Repair in the apartment to paste wallpaper as best as possible. How to glue wallpaper (video)

For many, repairs are primarily associated with wallpapering. Many mistakenly believe that there are no tricks in this matter and that it is enough just to stick it more or less evenly and that will be enough. The basis of a good mood in the future is not peeling wallpaper. In order to prevent this from happening, it is necessary to prepare the walls for gluing.

Preparing the wall for pasting

How to remove old wallpaper from walls?

Wallpapering old wallpaper is the biggest mistake that can be made in the renovation process. If for some reason you have pasted new wallpapers on old ones, then be prepared that soon this whole structure will collapse soon. Therefore, first of all, you need to remove the old wallpaper. Wallpaper labels usually indicate an easy removal method, but if the label is not preserved, then it's okay to use the following methods to various types wallpaper:

- Vinyl wallpapers. To remove vinyl wallpaper, make cuts on the surface, then moisten the wallpaper with water. After the water is absorbed, a horizontal incision is made at the top of the wallpaper and the wallpaper is removed in whole pieces;

- Non-woven wallpaper. In such wallpaper, it is necessary to make cuts and holes, after which, using a sprayer, apply water to the surface. After 20 minutes, the wallpaper itself will begin to peel off the wall;

— Washable wallpaper. This is a two-layer wallpaper, the first layer is wetted quite easily: notches are made on the wallpaper, the surface is wetted. After that, the top layer leaves quite easily. The second layer is best removed with a steam generator, you can use a regular steam iron.

- Ordinary paper wallpaper. With this wallpaper, the problems are the least, it is enough to moisten the wallpaper and after a few minutes start removing it with a spatula. In this way, you can even remove multilayer wallpaper designs.

Wall putty

After removing the old layer of wallpaper, you need to prepare the wall. The first stage is the alignment of the wall with putty. High-quality wall putty takes place in three stages:

1) Covering the wall with a primer. This is done to improve the adhesion of putty to the wall. It is best to apply the primer composition with a roller - this ensures a uniform distribution of the primer composition over the entire surface of the wall;

2) Starting putty. After the primer is completely dry, you can begin to putty the wall, this is done to level the walls. The layer of starting putty should not exceed one and a half centimeters. If the wall level differences are greater, then it is necessary to apply putty in several layers, for this a paint grid is used, while it is necessary to let the first layer of putty dry, let it dry and apply a primer solution on it.

It is worth paying attention that the packaging of the putty should indicate that this is exactly the starting putty.

Layers of putty are applied with a spatula in small, uniform portions. To avoid the occurrence of bumps and irregularities, it is necessary to apply putty diagonally overlapping. For puttying corners, you must use a special corner spatula. If your walls are even on their own or high-quality putty was made during the last repair, then you can safely skip this stage. Starting putty is needed only for leveling the walls;

3) Finishing putty. After the starting putty has dried, the finishing layer of putty is applied. It removes all small cracks and bumps, making the wall perfectly smooth. The composition that is produced this operation, has a similar name finishing putty. The layer of finishing putty should not exceed two millimeters. If you did not level the walls with the starting putty, then the finishing putty is applied immediately to the primer after drying;

Wall primer

The final stage of wall preparation is the priming of the walls. Priming the walls is a mandatory step, but many people skip it, which is not recommended. The main purpose of wall priming is to improve the adhesion of wallpaper to the wall, but in addition to this, wall priming is necessary for the following:

1. Removal of dust and small debris from the walls;
2. Improving the moisture resistance of the wall;
3. Reduced glue consumption.

The priming process is quite simple and does not carry any tricks in itself. The primer is best done with a roller - this ensures an even distribution of the layer over the surface. The primer must be applied in two layers, the second layer is applied after the first has dried.

Where to start wallpapering?

The first strip of wallpaper is the most important, everything will depend on how well it is pasted. It is necessary to glue the first strip strictly perpendicularly, you should not focus on the corners of the room - often far from the value of 90 degrees, and in this case, the drawing will be crooked and the result will disappoint you. It is necessary to focus either on a window or on a doorway. They are always strictly perpendicular to the floor, and in this case there will be no problems with gluing. It is worth remembering that when sticking the strips, you must move strictly in one direction.

Features of gluing different types of wallpaper

Paper

The technology of pasting paper wallpaper is quite simple, and is divided into the following steps:

1) The roll is cut into canvases equal to the height of the wall. But it is necessary to leave a small margin of 10-15 centimeters, depending on the pattern. If the pattern is solid, then it is necessary to pre-fit the strips to each other. On some wallpaper there is an edge on one or both sides - it needs to be cut off;

2) Applying glue. The glue is applied with a brush in a thin layer. If the wallpaper is made using duplex technology, then the glue is applied in two layers. After applying the first, the surface will become wavy. The second layer of glue smoothes the surface;

3) The process of pasting tricks does not carry. Better wallpaper glue together, holding the strip on both sides. Thus, you can safely stick the strips strictly vertically. You should not rush, and the first page should be given a lot of attention, because the final result depends on it. When pasting corners, it is necessary to make a small overlap;

4) It is necessary to smooth the wallpaper with a soft cloth from the middle to the edges. Thus, air bubbles will not form on the surface of the wallpaper. For smoothing light wallpaper under the fabric you need to put a sheet of white paper;

5) Glue must be removed carefully with a damp sponge. Do not forget that paper wallpapers can be easily damaged.

