Wallpapers or decorative plaster are the main factors of choice
It is necessary to decide on the choice of how to cover walls in rooms long before the beginning of the repair work in order to calculate the estimate. And the main materials between which will have to make a choice are wallpaper or decorative plaster .It would seem that since plaster is a fairly versatile material, it can be the basis for wallpaper or an independent coating for walls, then all the advantages behind it, but no, it's not so simple. Determine what is best, plaster or wallpaper, you can only compare them among themselves in all respects.
So, let's start, perhaps, with longevity. This is an important factor in the decoration of premises, because with the constant threat of a crisis, the next repair may simply not be affordable, which means that the wall covering should last as long as possible. As for plaster, it all depends on its appearance. So, for example, silicone plaster can last up to 60 years, if it is applied qualitatively, silicate and polymer - up to 50 years, mineral - rarely longer than 30 years. Of course, wallpaper can not grab such a service life, except perhaps liquid wallpaper. Even reliable fiberglass wallpaper serves 10-20 years with gentle handling, and metal easily scratches, quickly losing its beauty.
We go further - the price. Here, too, everything is controversial, since a good plaster costs about 350 rubles per square meter. And in general, the price range starts from 180 and ends at 1000 rubles per square meter, and this includes the prices for Venetian plaster. The wallpaper, of course, is much cheaper: single-layer ones cost about 50 rubles per roll, two-layer ones - from 80 to 100 rubles per roll, you can find inexpensive silkscreening within 200 rubles. However, there are really expensive, extremely beautiful and durable wallpapers, among them textile ones at 600 rubles per running meter, as well as metal ones at $ 25 per meter with a roll width of 0.686 meters. The cheapest liquid wallpaper can be found for 150 rubles( quality is not guaranteed at all), but on average they cost about 450 rubles, although there are stamps whose price is over the one and a half thousand.
Plastering of walls under wallpaper or without them, which is preferable to
As mentioned above, plaster often becomes the basis for wallpaper, and does it mean that it is worth it to award the award in the nomination "The best material of the century"?Perhaps not, because the competition for plaster wallpaper still make up. Liquid wallpaper - a wonderful material, almost in no way inferior to plaster, except perhaps that strength. However, liquid wallpapers also have a clear advantage - if some area of the coating has been damaged, it is enough to simply scrape off the frozen mass on the wall, soak an appropriate amount of new material and cover up the damaged area. With decorative plaster, such a focus will not work.
What happens, liquid wallpaper can serve almost forever? Almost, if you do not take into account the changing tastes of the owners of housing. Yes, and can easily get bored with the same wall covering. However, there is another advantage of liquid wallpaper - you can remove the entire coating and apply a new, but different color. As for decorative plaster, its advantage is a huge margin of safety. It is known that when Rome was captured, the barbarians were chipping pieces of plaster and found them to be used as countertops, and even completely non-standard used - as mirrors .Yes, the plaster can be extremely strong, and as a result of the correct treatment its surface gets almost a mirror shine.
Wallpaper or decorative plaster - easier, then better?
For beginners in the repair epic, the most acceptable option always seems to be one for which less effort will be spent provided a satisfactory result is obtained( most importantly, not mediocre).Therefore, those who have the experience of gluing wallpaper and are at the same time afraid to take up a spatula, be sure to wallpaper and prefer. Well, those who do not grab stars from the sky in the repair area, for sure decide to try their hand at applying plaster. So what is better, plaster or wallpaper? And what is easier?
So, before you paste the wallpaper you need to prepare the surface of the walls, giving them maximum smoothness. Then the walls must be primed with linseed oil or wallpaper glue. After waiting for complete drying, we measure the required length of the wallpaper, cut it off, lay it on the floor with the wrong side up and smear it with glue. While it dries up( in order not to dry at all, it's better to fold a piece of wallpaper twice), spread the wall part. Apply the wallpaper to the wall and gently rub it, so as not to tear off the decorative layer and at the same time not to leave any bubbles. We take the next piece.
For the application of decorative plaster, the wall should not be prepared, on the contrary, it is better to destroy its surface more, in order to obtain an ideal coupling of the mixture to the wall. With a strong spreading on the previously primed wall ( the only stage of preparation for plastering) the first layer of plaster, we get a dense coating. When it dries, we apply a new layer, after removing all the unreliable projections. And so to 3-5 layers. In the end, carefully rubbed the plaster with the finest sandpaper and voila - the wall covering is ready.
Even wonderful liquid wallpaper is not applied without preliminary preparation - the plastering of the walls under the wallpaper is simply necessary. Thus, we come to the conclusion that with a little experience of repair works, plaster is still better. Moreover, she, with proper processing, is also beautiful in her own way.