When choosing a wallpaper for repair, pay attention to vinyl ones - very popular, comfortable, beautiful and practical. This wallpaper has two layers, the top is foam PVC and the bottom is paper or non-woven. It is very convenient to wallpaper rooms in new homes with vinyl wallpaper, since the elastic, slightly stretching structure of the wallpaper showed itself well during the shrinkage of the house, they do not tear, do not deform and do not peel off. There is a huge amount of vinyl wallpaper: for painting, with embossing, pattern, various decorative effects. When buying wallpaper, compare the batch number, which should be the same on all rolls. How to stick wallpaper? There is an instruction on the roll, which shows in detail which glue should be used for gluing them, how to glue vinyl wallpapers correctly, their technical characteristics are indicated by symbols.
Preliminary preparation of the wall surface
For a quality sticker, you first need to prepare the wall surface. The dense structural upper layer of the wallpaper allows them to be glued to not very even walls with slight defects. But their surface should be dry and primed. Before priming the wall, it is necessary to repair all cracks and noticeable defects with putty. The walls are primed with a special primer, or wallpaper glue diluted with water . After the primed walls have dried, you can proceed to sticker the wallpaper. Yes, it is recommended to remove the skirting boards, the upper panels of switches and sockets.
Glue wallpaper
How to glue vinyl wallpaper? Actually, there are no special difficulties in this work. We measure the height of the wall and cut the roll with the wallpaper into strips of the required length (+ 10 cm). If there is a drawing on the material, then before cutting the stripes, it must be combined. By the way, wallpaper with a large pattern is bought with the “margin” necessary to combine the picture.
The cut strips are spread on a smooth smooth surface with the wrong side up, each offset by 10-15 cm. Previously, according to the instructions, special glue is diluted for this type of wallpaper.
Now carefully look at the instructions for them, it has tips on how to glue vinyl wallpapers. There are three types of wallpaper: when deciding one, glue is applied only to the wallpaper, the other type involves applying glue to both the wallpaper and the wall. The third type is glued, applying glue only to the wall. In this case, you do not need to cut the wallpaper into strips, they are glued directly from the roll, and cut off already on the wall. It is not worth stinging the glue, apply it thickly and carefully so that there are no glued areas.
Glue wallpaper better with an assistant. One is located above, under the ceiling, and the other from below gives a strip of wallpaper. It is better to start from the door, or from the window. First, with the help of the level, an even vertical line is determined, which will be the starting line for starting work. The strips of wallpaper are glued end-to-end, fitting them tightly to each other. They are spread on the wall using a special wallpaper spatula or a hard brush, and the joints are rolled with a rubber roller. It is impossible to pull the strips with force, rub them strongly with a rag or brush, which can deform their front layer. Wet wallpapers are quite vulnerable in this regard. In addition, if they are tightened strongly during gluing, then after drying they will shrink and a gap will form between the strips.
How to glue vinyl wallpaper in the corner. There are standard rules for this. The wallpaper strip in the corner of the room is glued so that it slightly goes on the next wall, no more than a few centimeters. The corner is very well and carefully ironed with a spatula, the wallpaper should be glued in the corner especially tightly. The next strip is glued to the adjacent wall, starting from the corner in an even vertical (it is determined by a plumb line).
The upper edge, if they are not glued under the ceiling itself, is determined by a previously applied horizontal line. All possible irregularities formed during gluing are cut off after drying the wallpaper with a knife.
The edge of the wallpaper from the bottom is also trimmed after drying one or two centimeters below the upper border of the baseboard. If the baseboard cannot be removed, then the lower edge of the wallpaper is bent inward 1 cm below the baseboard and is well ironed with a spatula.
In places where switches and sockets are located, wallpaper is not cut out during operation. This is also done after drying with a sharp knife. Then the edges of the slice are pressed by the panels of sockets and switches, which are screwed into place.
We tried to give the most general recommendations on how to properly stick vinyl wallpapers. However, this process is simple, a beginner will be able to cope.