If there are sockets and switches on the wall, then you must first de-energize them, then the cases are removed. The wallpaper is glued over the sockets, after which a cross-shaped incision is made with a sharp knife, then a hole is cut out.

Vinyl

Vinyl is known for its durability and the gluing technology differs from paper:

1) The roll is cut into strips along the height of the wall. The stripes are adjusted to each other according to the pattern. Vinyl wallpapers are thick and they are glued exclusively end-to-end. It is necessary to leave a small margin, the room may have height differences;

2) Be sure to read the instructions. Usually the glue is only applied to the wall, but some vinyl wallpapers require the application of glue to the strip;

3) The sticker process is quite simple. The strip is applied to the wall, after which it is smoothed from the center to the edges with a special rubber roller, the glue can be removed with a damp sponge or cloth. Particular attention must be paid to the joint, if necessary, glue with a brush. Pasting the corners, you definitely need allowances of 3-4 cm. The excess is cut off with a sharp clerical knife.

When sticking vinyl wallpaper, it is necessary that all rolls are from the same batch. The batches may vary in small thickness and color tones. This will not be noticeable on rolls, but on the wall the difference will be striking.

non-woven

Non-woven wallpaper is very specific in the sticker process, if you decide to paste over the walls with this type of wallpaper, then here's what you need to know:

1) Before marking the roll and cutting it into strips, a film must be laid on the floor surface. You need to cut the non-woven wallpaper with a very sharp knife. After cutting off the strip, it is rolled up into a roll with the front side inward, starting from the bottom side. It is also necessary to mark the wall for each strip;

2) Glue must be applied to the wall in sufficient quantity. The strip should slide freely on the surface of the wall, but at the same time it is necessary to prevent the formation of smudges;

3) Each strip is rolled from top to bottom, according to the markings. After that, the strip is gently smoothed from the center to the edges;

4) Excess glue is removed with a damp sponge, allowances are cut off with a sharp clerical knife.

1. It is best to cut wallpaper with a kitchen knife, it is much easier to manage it, and to cut it with a clerical one;
2. Trim wallpaper on windows and door slopes much easier the next day when the wallpaper dries;
3. It happens that the eyes get tired and the look is “blurred” and air bubbles can be missed. To prevent this from happening. Just run your fingers along the strip, a characteristic rustling sound will immediately give out the location of the bubbles;
4. If there is not enough wallpaper. You can use cropping, but with composite drawings it is quite difficult to do this;
5. Draft is the enemy of fresh wallpaper, therefore it is impossible to arrange a draft in the room immediately after pasting the walls;
6. In order for the glue to be uniform and without lumps, it can be stirred with a drill with a mixer type nozzle.
7. Non-woven vinyl wallpapers are glued in the same way as non-woven ones.

Wallpaper is perhaps the most common finishing material used for wall decoration. Wallpaper has found its application in the decoration of ceilings. The richness of colors and textures provides the freedom to choose the future appearance of the room. Moreover, it is not at all difficult to radically change the space with the help of wallpaper. It is only necessary to take into account a few rules that simplify the process of gluing wallpaper and avoid annoying mistakes. It is better to learn more about how to glue the wallpaper correctly before starting work, so as not to waste your energy on “reinventing the wheel”.

Materials and their calculation

In a hardware store, sales consultants will help you calculate the required number of rolls. To do this, they need to tell the dimensions of the room (length, width, ceiling height), as well as the number of doors and windows. Calculated using a calculator total area walls and is divided by the area of ​​the wallpaper in the roll. The resulting number is rounded up. If the buyer chooses wallpaper with a pattern that must be taken into account when cutting the canvases, then the consumption increases by about 20%.

Wallpaper selection

Another mandatory material needed in the work is wallpaper glue. Selected depending on the selected type of wallpaper. On the packaging of the adhesive there is information about its proper preparation. Also indicated is the maximum number of rolls that can be glued using one package. Based on this, the required number of packages of glue is purchased. If it is planned to prime the walls with the same glue, then you need to buy another package.

To decorate the interior of a room, manufacturers produce borders different widths, which shade the main color of the wallpaper. Borders can be glued along the ceiling, doors, windows. Very often, with the help of borders glued in a horizontal or vertical direction, they visually divide the wall into parts.

Required Tool

• a bucket or other container for diluting glue;
• brush (roller on a rod) for applying glue to the surface of walls and wallpaper;
• scissors (clerical knife) for cutting wallpaper into canvases of the desired length;
• a simple pencil for marking;
• plumb;
• putty knife;
• brush or rubber roller for smoothing glued panels;
• roulette.

Wallpapering Tools

Rules for gluing wallpaper: work progress

1. Work begins with the preparation of the premises. It is advisable to remove the furniture or move it away from the walls and cover it with a film from dust.

2. The walls are cleaned with a spatula from old wallpaper. If it is difficult to remove paper scraps from the surface of the wall, they are moistened with water. After a few minutes, the soaked paper is easily scraped off the wall with a spatula. Painted walls are sanded with an emery grater. With the help of putty, cracks, holes from dowels and other damage to the walls are closed. If possible, align the corners.

