How to glue vinyl wallpaper, features and recommendations. How to hang vinyl wallpaper How to hang vinyl wallpaper

10.11.2019

There comes a time for every family overhaul one, several rooms or the whole apartment. Let's talk in detail about the technology of gluing vinyl wallpaper on the walls of rooms. Will be announced practical advice who will help you independently or with an assistant to make repairs.

Before dealing with the best option gluing wallpaper, consider their types. There are two main types of materials:

paper-based vinyl wallpaper,
vinyl wallpapers non-woven base.

Both varieties are bilateral. One side is paper or non-woven, with which the material is glued to the wall. The second is polyvinyl chloride, thanks to which the room after the repair will look elegant. These materials have been known for a long time, since the 1950s. Pasting is done according to special technology using special adhesive mixtures.

For productive work, you need to prepare in advance all the necessary tools

Surface preparation

Before gluing, carefully prepare the work surface (wall). We cook as if we wanted to glue ordinary materials.

Important!
Do not use putty, which has a PVA glue base. Vinyl wallpaper will not tolerate this.

The second nuance is that manufacturers recommend additionally carefully and carefully priming the wall before pasting. This applies more to heavy, thick wallpaper. To stick the lungs, you need to remove all the cracks from the walls, smooth out the bulges and other irregularities. To do this, apply putty on the prepared surface in compliance with all technologies. It must not be allowed to fall behind immediately after drying or after some time.

Sticking vinyl wallpaper

The technology is such that they are first cut into strips of the required size. Allowance along the entire length of 10 cm on both sides. If you purchased canvases with a pattern, then try to pick up the second adjacent strip so that both fit together as much as possible.

Before cutting, be sure to look at each roll for a series. If it matches, great, you can start preparing. Having found a roll with another series, open it and see if the canvas is of the same shade? If yes, you can use it in the design of the surface, if not, then set it aside. It can come in handy many years later, if a pet damages the area, it will be possible to patch up the damaged piece of coating with spare wallpaper.

pasting technology

It is necessary to glue the vinyl wallpaper end-to-end. With this method, there is a nuance: when our wallpaper dries, they can suddenly “shrink”, there will be noticeable gaps in the form of tracks. Therefore, a little less glue is applied to a material that has a vinyl base than to paper.

Do not pull them wide when you glue. Press the material against the wall with a special convenient roller with a rubber surface or a brush with a short nap. Do not use a spatula. Pressed? Carefully, gently run the tool along the seams.

Vinyl-coated wallpaper must be glued exactly end-to-end

Since these wallpapers are capricious when pasted, they, like others, are glued with closed windows and vents so as not to accidentally create drafts. The material does not tolerate when the air temperature drops or rises sharply, or humidity changes. Therefore, remember that ventilation will have to be postponed and you should not even turn on the air conditioner.

Watch carefully so that the adhesive mass does not accidentally fall on front side our canvas, otherwise it will spoil it. Especially if you don’t notice and remove it in time.

Dilute vinyl wallpaper adhesive with water. How? This is written in detail on any package. Wait until the mass swells, according to the instructions - this is about 5 to 10 minutes.

There are two main ways to apply adhesive:

glue only the surface of the wall with glue to attach vinyl wallpaper on non-woven or paper,
both the wall and the canvas are smeared with adhesive.

Which option is right for you? Read carefully on the packaging of the roll. To put it simply, if the base is on paper, we apply the composition to the wallpaper (it can also be on the wall, including), and if on non-woven fabric - only on the wall.

We try to glue vinyl wallpaper correctly. They are not immediately pressed against the wall after applying the adhesive. First, the wallpaper is carefully folded so that the base is to the base, and they wait for the glue to soak the canvas. Thinner material will be ready faster, and denser material will have to wait a little longer.

If you want the material on the wall to look neat - apply glue evenly over the entire canvas and in a fairly thick layer, but at the same time, observing the measure. If everything is done correctly, the seams after pasting should remain as clean as possible.

