, you need to make a choice.

paper wallpaper- the most popular type of wallpaper in the world. Cloths have many advantages, but when using them, some disadvantages also appear. The main advantages include:

• loyal pricing policy allows you to frequently update the interior of the room;
• a wide selection of colors and patterns;
• environmental friendliness and hypoallergenicity of the material - wallpapers are ideal for children's rooms;
• The material is highly breathable, thus preventing the formation of mold.

Disadvantages of paper products:

• wallpapers quickly lose their original appearance - they fade in the sun, wear out and wear out;
• most paper wallpapers cannot be washed;
• such material is not suitable for use in "wet" rooms.

Advice. When planning paper wallpaper for walls, it is better to choose modern duplex (two-layer) canvases. They are stronger and less prone to contamination. Some duplex wallpapers can be washed.

Vinyl wallpapers. The main advantages of the finishing material: moisture resistance and beautiful appearance. The basis of such wallpaper is interlining or paper, upper layer treated with polyvinyl chloride. Vinyl wallpapers are produced in a wide range of patterns and textures (embossed).

Vinyl coating protects decorative trim from sunlight, humidity and reduces the attraction of dust. These wallpapers are best suited for the corridor, bathroom and kitchen. Most PVC sheets are paintable.

The disadvantage of vinyl wallpaper is poor permeability. PVC film does not let air through, the walls do not breathe. As a result, the microclimate worsens in the room, the room must be ventilated more often.

Important! Some manufacturers use innovative technologies and produce wallpaper with a vinyl coating with a porous structure. This allows the material to pass air in sufficient volume.

Vinyl wallpapers are not cheap, but their high cost fully pays off. long term service - the coating retains its decorative effect for up to 10 years.

Today, several types of vinyl wallpaper are used:

• hard vinyl coating - a solid base is applied to the base that can withstand significant mechanical damage;
• smooth vinyl coating - forms a smooth, even surface that is more susceptible to damage;
• silk screen printing is one of the most spectacular types of wallpaper; hot stamping technology creates the impression that the wallpaper contains natural silk threads;
• foamed vinyl - is considered the most durable and dense, due to the deep relief structure.

Non-woven wallpaper are made on the basis of cellulose and consist of 2 layers: interlining and polymer coating. The combination of the two layers resulted in the following characteristics:

• high strength - non-woven wallpaper is stronger than textile and paper;
• the ability to hide wall irregularities and microcracks;
• wallpaper is easy to stick - if the technology is followed, the material does not deform or bubble;
• air passage;
• choice of wallpaper texture - embossed or smooth;
• wallpaper well "lay down" on plaster, wood, cement, slabs and other materials.

Important! Distinctive feature pasting with flesilin wallpaper - fastening on a wall covered with glue.

Textile wallpapers produced on the basis of fleece and paper. From above, the base layer is covered with textiles (jute, polyester, linen, cotton, etc.). It is the top layer that largely determines the final cost of the finishing material. Fabric wallpapers perform not only a decorative role, they have noise and heat insulation properties.

With the help of such wallpapers you can create original interior. However, they also have negative sides:

• exactingness when gluing - it will be difficult for an inexperienced master to do the work;
• intolerance to wet cleaning limits the scope of the use of textile wallpaper.

Glass cloth wallpaper- a wall covering made of glass fibers of different thicknesses with subsequent impregnation. Glass fiber - unique finishing material, which has a number of undeniable advantages:

• fire-fighting properties;
• naturalness and safety of use;
• high strength and resistance to any damage;
• durability - service life of about 30 years;
• repel dust and easy to clean;
• Due to the woven structure, they allow air to pass through.

How to glue non-woven wallpaper correctly: step by step instructions

Foundation preparation

The process of pasting any wallpaper, including non-woven, begins with a thorough preparation of the walls. This stage takes a lot of time, but the final result largely depends on the quality of its implementation. What activities are mandatory? The previous coating from the walls must be removed and the surface leveled.

