Get a beautiful, resistant mechanical damage, with excellent sound and thermal insulation properties, the coating can be decorating with cork panels.
The plug is not the most budget version of the decor, so to avoid additional waste of money, time and strength on the repair, it is worth studying the basic errors that are allowed when sticking through cork panels.
- Wrong glue selection. Provide the best hitch of panels with a wall can only special adhesive for traffic jams. It is important that the adhesive composition responded to high moisture resistance rates, quickly dried and did not release toxic substances into the environment.
You should not use PVA glue or liquid nails for sticking cork panels.
- Preparatory work has been made poorly. The durability of the decorative surface from cork panels is achieved only under the condition of thorough and high-quality preparation of walls. The rough surface is covered by the old decorative finish, it is examined for cracks, dents, wheels of fungus or mold. If necessary, all defects are eliminated. After the surface is cleaned, it is necessary to dry well (construction hairdryer will come to the rescue).
The plug panels are glued into the room where the temperature is not lower than + 17c.
- Lack of grinding walls. It is the applying of soil helps to achieve the following results:
- absorbing the wall surface, the primer strengthens the top layer, increases the strength of the base;
- the soil provides a reliable coupling of decorative materials with a wall;
- The soil nails dust particles residues. As a result, the glue lies with a thin, smooth layer, and not knocked into the lumps.
- The wall markup stage is ignored. If when weeping cork wallpapers, the blade is enough to apply the original vertical hints, then fixing the cork panels must definitely need to draw the grid throughout the wall. Otherwise, avoid blocks of panels will not succeed.
The first tile is pasted exactly in the center of the wall. The panels are pasted with a displacement, on the principle of brickwork.
- Under the glued panels from the tube there are air bubbles. It is important to carefully squeeze the air from under decorative panels. This can be done by smoothing the glued material to the wall. Ignoring this recommendation may cause rapid dug plugging from the wall.
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Faster to release air from under the panel will help puncture the tube of a small needle.
- Cork panels have not pressed against the wall. As a result, through a short time, the tiles start to spare.
The cork panel, smeared with glue, must be pressed against the wall at least thirty seconds.
- Cork panels are glued immediately after unpacking. As a result, the cork can change its density, shade.
Before sticking to the walls, the cork panels must be kept in the room where the finish will occur at least twenty-four hours.
Before laying the slab lay down on the floor for several pieces from different packages. This will help to avoid the difference of colors and material structure.
- The step of the final coating of the tile from the tube is varnished. Those who believe that cork panels do not need additional processing with protective compositions (for example, varnish). No matter how carefully, the plates between themselves were not docked, the gaps remain, through which moisture penetrates, which destroys the decorative surface. Extend the life of the panels from the tube will help additional treatment with lacquet surfaces or a protective agent based on wax.
Get a high-quality, durable and very beautiful coating from cork panels can be avoiding errors on their laying.
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