How to glue corners with vinyl wallpaper? It is wrong to combine the canvases in the corner - exactly where the junction of the walls passes. An overlap of 2 to 3 cm is needed on one of the walls in the direction of work.

In the corners of the strip you need to glue slightly overlapped

Vinyl wallpaper assistant

It is convenient to glue vinyl material with an assistant. One person climbs up the ladder with the canvas up and presses the wallpaper against the wall surface. The second one stays down and supports the lower part. At the same time, he carefully aligns the entire strip strictly vertically. To make it easier, many take care in advance and draw a vertical line.

After leveling, the wallpaper is easily pressed, while displacing the air bubbles formed between the wallpaper and the wall. To do this, use a brush - it's faster and better than with your hands. The brush is carried out from top to bottom, then from the center to the edges. If you notice excess glue around the edges, wipe it off immediately with a clean towel, cloth, or rag. The main thing is to do it carefully, carefully, so that the composition does not accidentally get on the front part.

We remove excess

The excess edges remaining after gluing under the ceiling and at the baseboards are cut off using a sharp knife. If the tool is blunt, do not be lazy - sharpen, otherwise, the blade will crush and tear the edges unevenly. Only 0.5 cm of material goes under the edge of the plinth. It is best to remove the skirting boards before carrying out work, and then nail it.

As for switches with sockets, de-energize them before work and remove them. The wallpaper is glued directly onto the holes, and when dry, they are cut off along the contour of the nests and old or new sockets and switches are installed there.

After gluing, the excess paper over the socket sockets is cut off

Docking over openings

No matter how hard you try, the last strip will be smaller than the standard roll size. Experienced people try to make sure that these areas fall on the window opening or turn out above the door. But for beginners, this may not work. How to be?

The exit is simple. If the canvas is about 5 to 7 cm wider than the unglued area, then on one side we glue it end-to-end, on the other, overlap it on the adjacent strip. Moreover, we try to make sure that the “extra” part of the strip does not stick, but remains slightly bent. As always, we carefully expel air with glue from under the canvas. Now we take a very sharp knife for office supplies and cut off an extra piece under the ruler. Do not press hard, you can accidentally cut through the putty, and our task is only to remove the extra piece. Now, as always, make sure that the edges match tightly.

Several conclusions can be drawn from the above. Gluing vinyl wallpaper is not scary and not difficult. The main thing is attentiveness, accuracy, a properly prepared wall and a well-chosen glue.

The procedure for gluing vinyl wallpaper begins with an assessment - purchased paintings and wall surfaces of the room. Wallpaper must be from the same batch, identical in color and pattern. The walls are without defects, curvature, etc. But they are rarely like this even in new buildings, so it is necessary to prepare them.

When buying wallpaper, keep in mind that the seller is not responsible for defects that appear on them during gluing and for the results of gluing in violation of the instructions.

Suppliers accept claims for differences in color or article numbers strictly before the roll has been cut. Refunds for other defects are only possible if no more than one roll is pasted.

Preparatory work

Proper wall preparation

If there are old wallpapers on the walls, they are removed. The removal method is selected based on how high quality the glue was. Several withdrawal options are possible:

dry
with a steam cleaner
through soaking,
using specialized tool to remove wallpaper.

If the surface was previously painted or whitewashed, it is cleaned and washed.

When preparing new walls, the first stage is skipped, immediately proceeding to the second - alignment. All defects (cracks, irregularities, holes, etc.) are eliminated with masking tape, plaster, primer or putty.

After that, the wall must be completely processed with a primer. It is selected according to the initial data.

For example:

indoors with high humidity a specialized moisture-proof primer is used;
If the walls are old enough, then a penetrating acrylic primer is relevant;
For brick or concrete, it is worth choosing a mineral one.

Since vinyl is a dense material, finishing with putty is not required. To prevent fungal formations, a fungicidal composition is applied - unless it is indicated anywhere that the wallpaper already has a fungicidal impregnation.

