How to glue the wallpaper and what's new in wall pasting technology?

Today, one of the most popular and popular materials for wall decoration is wallpaper. This is due to a wide range of colors, patterns and textures of products, which provides complete freedom of choice for the future design of the room. It is not a big deal to independently replace old wallpapers with new ones. The main thing is to study the advice of professionals on how to glue wallpaper, and carefully, following the instructions, do the work.

Calculation of the necessary materials

Before starting repairs, it is necessary to calculate the number of rolls of finishing cloth, glue and other consumables. To do this, measure the length, width and height of the walls in the room where the new wallpaper will be glued, and calculate the total surface area. From this value, the area of ​​the window and door openings is subtracted, as a result of which the surface area to be glued is obtained.

On the packaging of wallpaper products, the manufacturer indicates the width and length of the canvas. By dividing the area of ​​the walls to be glued by the area of ​​the canvas, you can find out how many rolls should be bought.

Important!

If a large drawing is applied to the wallpaper, which will need to be customized, the material consumption increases by approximately 20%.

The choice of glue depends on the type of wallpaper. Usually, there is a mark on the roll about which adhesive is better to use and how much it needs to be bought. If you intend to prime the walls with the same glue, you should take one more package.

At what temperature is it better to glue the wallpaper?

Many people who do not have any experience in carrying out repair work are wondering if it is possible to glue wallpaper in the winter or whether it is better to wait for the onset of a warmer time of the year. Professionals argue that the season has no effect on the quality of wallpapering. The main thing is to maintain normal humidity in the room and prevent drafts.

When carrying out repairs in the winter season, the only difficulty can be the finishing of that part of the wall that is behind the radiators. Wallpaper in this place dries much faster, because of which they begin to frown and peel off. But this trouble can be avoided by applying some tricks, for example:

• wrap the battery and the pipe adjacent to it with a cloth and moisten it during gluing;
• apply a thicker layer of glue to the wallpaper;
• using a spray gun to moisten the air near the radiators.

These simple actions will not allow the wallpaper to quickly dry and shrink, forming a different tension.

The air temperature in the room should not fall below + 5 ° C. The most comfortable temperature for repair work is from + 15 ° С to + 25 ° С.

Why, when you glue the wallpaper, you can not open the windows?

Wallpapering should be carried out with windows and windows closed, no matter how stuffy and hot. In the room it is necessary to create a closed air circuit and to ensure that the air does not penetrate inside and does not break out.

In no case should you install additional sources of heat or turn on forced ventilation. It is better to simply not open the windows and as carefully as possible, without creating additional air vibrations, enter and leave the room.

If you follow these recommendations, the humidity in the room will stay at the same level, as a result of which the wallpaper will dry evenly, without cracks and wrinkles.But it is worth noting that this is more true for paper wallpapers - vinyl and non-woven are not subject to the harmful effects of drafts, provided that high-quality glue is used.

It will be possible to ventilate the room only after the wallpaper is completely dry. The paper cloth dries 2-3 days, non-woven - a week. Recently, wallpaper glue has appeared that dries in 36 hours. It costs a little more than usual, but the repair time is also significantly reduced. Therefore, everyone decides which formulations are best to apply.

Where to begin?

Before you glue the wallpaper, you need to properly prepare the wall surface. The accuracy and durability of the repair will depend on the pre-treatment.

• Cleaning the walls of the old coating

If the walls completely or partially left the old wallpaper, they must be removed. Otherwise, under the influence of moisture and glue, pieces of paper will swell and move away from the surface with a new coating.

The work is performed as follows. The wall is thoroughly moistened with a warm soapy solution using a piece of cloth or a spray bottle. After the paper dries, it is cleaned with a knife or spatula.

It is much harder to clean a painted wall. To do this, you can use a grinding machine or drill with a special nozzle, but still it is better to treat the surface with chemical solvents.

• Surface alignment

After removing the old wallpaper, you can see in what condition is the surface being treated. Cracks and irregularities are smoothed with putty. If the walls are too curved, you can align them with plaster or drywall.

After leveling, the surface of the wall should be cleaned with fine sandpaper. This will get rid of sand and particles of plaster, which can appear under a layer of a new coating.

• Primer

To fix the putty and improve adhesion, the surface of the wall is treated with a primer, which can be used as the selected wallpaper glue or to obtain a composition created specifically for these purposes. After applying the primer, the walls should dry for at least 24 hours.

Glue the wallpaper correctly

To answer the question of how to properly glue the wallpaper, you need to know their composition and size. The composition of the canvas can be paper or non-woven, and by the size of the rolls are divided into narrow (53 cm) and wide (106 cm). Depending on the characteristics of the finishing material, the gluing technology changes.

Paper wallpaper is the most environmentally friendly type of material used for wall decoration. They perfectly pass air, do not contain substances harmful to human health, are easily glued and are inexpensive.

