Bamboo canvases have recently been actively used by designers to create an original interior in a room. They have good wear resistance, and most importantly - it is still a natural finishing material. In addition, with their help you can realize the most daring design decisions.
Bamboo Canvas: Short Description
Decorative material is characterized as
bamboo wallpaper. They are produced in rolls and are mainly used to create an original interior.
The basis of the canvas is technical gauze. Bamboo lamellas (strips) are applied to it, which come in various colors and widths.
Depending on whether trims are made from the inside or outside of the trunk, the wallpaper is divided into two main types. Rolls are made of various lengths (minimum 5 to 15 m) and widths (0.9 m to a maximum of 2.5 m). The width of the lamellas (plates) varies from 3.5 to 20 millimeters. Although if the wallpaper is made by pressing, the width of these strips can even reach 100 millimeters.
Bamboo canvas in the interior
The above decoration material has a limitless scope. It is actively used for decorating walls, furniture, and ceilings.
Bamboo cloths are used in different directions of interior decoration:
- African and Asian (Japanese and Chinese) styles;
- ecological direction, when bamboo wallpapers are combined in the interior with other natural materials (stone, ceramic tiles, clay);
- Californian and Mediterranean styles;
- functional interior and minimalism.
This cloth is cut with the help of a clerical knife along the lamellas. If you need to cut it across, then a hacksaw with a small tooth is already being used. The material is applied by gluing to the surface. It should be noted that a special glue has been developed for bamboo wallpapers. It easily glues the canvas even to ordinary bricks, it is environmentally friendly, is made on the basis of rubber and is diluted with an ordinary solvent.
The glue must be applied to the canvas with a notched trowel and for another 5 minutes you can freely adjust the position of the wallpaper, since its duration only occurs after this time.
Types of Bamboo Cloth
Wallpaper from the inside of the trunk is made of bamboo slats, which are almost perfectly polished from all sides. They are well fixed on the base.
These bamboo canvases are divided into three main types:
- tinted or dark;
- wallpaper color wenge;
- natural, that is, bright.
Dark canvases are obtained by heating bamboo to a temperature that slightly exceeds 60 degrees Celsius. Under such conditions, the above material changes color.
The color of wenge bamboo canvases is obtained only in the case of staining of light wallpaper.
The manufacturer can cover this building material with a special varnish or not apply it. If the bamboo canvas is not varnished, then in the future you can get good shades when you color it.
These wallpapers from the outer part of the trunk are distinguished by a fairly good and pronounced structure of the bamboo trunk. These canvases are divided into the following types:
- greens or lime colors ;
- pistachios;
- vanilla, that is, with a slight yellow tinge;
- Chocolate
In addition to color differences, bamboo canvases from the outside of the trunk may have some tinted spots. This type of wallpaper is called tortoiseshell.
It is known that the production of bamboo paintings does not stand still. Most recently, manufacturers have released a new type of wallpaper from the above material. These are the so-called pressed bamboo canvases. The latter, unlike their predecessors, are of higher quality, increased strength, noise absorption and wear resistance.
Benefits of Bamboo Wallpaper
This finishing material has some key features:
- It is environmentally friendly, that is, non-toxic;
- possesses excellent noise and heat insulation;
- practically not affected by the time;
- has good resistance to fading;
- possesses dust-repellent properties;
- additionally processed with special substances that reliably protect the wallpaper from moths.
How to care for bamboo wallpaper?
Bamboo canvases are cleaned very easily. They repel dust well.
Experts recommend wiping bamboo cloths with a slightly damp sponge or a soft cloth. They can also be treated with a vacuum cleaner using a special soft brush.
If necessary, it is allowed to process wallpaper from bamboo with agents that are designed to care for wooden furniture.
Bamboo Wallpaper Reviews
You can find quite a lot of responses from people who used a bamboo canvas to
decorate walls and ceilings. Their reviews indicate that this is a very convenient and practical finishing material. Just look after him.
In addition, as noted by consumers, this finishing material is universal. In any interior, you can easily fit a bamboo canvas. The price of wallpaper depends on their width and type. For example, a bamboo cloth with a width of 1800 mm costs 1150 rubles. The same wallpaper, but 900 mm wide, can be bought much cheaper - for 720 rubles.
But, as consumers note, the cost of this finishing material in comparison with other wallpapers is high. Manufacturers justify themselves in this case by the fact that natural material is cheap, of course, can not.
Finishing bamboo cloth walls and ceilings, as consumers say, is not difficult. Usually the material is accompanied by instructions for use. People claim that they glued this wallpaper on an uneven surface, and on a cement base, and on wood. In any case, there were no problems. Bamboo cloths adhere well, only you need to use special glue.
Wallpaper made of bamboo is easy to operate and has a special elegant appearance. Therefore, they attract the views of both professional designers and ordinary consumers who are trying to create an elegant and unique interior in their premises.