Room preparation

If repairs are carried out in the summer, then it is necessary to close all windows tightly, excluding even minimal air movement. In winter, the air conditioning (if any) is turned off.

This is necessary for high-quality drying of the glue within the allotted time, without excessive acceleration (which can be facilitated by drafts, etc.).

It is mandatory to turn off the electricity to avoid accidents (especially important with old wiring). All decorative elements are removed from the walls (linings from electrical outlets, plinths, etc.).

The required air temperature is not lower than 10-13 and not higher than 23 degrees. The floor is clean, dry, ideally covered with polyethylene.

Wall covering preparation

After making sure that the wall surfaces do not crumble, are even, clean and dry, you can start preparing the wallpaper. The roll is rolled out and cut into strips corresponding to the height of the room plus an allowance of up to 10 cm.

If the wallpaper is decorated with a pattern, then the pattern is first adjusted and only then cut.

For convenience, immediately cut into 10-12 strips. In the absence of a pattern, they are stacked on top of each other in any order, if there is one, strictly in order in accordance with the fit. There can be several stacks - based on one wall, on two or immediately on the whole room.

Water is poured into the selected container (in most cases, a bucket) in the amount indicated in the instructions. Glue is poured in a thin stream, with constant stirring. This will help to avoid lumpy formations that degrade the quality of the adhesive.

If the lumps nevertheless turned out, they must be broken, otherwise you will have to catch them in the process. With a large number of them, the glue will turn out to be more liquid than required, since the main part of the composition will remain unmixed.

Required Tools

For sticking vinyl wallpaper you will need:

Sharp stationery knife for cutting strips.
Measuring tool (ruler / tape measure for marking, plumb line / level for obtaining an even vertical), pencil.
Special glue for vinyl wallpaper (let's say universal, if necessary - for heavy wallpaper) and containers for it.
Mixing device.
A wide brush, brush or roller for spreading walls and canvases with glue.
Narrow small brush for greasing seams and individual areas.
Wide rubber roller or spatula for smoothing glued strips.
Narrow roller for pressing seams.
Sponge, cotton cloth to remove the glue that has come out.

The blade of the knife must be sharp all the time, otherwise there is a risk of damaging the coating. For high-quality gluing, two people will be required - while one from above applies the strip to the wall, the second from below supports it and corrects the evenness of the overlay.

To prevent the bevel of the canvases, the wall is marked. To do this, with the help of a level and a pencil, a vertical, even line is drawn, which should be guided in the future.

Strips are glued only end-to-end, overlap is unacceptable. When working with non-woven vinyl wallpaper, only the wall is smeared with glue. If the base is paper, then the base.

This information can be found on the roll - there is a special designation where the glue is applied - on the wall or on the canvas base.

The adhesive layer must be uniform, non-smeared dry areas are unacceptable. When applied to wallpaper, the edges are additionally carefully smeared. The canvas is allowed to rest for 3-5 minutes for impregnation.

The first strip is applied strictly along the vertical markings, smoothed out from the center to the sides so that no air remains between the wall and the wallpaper. Smoothing is carried out carefully, without stretching the fabric.

Particular attention is paid to the joints. Excess glue that has come out is immediately removed. Allowances are cut off after the strip dries, otherwise they can stretch and deform the bottom of the canvas. The second strip is glued end-to-end with the first.

Places where electric points are installed are also covered with wallpaper and marked with a pencil. After the coatings have dried, holes are cut in accordance with the markings obtained, and the linings removed at the stage of preparing the room are installed back. The time for complete drying of the glue is indicated in the instructions.

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Wallpapering is an easy and cheap way to update the finishes in any room. But even such a simple task can turn into torment if you do not know all its subtleties. Anyone who plans to glue vinyl wallpaper will have to figure out where to apply the glue - on the canvas or on the wall - what tool to use, how to prepare the surface and how to finish hard-to-reach areas. All this is in our article.