3. Painting or whitewashing of the ceiling is carried out, after which you can proceed to the decoration of the walls.

4. Measure the height of the wall and cut the canvas from the roll according to this measure, adding a small margin. Some put wallpaper on the wall and measure on the spot, making a mark with a pencil. In this case, you need an assistant, because holding the wallpaper and measuring it is beyond the power of one person. At the same time, beginners, as a rule, do not know where to start gluing wallpaper. If the wallpaper is glued with an overlap, then they always start from the window. This helps to visually hide the resulting seams. If the wallpaper is glued end-to-end, then you can start from anywhere.

5. The cut canvas is smeared with wallpaper glue, which is diluted immediately before work, taking into account the time of its preparation. All modern adhesive mixtures are usually prepared within 15-30 minutes. When applying glue, pay great attention to the edges so that they do not remain dry.

6. Next, the canvas is left for several minutes for impregnation, and at this time the wall is quickly coated with glue to the width of the wallpaper strip. You can not hesitate, as too long wetting of the wallpaper is fraught with their complete deoxidation. It will no longer be possible to glue such a sheet.

7. The lower edge of the smeared canvas is folded over for ease of working with it, otherwise the edge will drag along the floor.

8. The canvas is applied from above to the wall, using a chair or stepladder, while the side edge is equal to the plumb line. You can draw a vertical line along the wall in advance and stick the first panel on it.

Using a plumb line to draw a vertical

9. Using a wide brush or rubber roller, smooth the fabric from top to bottom with diagonal movements. This will allow you to firmly press the wallpaper over the entire surface of the wall, remove air bubbles and excess glue. Glue is removed with a damp cloth or sponge.

Smoothing the wallpaper with a brush will ensure the strength of the fixation, eliminate excess glue and air bubbles

10. Excess wallpaper is cut off along the floor plinth and along the perimeter of the ceiling. The rest of the sheets are glued in the same way, alignment is carried out along the previously glued canvas.

How to glue wallpaper: video instruction

Features of gluing wallpaper with a pattern

When choosing wallpaper with a pattern that needs to be selected, you must carefully consider the correct cutting of the panels.

You can carry out the selection operation in two ways:

• After gluing the first sheet, combine the pattern when measuring the second sheet directly on the wall, making marks on the wallpaper from above and below. According to these marks, the wallpaper is bent and cut. This method requires an assistant.
• You can cut several sheets of wallpaper according to the taken measurements of the wall, combining the pattern on the floor. The canvas is cut off, laid out on the floor face up. A roll rolls around. The canvas is shifted to the required distance until all the elements of the pattern are combined. After that, incisions are made, along which cutting is carried out.

How to glue wallpaper with a pattern

In order not to disturb the pattern, the wallpaper is glued end-to-end according to the algorithm described above.

How to glue wallpaper in the corners

Corners, especially if they are not perfectly straight, cause a lot of trouble for beginners. Professionals have learned to cope with any angles. What is their secret? Everything ingenious, as always, is simple. There is no need to glue a whole sheet of wallpaper in the corner. Experienced craftsmen in the corner make a junction of two canvases, and to make it perfectly even, the following technique is used. Two canvases are glued with an overlap equal to five centimeters. Then, with a sharp clerical knife, an incision is made in two canvases at once. The cut off parts are removed, the wall is once again smeared with glue and the canvases that had to be folded are glued again. The joint obtained using this technology is completely invisible. So glue the wallpaper in the inner corners. What to do with the outer corners that you have to deal with when finishing window and door slopes?

Wallpapering outside corners

When we glue the wallpaper with our own hands on external even corners, we just try to cut out the canvas in such a way as to wrap them. But this method is not always applicable. Therefore, you have to glue two canvases, which are located on the sides of the corner, while the edge remains visible. Sometimes it is pre-painted in the color of the wallpaper or simply covered with a plastic finishing corner, which is glued to the mounting adhesive.

Optimal conditions for wallpapering

To avoid the appearance of bubbles and wrinkles on paper wallpaper during drying, try to adhere to the following recommendations.

• Work is carried out at a room temperature of 23-25 ​​degrees Celsius.
• Wallpapered walls must be protected from drafts until completely dry.
• Try to prevent direct sunlight from hitting the pasted wallpaper.

In this regard, non-woven wallpaper is completely unpretentious. They are more expensive than ordinary paper wallpapers, but it is a pleasure to work with them. After all, when sticking such wallpaper, you need to apply glue only on the wall. A dry canvas with a roller is easily rolled to the surface of the wall. Work goes twice as fast if you use wide meter rolls.

Particular trouble is given to beginners by various interferences in the form of pipes, sockets, switches and other elements attached to the walls. How to properly cut the wallpaper in such places is shown in detail in the video.

Now, armed with knowledge, you can safely proceed to repair work. After all, after everything read and viewed, it became clear how to glue the wallpaper quickly and correctly. When you know exactly the order of actions, the result is always good. The joy of creativity and the new look of the rooms will overwhelm the hearts of family members, because everything will be done with love for your home.

In this article, you will learn how to glue wallpaper on the wall with your own hands. Before pasting wallpaper, you need to carefully clean the room. The quality of future walls depends on the cleanliness of the room;
The outer parts of the switch, sockets (telephone wires, cables) must be removed in advance;
Break up the glue.

• Measure from the corner a distance equal to the width of the wallpaper panel minus 1.5 cm and put a dot here. Mark where the seams will go and, if necessary, move them slightly.

