Sticky Wallpaper with Your Hands

Modern types of wallpaper - materials that can, perhaps, produce the greatest effect from the entire range of available means for decorating the room. Even a lot of new facing solutions, which appeared recently, can not take away the palm tree of traditional wallpaper, it is still one of the most widely used coatings for walls and ceilings. Leading import and domestic manufacturers are regularly improved in the technology of wallpaper production, using all new materials, various additives, etc., which allow improving the consumer properties of the products.

Today, there are rolls with an increased length, up to 25 m, which is convenient for gluing large rooms. To choose the best version of wallpaper, it is not recommended to pay attention solely to their appearance, it is necessary to study and take into account their characteristics and properties. It is believed that if the windows of your apartment are facing south, south-west, then you can use cold wallpaper, and for rooms facing the north, the warmer tonality of the color scheme of the wallpaper is more appropriate.

Wallpaper gluing Will help to make the room more spacious, fill it with colors that will invariably delight you and create a positive attitude. The overall tone of your room will create a color gamut of wallpaper. Even the simplest drawing can significantly transform your room. Of course, such a transformation still requires the desire, skills, time and finances.

Step 1. Preparation

This stage consists in preparing the surface of the walls for gluing. First you need to get rid of the old wallpaper coating.

Remove the old wallpaper (which probably is, if you already live in an apartment) it will be more convenient with a narrow spatula, lightly moistening the wallpaper before that in places where they do not easily leave. Wait for a while until the water soaks the old coating, and act! In the old apartments, which replaced many of the owners, the wallpaper was often glued in several layers. Well, be patient, operation, most likely, you will have to repeat it several times.

On those areas where the wallpaper coating is kept fairly tight, attach a cloth moistened with water, and iron it, then it will be easier for you to get rid of the old wallpaper.

Preparing the surface of the walls for wallpapering does not fundamentally differ from the work on preparing for whitewashing, painting the ceiling. Important
To achieve an even surface of the walls.

If the surface of the walls is far from the ideal state, zaspatlyuyte all cracks, chipped, primrutuyte surface. When the primer layer has completely dried, proceed directly to the wallpapering.

If you will glue the wallpaper on a smooth plastic coating, then give it a little roughness.

Stage 2. Prepare the glue.
Adhesive for wallpapers should have a uniform consistency, do not contain lumps, resist mold, fungi, do not leave after drying stains on the wallpaper.

For wallpaper from heavy materials (glass fabric, textile, vinyl, non-woven) use special types of glue. Do not forget, during the preparation of the glue, continuously stir the water in the container while rinsing the contents of the package inside. Then mix the mass well, letting the adhesive dissolve well. Before gluing, the surface of the walls is primed with diluted glue.

Stage 3. Preparing the wallpaper
The first linen must be glued on a plumb line. The wallpaper should be cut into pieces, not forgetting about 5 - 7 cm. A stock along the length. Making cutting of canvases, consider the repetition of the pattern on them. If your wallpaper does not contain a pattern, monochrome or go under the paint, then such a need disappears, which greatly speeds up the process.

Using a roller, glue is applied to the inside of the wallpaper, the pieces covered with glue are folded in half and kept for about 5-7 minutes. Unimpregnated cloths will be poorly adhered. On the other hand, when overexposing wallpaper (especially if they are plain paper) can swell and crawl.

Stage 4. Wall wallpapering
When the linen soaked properly glue, you can glue them to the surface of the wall, not forgetting to smooth out the wrinkles and bubbles that form in this way. Use for this purpose, a damp cloth is not recommended: it can spoil the appearance of the wallpaper somewhat. Remove excess glue with a sponge.

Stage 5. Painting the wallpaper
If the wallpaper is designed for painting, take a roller with a length of pile slightly more roughness of the wallpaper texture to paint them properly. In the case of 2 tonne coloring for the second coat of paint, you can choose a roller with a shorter pile length, which will accentuate the relief of the wallpaper surface as a result.