Do you know enough about vinyl wallpaper?

The most interesting moment in the repair of premises is working with wallpaper. Vinyl wallpapers are today considered the most popular way of finishing walls. In rooms with a high risk of wall contamination, this type of coating is best suited.

Pros and Cons of Vinyl Wallpaper

The features of this kind of coating include layering. Vinyl wallpapers are released in rolls, a decorative layer is applied over the paper base. The advantages of the coating include:

• Strength;
• Durability of the material;
• Resistance to moisture;
• The ability to apply to any interior.

The disadvantages of vinyl are toxicity, airtightness, and difficulty in gluing. However, toxic fumes appear only in materials from dubious manufacturers. Vinyl on the basis of non-woven is safe, it passes air well, and the gluing process is not so complicated.

Cooking Tools

To work, you need to prepare the following tools:

• glue brush;
• joint rolling roll;
• spatula and knife for trimming excess;
• roulette;
• Ruler and pencil;
• cloth to remove excess glue;
• scissors;
• a brush or a clean rag to smooth the paintings;
• brush for applying glue in hard to reach places.

What glue can I use?

In construction stores, there is a wide selection of special compositions, ranging from special types of glue for vinyl wallpapers to its universal variety. Universal adhesive suitable for all varieties of coating. Due to the increased ability of such an adhesive to slip, canvases can easily be adjusted. When diluted, universal glue does not form lumps, but is stored for up to 8 days. Before gluing vinyl wallpapers, you must read the instructions for its preparation, which can be found on the packaging.

The subtleties of gluing various types of wallpaper

In order to learn how to glue vinyl wallpapers, it is necessary to clarify the features of their varieties:

• With a layer of foamed vinyl or structural. This variety is used on uneven surfaces, wood, plywood and fiberboard. With their help, all the irregularities are hidden, creating an interesting play of light on the pasted basis.

• Hot stamping vinyl wallpaper. This variety is represented by unusual colors and textures. With their help, you can also mask all surface irregularities. Such a foundation will retain its original appearance for a long time.

• Screen printing. This type of paper base, they look stylish and expensive. The gluing process is not easy: the fabric needs to be glued butt, but the edges may move apart when dried.

• Washable vinyl wallpaper. This coating is used to repair the kitchen.

• Hard or evaporated coatings. They are often used for painting.

Glue the first canvas

The temperature in the room where the repair takes place should be between 23-24˚ C. At this optimum temperature, drying will take place evenly. Of course, there should be no direct sun, draft and dampness. The room is not aired until the vinyl wallpaper is completely dry.

First, you need to clarify the height of the wall without the baseboard. Set aside the desired size on the canvas, adding 5-6 cm. The canvases are cut as work progresses so that there are no errors in drawing up the picture. If there is no specific pattern, then the strip can be cut immediately. Experts recommend placing the first panel along the window. So you can avoid noticeable joints.

Before gluing vinyl wallpaper, a mark is made on the wall using a plumb line or building level, a vertical strip is marked with a ruler, measuring 50 cm from the window (with a wallpaper width of 53 cm). When working with wide panels lay 103 cm (with a canvas width of 106 cm).

The canvas is laid down face down, glue is applied to half of the strip and bent in half, with the second half, they do the same. The impregnation time of dense vinyl wallpaper is 5-7 minutes. The wall also needs to be impregnated with adhesive solution.

The process of gluing strips begins from the upper part, without unbending the lower half. The canvas is aligned in a drawn line, pressed with the base against the wall, using a napkin, squeeze air bubbles from the middle part to the edges. With the lower part do as well. Wide vinyl wallpapers are more convenient to glue together. Excess cloth is trimmed with a spatula and knife.

How to join the canvas in straight sections and corners?

The next fabric is butt-mounted, without overlap. With a correctly selected drawing, the joints of the canvases remain invisible. The joints of the panels are rolled with a special roller.

At the heart of pasting corners lies another technology. If the corners of the walls are uneven, then the canvas will be skewed, especially with regard to wide wallpapers. It is not recommended to join strips in the corners, as well as to make a wide approach.

You can find out how to glue vinyl wallpapers in uneven corners using the following tips:

• the corner is carefully smeared with adhesive solution using a small brush.
• the canvas is cut so wide that the edge goes no more than 2-3 cm around the corner.
• The adjacent strip should overlap the glued base by at least 5-6 cm (if you leave less, then at curved angles you get a gap);
• on a ruler, cut two strips of glued overlays, the cut edge is removed, the joint is coated with adhesive solution and rolled with a roller.

Sticking vinyl wallpaper is not particularly different from sticking another type of coating. There are, of course, certain nuances, but the basis of the process and its stages remain the same. It is not difficult to glue such a coating, so you can not only save on the services of professionals, but also get a high-quality appearance of the walls.