• Using a level with a ruler, draw a vertical line through this point. On the wall where the wall wallpaper pattern should match with the wallpaper on the ceiling, draw a vertical line from the first seam at the wallpaper pasted on the ceiling.
• Paper wallpapering read

• Cut and prepare the first piece of wallpaper. First, straighten the top of the accordion-folded wallpaper. Stick the wallpaper in a vertical line so that the panel has an allowance of about 5 cm on the ceiling. Make sure that the pattern is not cut off at the ceiling line.

• Cut the top corner of the wallpaper so that the wallpaper in the corner does not wrinkle. With your palms, move the wallpaper panel so that it snaps into place, and its edge follows a vertical line. Smooth out the wallpaper with a smoothing brush.

• Straighten the bottom of the wallpaper panel and use your palms to move the panel so that its edge follows a vertical line. Smooth out the wallpaper with a smoothing brush. Check carefully for bubbles.

• Use a sharp wallpaper knife with interchangeable blades to cut off the excess. If the ceiling is already pasted over, bend the edge of the wall paper with a wide spatula, and then cut off the bent part with scissors so as not to damage the wallpaper pasted on the ceiling. Rinse off all glue from the surface of the wallpaper.

• Hang the next piece of wallpaper edge-to-edge so that the pattern matches. Leave the wallpaper hanging like this for about half an hour, and then lightly roll the seams with a roller. On embossed or textile battens, lightly tap the seams with a smoothing brush.

• Turn off the power and hang wallpaper over outlets and light switches. Make small diagonal cuts to expose the outlet. Along the edges electrical panel cut the wallpaper with a knife with replaceable blades.

1. Cut and prepare a whole panel of wallpaper. While the wallpaper is saturated with glue, measure the distance from the edge of the previous pasted panel to the corner at the top, middle and bottom of the wall. Add 1.5 cm to the largest of the measured values.

1. Align the edges of the folded wallpaper. Measure from the edge at two points a distance equal to the value obtained in step 1. Attach a ruler to these two points and cut the wallpaper with a sharp wallpaper knife.

1. Stick the wallpaper on the wall so that the pattern matches the pattern on the previously hung wallpaper. An allowance of about 5 cm should remain on the ceiling. Using your palms, gently butt the edges of the wallpaper panels. The panel of wallpaper should slightly overlap the unfinished wall.

1. Make small narrow cuts in the corners at the top and bottom of the panel so that you can stick the wallpaper in the corner without wrinkling. Smooth out the wallpaper with a brush, and then cut off the excess at the ceiling and at the baseboard.

1. On an unglued wall, measure from the corner and mark with a dot a distance equal to the width of the remaining wallpaper strip plus 1.5 cm. Draw a vertical line from ceiling to floor in this place. Using the same method, cut a new strip of wallpaper of this width, starting at the front edge of the new panel, so that the patterns match in the corner.

1. Place the new cut strip on the wall with the cut edge in the corner and the uncut edge in a vertical line. Press the panel against the wall and smooth it with a brush, and then cut off the excess at the ceiling and at the baseboard.

1. If you're using vinyl wallpaper, fold back the edge at the corner and apply vinyl adhesive along the seam. Press the overlapping panel evenly, wait half an hour, and then roll the seams with a roller and wipe the area with a damp sponge.

Option. Protruding corners, as a rule, can be pasted over without cutting the wallpaper. If the corner is not vertical, follow the instructions for gluing inside corners, but the measured value obtained in step 1 does not add 1.5 cm, but 2.5 cm.

The condition of the walls of a living room has a strong influence on its visual perception. Therefore, each owner tries to give them an aesthetic appearance, to create a decent comfort in their home. There are quite a few construction methods for solving this issue.

One of them - the method of sticking wallpaper on the walls of a room with your own hands when performing an apartment renovation is shared with the readers of the site by an experienced builder Dmitry Chernov.

His advice will help you understand the secrets of this method and master them in full, including the steps:

• choice of wallpaper and glue;
• selection of working tools and materials;
• wall surface preparation;
• wallpaper processing with glue and their direct sticker on the surface of the building structure.

Wallpaper selection rules

It is optimal to select a wall covering not only by color and pattern, but also taking into account:

• the material of its manufacture;
• roll dimensions;
• indoor operating conditions.

Coating material

Sale offers a wide variety of wallpaper coverings:

• paper, as the most common and cheapest. They are made: one layer - simplex or two - duplex;
• vinyl or acrylic coverings with a paper or non-woven backing of semi-synthetic, paper-like or non-woven materials. They are treated with polyvinyl chloride - vinyl or synthetic fabric - acrylic;
• natural materials from:
• fabrics: silk, linen, cotton;
• wood processing products: cork, veneer;
• as well as plant materials: straw, jute, bamboo or reed.

The basis for all coatings, as a rule, is paper.

Main dimensions of wallpaper rolls

Typical dimensions are shown in the table. They are useful for calculating the area covered.

However, rolls of other sizes may be encountered in practice. Pay attention to this question.

Compatibility with walls and operating conditions

When choosing wallpaper, first of all, you need to pay attention to the conditions for their further operation, which depend on a number of factors:

• air humidity in the room;
• placements on the inner or end surface of the wall;
• wall covering condition.

Wallpaper compatibility table

How to choose glue

Adhesive mixtures are selected after the final selection of wallpaper.

Lightweight paper blanks are able to hold any adhesive composition well, and for all others grades have been developed that can hold even heavy blanks.

For vinyl, acrylic and natural materials of elite samples, manufacturers indicate the recommended adhesive compositions.