Removing old wallpaper. To soften the coating, you can use a normal soap solution. To improve the effect, it is desirable to add a little wallpaper glue. Washable old wallpaper or very dense, you first need to trim a little, apply notches, and then moisten with soapy water. After such processing, leave the wallpaper for a while - the coating will swell and it can be easily removed with a spatula.

Sometimes the procedure has to be repeated several times. To facilitate the removal of wallpaper, you can purchase special remedy, designed for this purpose - the solution is well absorbed and "softens" the material.

Enamel removal and old paint . In the "Khrushchev", "Stalinka" and apartments of the Brezhnev era, walls covered with paint are often found. If the coating peels off well, then it is cleaned with a spatula. However, in the vast majority, it takes a lot of effort to remove old paint. The enamel is tapped with a hatchet and scraped off with a flat cutter or chisel.

Removing whitewash. Water-based paint or whitewash is pre-wetted with soap and water and then removed with a spatula. A thin layer of old whitewash can be easily washed off with hot water.

The next step is to level the walls. All irregularities, cracks and other defects must be plastered or puttied. If the surface crumbles and crumbles, it is advisable to treat it with a bonding primer.

Required Tools

To complete the work you will need:

• roulette;
• laser level or vertical plumb line with a cord;
• roller with a long pile;
• brush for smoothing wallpaper;
• plastic spatula with a soft edge for rolling wallpaper;
• construction knife for cutting wallpaper;
• metal spatula (narrow);
• foam sponge;
• glue tray;
• pencil;
• ladder.

Material calculation and wall marking.

To calculate the required amount of wallpaper, you should know the dimensions of the room. As a rule, the height of the ceilings ranges from 2.5-2.8 m, the length of the roll is 10 m. That is, one roll should be enough for three strips. Knowing the width of the roll and the perimeter of the room, you can easily calculate the total number of strips.

Most non-woven wallpaper has smooth, high-quality edges. Therefore, they are glued end-to-end. At the same time, the connection of the panels looks like a single solid surface. To facilitate further work, it is desirable to apply markup.

From the corner of the room at a distance equal to the width of the roll (0.5 - 1.2 m), draw a vertical line. Use a level to check for evenness. The lines are applied all over the wall.

Wallpapering steps

Important! Before cutting off the next canvas, measure the height of the walls in different places, for example, every 30-40 cm. Very often the walls have drops and the length of different cuts can differ significantly from each other.

If the wallpaper has a large pattern, then it must be selected. You can find out the size of the fit from the pictogram on the label. When marking and cutting, it is important to control that the image matches and that you do not have to glue a piece of canvas from below or from above.

For example, if the required fit size is 48 cm and the ceiling height is 2.5 m, then the length of each piece will be 2.88 m. 48 cm, but not less than the height of the room.

After the calculation, you can start cutting. lay the floor plastic wrap and roll out the roll face down. Measure the length of the cut (in our example, 2.88 m) and make a notch with a knife. Using a long ruler, bend the wallpaper at the serif level, check the evenness of the fold and cut off the sheet.

Spread the next sheet and check the fit of the patterns of the two canvases. If the workpieces fit well, then you can cut.

Glue preparation. For wallpapering, you need to choose an adhesive that matches the type of material: paper, vinyl, flesilin, textiles or fiberglass. Before mixing glue, read the instructions.

The general procedure for preparing glue:

1. Pour the dry mixture into a mixing container.
2. Gently pour water into the powder in a thin stream, stirring with a whisk.
3. Leave the mixture to infuse and mix again, removing lumps.

Wallpapering. Direct pasting of walls is carried out in the following sequence:

How to glue wallpaper: video

How to glue vinyl wallpaper correctly: the nuances of doing the job

The procedure for gluing a vinyl sheet is not much different from pasting with non-woven wallpaper. However, there are several nuances:

1. The choice of glue must be approached responsibly. Vinyl wallpaper has the ability to stretch when the adhesive is applied and shrink after it dries. Poor-quality adhesive composition may not be able to cope with such a load and the seams will simply disperse.
2. When pasting, a moderate amount of glue is applied to the walls to prevent excessive stretching of the canvas.
3. In some cases, it is allowed to apply glue not only to the surface of the wall, but also to the canvas itself.
4. Particular attention is paid to the seams. They must be carefully rolled out with a roller so that they do not disperse.