1. Roll up on the floor face down. From the edge of the canvas measure the height of the wall plus 5 cm and cut the first strip. With all the following bands, they do the same. If the sheets have a pronounced pattern, make an allowance for the amount specified in the instructions.
2. A strip is drawn on the wall, the verticality of which is checked with a plumb line. This is necessary in order to glue the canvas as evenly as possible.
3. Glue is bred according to the instructions. After the composition is slightly infused, it is applied to the sheet with a brush or roller, with particular attention to the edges.
4. It is necessary to start pasting the room from the farthest corner so that the vertical errors accumulated by the end of the work are subtle.
5. The upper part of the sheet is applied to the wall surface, pressed and smoothed from the middle to the edges, trying to stick evenly and not leave air pockets.

Important!

Paper wallpapers must be glued immediately after applying glue. Otherwise, the paper will get wet and transfer the canvas to the wall will be much more difficult.

Butt gluing

Recently appeared non-woven wallpaper is much thicker than paper, so they are glued only butt. Before gluing non-woven wallpaper, the wall is coated with an adhesive designed specifically for this type of finishing material.It is not necessary to apply glue to the fabric, since the fibers of the wrong side already contain a binder polymer.

First, following the general rules, mark the surface to be glued, draw a vertical line, and then apply the adhesive composition to a wall section a little wide (2-3 cm) wider than the roll width. This is necessary so that the sheet adheres well at the junction and does not curl after drying. In a similar way we glue all the panels themselves.

Important!

Do not allow excess glue to be squeezed onto the front of the web. In the process, they must be carefully cleaned with a piece of soft cloth.

Pasting with a fit picture

Very often, especially among non-professionals, the question arises of how to properly glue wallpaper with a large pattern. To get a complete picture, you have to combine parts of the image located on two separate canvases.

The following recommendations will help in the work.

• When buying a wallpaper with a large-scale pattern, you need to take one roll more than the calculated amount. Many manufacturers on the packaging of their products indicate the size of the report, which allows you to more accurately determine the required number of rolls.
• Before starting repair work, roll two rolls on the floor and try to combine the pattern so that as little scrap as possible remains.
• Just in case, the canvas is cut out a few centimeters longer than when gluing ordinary wallpaper.

Patterned cloths are usually glued butt. This allows you to connect the two parts of the same image with maximum accuracy, without violating the geometry of the picture.

How to stick wallpaper in the corners?

Everyone who has repeatedly glued wallpaper with their own hands knows how difficult it is to finish the corners. It will be much easier and faster to paste over all the even walls in the room than to cope with one crooked corner.

Professionals have their own secrets in this regard. Corners can be pasted in two ways.

1. In the corner make a joint of two paintings. To do this, the wallpaper, adjacent to the corner on both sides, is laid on top of each other and both layers are cut with a sharp knife. The cut must be done very carefully and beautifully, exactly along the line of the angle. The cut off parts are removed, and the edges of the canvases are glued.
2. In the corner paste a single piece of cloth and make a vertical cut. Wallpaper is leveled, and the surplus received due to irregularities in the angle is cut off.

Tip

In the place where the joint will be located, it is better to pre-paint the surface of the wall in the color of wallpaper. Then small gaps will be completely invisible.

Interesting ideas for wallpapering

Getting into the store of finishing materials, it is impossible not to admire the variety of colors and textures of wallpaper products. Striped and speckled wallpapers with flowers and geometric shapes, with images of birds and animals allow to realize the most incredible ideas of designers.

Today, the most fashionable way of decorating a room is wallpapering of two or more types. To meet the needs of the discerning customer, companion materials are produced. These are two types of wallpaper that combine with each other in color and pattern.

Here are some interesting ideas for decorating a room that you can take into account when carrying out repairs in your apartment.

• Vertical stripes. The design, which is based on a combination of vertical stripes and a matching monochrome canvas, is most often used in rooms with low ceilings, since striped wallpapers visually stretch the walls in height. The main thing is not to overdo it with the number of colors - designers do not recommend using more than three colors at a time.
• Horizontal stripes. Sheets with a horizontal strip are perfectly combined with monophonic canvases having a wide variety of textures. The stripes can be located in the center of the wall and divide it into two parts - for example, the lower part is trimmed with monochrome beige wallpaper, and the upper part contains brown, sand and terracotta stripes.With this interior design, it should be remembered that the horizontal strip visually makes the room lower and wider. For narrow rooms with high ceilings, this finish option will be optimal.
• Two kinds. Favorite by many designers, the interior option is based on the use of two types of wallpaper. For example, one wall in the room is pasted over with a plain bright turquoise canvas, and the rest is finished with white or grayish wallpaper with turquoise flowers.
• Zoning of the room. If you need to divide a large room into zones, you can use wallpapers of different colors - the main thing is that they successfully harmonize with each other.

Any non-professional can paste wallpapers in their house or apartment. It is only necessary to come up with the option of decorating the walls, purchase the necessary tools and materials, get acquainted with the advice of specialists and carefully perform the work.