Preparation of tools and workplace

Before direct sticker, you need to prepare:

• the space in which the work will be performed;
• tools and materials for cutting and stickers.

The workplace and tools must meet

An ordinary table or a flat section of the floor a little longer than the height of the wall will allow you to work with a roll. You can also use a flat sheet of fiberboard or chipboard.

Of the tools you will need: a tape measure, a metal ruler with a length of 55 cm or more, a paper cutter, a brush or roller, a container for glue, a plastic wallpaper spatula or rags, a plumb line, a pencil.

The floor surface must be cleaned from dirt and dust. Even small grains of debris can damage the front surface decorative material. The coating of the workplace should be periodically wiped with a damp cloth from adhesive residue and kept as dry as possible.

Rules for preparing the wall surface

In most apartment renovations, the walls are already coated with old wallpaper or paint. They should be cleaned up.

Paint Removal Method

The painted surface must be treated with emery cloth to create a rough surface that is well saturated with glue. Then it is washed with a soapy solution for degreasing and rinsed with clean water.

Method for removing glued coatings

Old wallpaper material must be removed from the wall. This can be done by treatment with a liquid for removing glued paper or ordinary warm water.

With a brush or sponge, liquid is applied to the place where the wall is covered and left for 10–20 minutes.

This time is usually sufficient for it to be absorbed into the base material and to be shed from the wall surface.

Then, with a spatula, the paper is separated from the wall, making movements from top to bottom with it. Work should be done carefully so as not to damage the surface of the building coating on which the sticker will be applied.

If the impregnation of the base material was done with high quality, then almost everything should come off the wallpaper. It is not necessary to scrape hard with a spatula to completely clean the surface. This procedure will not only damage the wall putty, but will also take a lot of time. The remaining unremoved pieces of paper should be re-treated with liquid, wait for time and remove.

This method of "wet - wait - tore off" is well suited for paper bases. But with vinyl or acrylic coatings you have to tinker a little. Their top layer is practically impervious to water.

To remove such wallpaper, you must first remove the top layer. In principle, it is removed easily: just grab the coating material by the corner and pull it down. And then process the rest of the liquid to remove the lower base.

Rules for the preliminary preparation of the wall

In most cases, after removing the old wallpaper, the places of chips and cracks on the wall are revealed. They should be cleaned and puttied. When the putty dries, it is treated with sandpaper for the final

If there are sockets, switches and baseboards on the wall surface, then it is advisable to dismantle their covers, and the bare ends electrical wiring in without fail- securely insulated for

A completely cleaned wall surface must be treated with a layer of a special primer or a weak solution of the selected adhesive with the consistency indicated on the package. It will create a protective coating film that provides good adhesion of the material.

Wallpaper sticker technology

Start point selection

Each House master when repairing an apartment with his own hands, he must determine where to start gluing. The answer to this question depends on the way the blanks are joined along the edges:

1. butt;
2. overlap method - overlapping sheets on top of each other.

Now the first method of coating is usually used. It allows you to start gluing from almost anywhere and work consistently.

The second method has often been used in the past. To do this, a control strip passed on each side of the wallpaper roll. To make the overlaps invisible, the sheets were glued from the window so that the light emanating from it hides the connecting seams, and does not emphasize them.

• the most complex node, where there are vertical interference in the form of heating pipes and various suspended structures;
• or from the most prominent (large) angle.

Roll marking

First, it follows on the wall near the place of the selected corner, removing its distance less than 2 ÷ 3 cm of the width of the wallpaper. For example, if the roll has a size of 53 cm, then you need to measure 50 or 51.

On it with a tape measure measure the required height of the wall from floor to ceiling. Then the roll is unrolled at the prepared workplace and the measurement of the tape measure is transferred to it, creating a margin of 5 cm.

From the obtained point on the workpiece, a line is drawn perpendicular to the side. It is convenient to draw it with a construction square or simply fold the roll in half, aligning its edges. According to this marking, the workpiece is cut off with scissors or a sharp mounting knife along the ruler or fold.

The marking of the next roll blank depends on the pattern on the wallpaper. If it does not require precise joining, then several strips can be cut at once, applying the cut blank as a template.

When it is necessary to combine the pattern, the wallpaper consumption will be increased. To mark a new workpiece, you will need:

• lay out the cut canvas-template face up;
• expand the roll and dock the pattern on it and the prepared workpiece;
• mark the desired length according to the template and cut it off the roll from the bottom and top.

If you take into account the location of the pattern on several rolls, then you can reduce the length of unused segments, save material. Each blank should be numbered on the reverse side or cut off before impregnating the previous one. This eliminates the possibility of their erroneous sticking to the wall in an arbitrary way.

Rules for applying glue to wallpaper

The adhesive mass must be prepared according to the factory instructions in compliance with the technology and time delay for the mixture to mature. Only in this case it will work effectively.

The strip prepared and cut off from the roll is laid out on the desktop face down, and the wrong side is treated with glue using a roller or brush. After impregnation, it is folded in half using the accordion method, applying two edges to the middle. The layers are slightly pressed, but do not put pressure on the fold. In this position, the strip is left for 5÷15 minutes, necessary for the absorption of glue into the pores of the paper and good impregnation of its structure.

If you use colored adhesive compositions, it will be easier to visually assess the uniformity of its distribution over the surface of the wallpaper material, which will reduce the likelihood of creating non-glued places.