How to glue wallpaper correctly: photo of joining canvases

How to glue paper wallpaper correctly: features of cutting and gluing

The technology of pasting walls with paper wallpaper depends on their variety: simplex or duplex. Simplex single-layer wallpaper is applicable only for perfectly flat walls - the canvas is very thin and all cracks and pits will be visible through it. Laying such wallpaper is overlapped. Duplex are glued only end-to-end.

The main requirement that must be met when working with paper wallpaper: after applying the glue to the sheet, it must be left to “ripen” for 2-7 minutes (the time depends on the density of the material).

When cutting wallpaper, pay attention to the presence of an edge. Some foreign manufacturers produce wallpaper with an edge on only one edge, domestic - on both. For dense canvases that are glued end-to-end, the border is cut off on both sides, for thin wallpapers - on one side. It is convenient to cut the border on a chair - the unnecessary edge is removed, and the wallpaper rolls back into a roll.

Another nuance when working with classic wallpaper is decorating the walls with borders. You can glue the decor only after the wallpaper has completely dried. It usually takes 12-32 hours for the paper to dry. This period depends on the amount of glue spread, the density of the material and the conditions in the room.

How to glue the corners with wallpaper

Outer corner wrap:

1. Measure the distance from the last pasted strip of wallpaper to the corner.
2. Cut off a sheet of wallpaper whose width is 2.5 cm more than the measured distance.
3. Glue the strip, bending the excess wallpaper to the opposite corner.
4. At right angle the rest is glued end-to-end, in other cases - overlapped along the vertical markings.
5. With a sharp knife, go along the corner, attaching a ruler. At the same time, you need to press the edges. Remove cuts.

Interior corner finish:

The main rule: you should never lay a single piece of wallpaper on the corner. If this condition is neglected, then folds and bulges are formed.

1. Measure the distance from the corner to the last strip of wallpaper and add 2 cm.
2. Cut off the desired piece of wallpaper and stick it on the wall, capturing the corner.
3. Press the paper firmly against the wall by running a blunt object over it.
4. Glue the remaining piece with a cut with a slight overlap on the adjacent wall.
5. Attach a ruler to the junction of the walls and hold with a knife, removing excess material.

How to glue wallpaper end-to-end in the corners: video

How to glue fiberglass wallpaper

When pasting with glass wallpaper, it is important to follow some rules:

1. Glue is applied to the wall, not to the canvas.
2. For work it is necessary to use glue for heavy types of wallpaper.
3. At first glance, fiberglass wallpapers have equivalent surfaces, but this is not so. The front side, according to international standards, is turned inside in a roll. Wrong side some manufacturers are marked with a blue or gray stripe.
4. Time of full drying of cullets - 24 hours.
5. After drying, the wallpaper can be decorated and painted. It is desirable to pre-prime the surface - this contributes to the economical use of decorative material and paint.

1. Before pasting walls or ceilings with wallpaper in wet rooms, the surface must be treated with a fungicidal mixture - this will protect the coating from the appearance of fungus.
2. The readiness of the walls before gluing can be checked experimentally:
   • stick a piece of polyethylene with adhesive tape to the wall;
   • leave the cellophane for a day;
   • if after 24 hours perspiration appeared inside the film, it means it is too early to start pasting; if the cellophane remains dry, then the wall is completely dry and ready for further finishing.
3. To avoid the appearance of wrinkles and bubbles, pasting must be carried out under the following conditions:
   • it is desirable to perform work at a temperature of 23-25 ​​° C;
   • walls that have just been pasted over with wallpaper must be protected from drafts until the coating is completely dry;
   • it is highly undesirable to get sunlight on the wallpaper.

How to glue the ceiling with wallpaper: video