Despite the emergence of all new and new types of finish coatings, paper wallpapers remain a rather popular design solution. The point is not only in their relatively low price and environmental friendliness. They are good and the fact that, being textured and dense, we mask small surface defects. By choosing this option, you save yourself from the need to change the coverage of the walls whenever you want to change the main color of the interior.
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Is it possible to paint a piece of paper? We answer: You can not paint all the wallpaper, but only those on which there is a water-repellent coating.
When buying, be sure to find information on the packaging about whether this product is intended for painting.
Sometimes they are made of applated paper, and they are not necessarily painted. True, in this case there is a risk that the joints will be noticeable. In addition, paint makes the paper stronger and resistant to pollution.
Wallpaper types of painting
These wallpapers are usually common from two or more layers.
The surface texture is created in two ways: embossing and structuring.
Script rollers are used for embossing, which are squeezed out on the top layer a specific pattern. If embossing has a rapport (that is, a periodically repeated element of the pattern or ornament), when sticking, the panels should be combined so that parts of the pattern on the joints coincided. The unpreparable pattern of alignment does not require.
Wallpaper palette
In structural (structured) wallpaper between two paper layers, layer of wood fibers (sawdust, chips) are placed, on the size of which the view and the depth of the relief depends. They do not require compatibility of the drawing when sticking.
Sticking
Rules for plating wallpapers under painting Standard:- Prepare the surface: Remove the old coating, if necessary, align the wall, plaster or sharpen, to the porous strongly absorbing surface to apply primer, wait for drying.
- Measure and cut the panels of the desired length. When cutting, consider the possible need to combine the pattern.
- Before sticking with the help of the level to determine on the wall a strictly vertical border from which to start work.
- There are three options for applying glue: on the cloth, on the wall, on the cloth and on the wall. The choice depends on the composition and weight of the wallpaper - the manufacturer usually indicates the packaging option of application.
- Since all wallpapers are considered heavy, glue for them need to pick up the appropriate.
- Cloth cloth should be joined.
- The joints should not coincide with the corners of the room.
- Wallpaper dry with normal, room temperature, temperature. Drafts are unacceptable, as unacceptable and use of additional heat sources.
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For painting paper wallpapers, various types of water-based paints are applied - acrylic, latex, polyvinyl acetate. More often than others apply acrylic paint - it is more resistant to water, and wallpapers covered with this paint can be wiped with a wet sponge.
Beautiful and practical
What should be remembered by picking up the color:
- If you buy a white paint, in which you will add a kel (most common option), you should immediately calculate the required amount of paint and breed with a margin. You can use a special caloring machine in the store - select the desired color, and the machine will prepare the right solution. Knowing the spacker number, you always buy the paint of the desired shade.
- When drying, the paint can be slightly changed. If you need a strictly defined shade, it is better to make a sample: paint a spare piece of wallpapers and wait for paint drying.
Painting paper wallpaper
Some simple rules will help to paint the wallpaper:
- Painting should be started only after complete wallpaper drying. Paper usually dries no more than a day, but for complete confidence, experts recommend waiting for two or three days.
- Before you start, you need to remove from the walls of the socket, switches and other overhead items that are undesirable to stain. Separate sections of the floor and ceiling to close the painting ribbon.
- The paint is applied with a brush, roller (with a pile) or splashing.
- If it is planned to use different colors for a total tone and for the protruding relief part, then the entire surface is painted first, and after drying, a more rigid rubber roller is taken for staining. This work requires famous skills.
Wallpaper painting roller
Sometimes paper wallpapers for greater strength and water resistance are covered with special varnish. This option has some drawbacks. On the glossy surface, all defects are better visible - irregularities, bubbles, because of this, the varnish can be applied only on flawlessly smooth walls. In addition, varnish wallpapers can be shifted, so if it is planned to cover them with varnish, the color of the wall should be strictly homogeneous. It will be quite difficult to delete them - special solutions and tools will be required.
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