All wallpapers with a paper base swell from moisture, increasing their size. In order for this process not to various influences on the quality of the sticker, one and the same time of their impregnation with glue should be observed.

The procedure for placing wallpaper on the wall

Let's look at an example modern way stickers blanks end-to-end. It is convenient for him to arrange them sequentially in a circle, using, for example, a clockwise direction.

Take the prepared strip soaked with glue by the upper edge and apply it to the upper part of the line near the ceiling so that the side of the workpiece is strictly adjacent to the drawn vertical line on the wall.

The wallpaper is pressed with a dry rag or a rubber spatula, creating a slight pressure on the glue using the herringbone method. With movements from top to bottom and from the center to the edge, they rub the surface of the base, achieving its snug fit to the wall and removing the air cushion.

If swelling with air bubbles has formed on the surface of the workpiece to be glued, then they must be pierced with a thin needle in the center and excess air or glue should be released in a circular motion from edge to center. This must be done because the resulting cavity will not allow the wallpaper to adhere securely to the wall.

After sticking the first strip, proceed to the second and then, moving clockwise, glue each subsequent blank to the opposite corner of the wall.

The joints between the stripes are carefully smoothed so that they are less noticeable.

When gluing wallpaper over sockets and switches, small holes are made in them with a cutter, which serve as marks for the locations of electrical switching devices.

On the next wall, the entire stage of the sticker is repeated from the moment of marking the vertical line near the adjacent corner to the width of the roll. The first strip is glued along it, and the rest are sequentially distributed to the opposite corner.

Features of wallpaper stickers on the corners of the walls

The strips of blanks on the inner and outer corners are glued so that one edge of the blank goes onto the adjacent wall, and the next strip is glued with a slight overlap of up to 2–3 cm.

Features of wallpaper stickers near window openings

At the side surface of the window, a strip of wallpaper is measured, which will need to be glued. An incision is made on it at the place of the protrusion of the window sill and slopes. The workpiece is impregnated with glue in the usual way and pressed against the wall.

Measurements are also taken above and below the window opening, and strips are cut off and glued to the wall along them.

Features of wallpaper stickers near radiators

The wall plane behind the radiators has difficult access and limited space. Wallpaper is usually not completely glued to it. They are placed only on the edges.

To do this, it is enough to cut off an extra piece from the workpiece, bring it over the edge of the battery and press it with a spatula.

Important reminder: when finished working with glue, pour its residue into a hermetically sealed container, for example, plastic bottle with lid. They will soon be required for gluing defective places.

How to dry pasted wallpaper

To ensure reliable adhesion of the wallpaper to the wall, it is necessary to withstand the drying technology of the adhesive composition. It must harden simultaneously on the building structure and inside the fibers of the impregnated paper.

To do this, it is necessary to ensure stable conditions of temperature and humidity:

• close all windows and doors in the room to prevent drafts;
• disable heating appliances to prevent temperature fluctuations;
• limit access of people to the premises.

Final sticker work

Normal drying of the glue usually lasts 18÷24 hours, and with high humidity it increases up to two days. This period is important to withstand and only after its completion is it allowed to cut off excess pieces. Do not cut wallpaper that is in a semi-moist state. Their wet structure is very fragile. It will not allow you to smoothly remove unnecessary parts.

Excess pieces are cut off with a cutter, and a straight spatula with a blade length of 20 cm or more is used as a guide.

A layer of glue is re-applied to the lagging edges with a small brush and the surfaces to be glued are pressed tightly.

Sometimes in hard-to-reach places or on a curved surface, you have to glue the wallpaper in an overlapping way. Them appearance can be improved in the following way:

• a metal ruler is applied in the middle of the gluing;
• both layers are cut with a cutter;
• remove cut pieces on both sides;
• re-lubricate the surface with glue and smooth the joint with a soft rag.

Closing covers on sockets and switches

On the wallpaper, they find the marks made, indicating the places for the covers of sockets and switches. The contour of the body of the switching device is probed under the finishing material and an extra piece of the workpiece is cut out along it.

After that, it remains only to remove the previously installed insulation layer, and screw the protective decorative cover to the front panel.

In conclusion, we recommend watching the video by Andrey KMV-stroy “How to glue non-woven wallpaper”. For general development Check out his questions and his answers right below the video.

Wallpapering the wall is one of the many jobs that the owner can do on their own, even with total absence skills. To do this, you need to choose the right coating and carefully prepare the walls. The gluing process itself does not require special skills or knowledge and is accessible even to a novice builder. It is only important to follow the advice of professionals and do everything very carefully. As a result, you can save a significant amount on the services of masters.

Wallpaper selection

Choose wallpaper according to the pattern, taking into account the purpose of the room where they will be pasted, focusing on your own taste

In hardware stores today there are many varieties of wallpaper for wall decor. Each type has its own characteristics, features of operation, disadvantages and advantages. There are some types of wall covering that do not need extensive wall preparation before application. For others, they must be perfectly even.

The main types of wallpaper:

Roll counting

When buying wallpaper for the decor of a room, it is important to correctly calculate the right amount. At the same time, it is conditionally considered that in residential premises the ceiling height is standard and is 2.5 m. Then 4 sheets of wall covering are obtained from one roll, if there is no need to select a pattern.

If the wallpaper has a pattern that needs to be joined during gluing, then the number of sheets is reduced by 1

There are special tables that help calculate the required number of rolls. You can also use special construction calculators. If it is not possible to use an automated calculation, the required number of wallpapers is found in the following order:

1. They simply measure the parameters of the walls and find their area.
2. Then measure the parameters of door and window openings and find their area.
3. The second value is subtracted from the first value obtained. This will be the desired area of ​​pasting.
4. Then, taking into account the width and length of the roll, calculate how many pieces you need to purchase.
5. Add to the obtained value 1 tube in reserve. If the wallpaper is with a pattern, then additionally buy 2 pieces.

Spare rolls do not need to be discarded. After all, it happens that at the end of all the works 1 is missing, and the remaining pieces do not fit in length or do not fit in the pattern.

Wall preparation

Before learning how to glue wallpaper with your own hands, a beginner needs to know a number of nuances. After purchasing all the right materials and tools begin preparatory work. At the same time, it is important to understand that the better they are performed, the easier it is to stick wallpaper later. The final result of the repair largely depends on how carefully the old coating was removed and the walls were leveled.

Before the start of the main work, all sockets and switches are de-energized so that glue or water that accidentally gets on them does not provoke short circuit. To do this, remove the protective lining and insulate the wires. Then during the work use portable lamps.

Cleaning the walls from the old coating

When working with chemicals, a respirator, goggles and gloves are required

Before sticking new wallpaper, completely remove old decor, unscrew the skirting boards and decorative strips of door frames. The lining of switches and sockets is removed even earlier. If there were other wallpapers on the walls before, the following means are used to remove them:

• Water perfectly removes paper wallpaper. They are abundantly moistened with a heated liquid, and after soaking, they are torn off with a construction spatula. In denser varieties, the integrity of the decorative top layer is first violated, and then also soaked with water.
• Special chemicals for removing wallpaper are used strictly according to the attached instructions.

If the walls were previously painted or whitewashed, then more effort is applied to remove the coating. Whitewash is abundantly moistened and peeled off after soaking with a spatula. oil paint the hardest to remove. To separate the decorative layer from the wall, it is heated with a building hair dryer or blowtorch and then peel off the swollen coating with a spatula.

It is more effective to use chemicals to remove wallpaper. Under the influence of these substances, the paint layer becomes loose and can be easily removed.

Wall alignment

Cleaned surfaces must be leveled to correct existing flaws. They will be visible after removing the old coating. small scratches and cracks are sealed with a finishing putty based on acrylic or gypsum.

To seal large cavities, plaster is used. Existing protruding bumps are chipped off with a chisel or leveled with a perforator. Finally, the wall is sanded. Dirt and dust are swept away with a broom or wiped with a rag, brush.

Primer

The wall is primed 2-3 hours before wallpapering to prevent dust from settling on the wall surface.

This stage is the last one in the list. preparatory work. Many people skip priming the walls and consider it insignificant. A lesser amount of glue is spent on the primed surface, and the adhesion of the wallpaper and the wall after this procedure will be better.

As a primer, special acrylic compounds or ordinary wallpaper paste are used. Application is carried out with a brush, brush or roller.

Cutting wallpaper

It is necessary to immediately cut all the wallpaper and fold them to the side, turning them face down

After priming the walls, the floor in the room is thoroughly cleaned of debris and washed. Purchased wallpapers are sorted by batch number, as there may be some difference in the shade of the picture. The packaging always contains instructions for wallpapering and manufacturer's recommendations. They must be carried out, the work was done better.

1. The wallpaper is unpacked and cut out in strict accordance with the height of the room.
2. When cutting, allowances are made 2 cm long. Too much stock is not needed, since they stretch a little when lubricated with glue.

Stripes are especially carefully cut out if alignment of the pattern is required:

1. In this case, it is recommended to cut off one strip and turn it right side up.
2. Then the roll is applied to the side and the pattern is precisely aligned.
3. Having measured the desired length, the strip is bent and carefully ironed.
4. The incision is made along the fold with a sharpened knife.

Glue mixing

Now for gluing wallpaper using special building mixtures. The solution is prepared in a container with water, adding powder to it and mixing thoroughly. The amount of liquid is measured strictly according to the instructions on the package, without increasing or decreasing.

Glue is mixed with cold water. Warm or hot liquid can only be used when preparing homemade paste.

In modern adhesive mixtures, special additives are used that protect against the formation of fungus and prevent insects from eating glue particles. Hot water destroys these substances and reduces the effectiveness of the composition. In addition, the modified starch, which is part of the adhesive mixture, from hot water forms lumps. This leads to marriage during gluing the canvases on the wall.

Wallpapering

Previously, it was believed that it is better to glue the wallpaper from the window or from the door. This myth has now been debunked. It has already been proven that sticking is quite possible from any place. It is only important to accurately beat off the vertical line with a plumb line or building level. For beginners, it is recommended to choose a wall as a starting point, which will be covered with furniture, and practice on it. There, the mistakes made will be less noticeable.

1. First, the strip is smeared with glue.
2. Then it is folded right side out and the cuts are combined, but the fold is not smoothed. In this state, the wallpaper is better impregnated with glue.
3. Lubricate the wall, capturing the area slightly wider than the wallpaper strip. In the corners, next to the floor and ceiling, glue is smeared more carefully.
4. The prepared strip is combined with the marked line and small allowances are made from above to the ceiling.
5. The canvas is smoothed with smooth movements in the direction from the marked line. As an aid, use a rag or silicone spatula.
6. When the strip dries, a long rail is applied to the allowance and the excess is cut off with a sharp wallpaper knife.
7. Subsequent strips are glued in the same way.

Corner decoration

This stage in the work is difficult for many beginners. It is especially difficult to beautifully decorate the inner corners. The easiest way is to stick a wallpaper strip with a slight overlap of 10-20 mm on the opposite wall. On the other side, the sheet is glued in the same way. But for wallpaper with a pattern, the junction is often very noticeable.

Another option is to glue the wallpaper in the same way, but make more overlap - from 20 to 30 mm, and carefully iron the joint. Then put a wide construction spatula to the corner and cut the sheets along its edge with a sharp wallpaper knife. In this case, the joint will be perfect. In the same way, arrange the outer corners.

To get rid of problems with the corners, they are perfectly aligned and made sheer even at the stage of preparatory work. Then it will not be necessary to adjust and cut the strips during wallpapering.

Wallpapering next to door and window openings

In this case, much depends on how the building structures are located. If windows and doors are made in the same plane with the wall, then wallpapering is not difficult:

1. The strips are simply cut around the perimeter of the opening or platbands.
2. In the corners on the wallpaper, an oblique incision is made and the edges are brought along the opening.
3. Excess is cut off with a sharp clerical knife along a metal ruler.

It is more difficult to work on recessed doors and frames with slopes:

1. Ordinary paper wallpapers are glued with a slight overlap on the slope from 10 to 15 mm.
2. The excess is then cut off with a sharp knife.
3. The slope is painted or pasted over the same.

It is not necessary to completely cover the places behind the batteries with wallpaper. In this case, sheets are simply brought in with a margin for the heater to the maximum possible length. Heating pipes are bypassed in the same way. If they are attached to the clamps holding the fixtures, then they are dismantled for a while, and after wallpapering, they are installed in their original place.

Invisible joints

So that there are no noticeable junctions of the wallpaper strips, they are glued close to each other without gaps and overlaps. Such accuracy is difficult to achieve due to uneven walls. But the strips impregnated with glue are quite plastic and easily deformed. Therefore, they can be slightly moved by hand after gluing to achieve the desired location.

To easily perform gluing, it is better to bring the walls into a perfectly even state at the stage of preparatory work. Then the joints will be perfect and without additional effort. The joints are especially carefully coated with glue so that they do not diverge. From above, they are ironed several times with an elastic roller, and excess glue is wiped off with a clean rag.

Features of gluing wallpaper of different types

If you are not confident in your own abilities, it is better to consult a specialist

Due to the wide variety of types of this finishing material, there are some subtleties of finishing.

paper wallpaper

The work in this case is carried out according to the general principles:

1. After smearing with glue, the canvas is folded inside out and left for 5 minutes for impregnation.
2. At this time, the adhesive is applied to the wall.
3. If the paper is thin, then only wallpaper is smeared.

The glue will dry completely in 1-3 days.

When applying the adhesive composition on paper wallpaper, it is important to observe the measure. Too abundant a layer leads to severe soaking and tearing of the web.

Vinyl

You need a special quality glue.

1. It is diluted and applied to the canvas strictly according to the instructions.
2. Glue vinyl sheets only on dried walls. At the same time, it is important to carefully close all windows and doors in order to prevent drafts.
3. The strips are glued only end-to-end so that the seams are not noticeable.
4. The joints are carefully ironed with a soft spatula so as not to damage the decorative layer.

Such wallpaper dries up after 2 days.

Non-woven wallpaper

They are quite thick and are able to mask some of the bumps on the wall. But it is better to apply them only on perfectly flat surfaces.

1. Work starts from the corner.
2. Only the wall is coated with special high-quality glue, and the wallpaper is left dry.
3. Non-woven sheets do not stretch or deform, so they are very convenient to use.

Separately, it is worth noting the nuances with wallpapers of large width. Such canvases are very convenient in that they reduce the time of work. At the same time, it is better to stick them on perfectly smooth walls using building level or plumb. With a large strip width, even a slight error during gluing results in a large skew. Therefore, it is better to do the work together.

Basic Mistakes

To prevent blunders instructions must be followed at all stages of work

Beginners in repair often neglect the rules for performing work, considering them insignificant. As a result, the coating looks ugly, lags behind the walls, bubbles or folds appear.

The main mistakes when gluing wallpaper:

• Uneven joints with gaps or overlapping edges indicate poor preparation of the walls for gluing the coating or incorrectly marked vertical for the first sheet. Surfaces must be leveled and primed, and the initial mark should be carried out by level or using a plumb line.
• If the sheets do not stick to the wall and immediately fall off, then it is too wet. After priming, allow some time for the surface to dry before applying the adhesive.
• If the canvases lag behind at the joints or fly off completely some time after gluing, then poor-quality or unsuitable glue for this type of wallpaper is to blame. Another reason is the dusty surface of the wall. Therefore, it is important to choose an adhesive taking into account the characteristics of the decorative coating and sweep dust from the surface before starting work.
• If bubbles or folds appear on the wallpaper, then the reason is not smoothing thoroughly enough. When sticking canvases, it is important to expel all the air from under them, carefully ironing with a soft spatula or a clean rag.

Wallpapering is an easy and interesting job although it does require some skill. But with the observance of the instructions, even a beginner can do it on their own.