Features of gluing vinyl wallpaper depending on the base material

Vinyl-coated wallpapers can have a paper or non-woven base. Not only the characteristics of the coating, but also the principles of gluing depend on the substrate material.

The adhesive mixture is impregnated with a wall, not a canvas, which simplifies the workflow.
Such a substrate is much stronger than paper, has high wear resistance, can hide small bumps and cracks on the walls.
The disadvantages of wallpaper on non-woven fabric include the rigidity of the material. The low plasticity of the panels does not allow fast and efficient trimming of convex sections.

Glue is applied not only to the surface of the wall, but also to the canvases themselves.
The material stretches well, with its help you can quickly paste over protruding surfaces, such as niches, columns or corners.
The disadvantages of vinyl wallpaper on a paper backing include the possibility of breaking the fibers from a slight mechanical impact, increased glue consumption.

Tools and materials for work

For high-quality finishing work, in addition to vinyl wallpaper and adhesive composition, you will need the following tools and materials:

Paint brush or soft bristle roller - for applying primer to the base and glue to the wallpaper or wall.
Rubber rollers. A tool with a wide working surface is used for smoothing canvases, a narrow tool for high-quality joining of joints.
ruler, plumb line, building level, square and pencil - for marking.
Masking tape - to protect individual elements from the ingress of adhesive composition.
Plastic spatula - for removal air bubbles and excess glue.
Sharp stationery knife and scissors - for cutting strips.
Wide metal spatula - for cutting canvases near the ceiling and floor.
Container for adhesive mixture.

Advice! To speed up the work, use glue with an indicator that makes it easy to control the uniformity of applying the mixture to the surface of the walls or canvas.

Surface preparation

Before sticking vinyl wallpaper, the following operations must be carried out:

remove the housings of switches and sockets, having previously de-energized the room, seal the sections with masking tape;
remove protruding fasteners (dowels, screws, nails);
clean the surface of the old coating;
repair irregularities with plaster or putty;
apply primer to base deep penetration and wait for it to dry.

Wallpaper can be glued only on dry and clean walls. Checking the dryness of the base is quite simple. To do this, take a small piece of plastic film 50 × 50 centimeters and fix it with adhesive tape on the wall so that an airtight space forms inside. A day later, the polyethylene is checked. The drops that have come out indicate that the wall has not dried out.

About all the nuances of preparation concrete surfaces for wallpapering is described in detail.

step by step instructions for processing a plasterboard wall or ceiling before pasting with wallpaper can be found in.

Important! Align surfaces for wide meter wallpaper you need to be especially careful, even with small differences, problems may arise with the joining of adjacent lanes.

Making markup

After preparatory phase markings are made to correctly position the canvases on the surface. Mark the walls with a long ruler, chalk and a plumb line.

The first line is combined with the edge of the window, gradually moving to the left along the perimeter of the room.
Further lines are applied taking into account the width of the wallpaper.
From window to left side markings are made to the corner of the wall with a doorway, numbering each of the sections.
Next, the lines are applied to the right from the window to the door.

Preparing wallpaper for sticking

Before the main work roll materials cut into strips, the length of which corresponds to the height of the wall plus a margin of 5–10 centimeters. For greater accuracy, the height of the room is checked in different places. If the dimensions match, several strips are cut, the total width of which allows you to cover the entire plane of the wall.

If the ceiling height in the room is not the same, each subsequent strip is cut off after gluing the previous one, or each section between the marking lines is carefully measured before cutting.

During the preparation of strips with a pattern, the coincidence of the pattern is monitored. To do this, you need to combine adjacent canvases so that the elements of the image are joined in right order. The finished strips are stacked on top of each other in the desired sequence.

We glue vinyl wallpaper: step by step instructions

Work on pasting the wall with vinyl wallpaper is carried out in the following sequence:

We dilute the glue according to the instructions on the package. The finished solution must have homogeneous consistency without clots and lumps.
We tightly close the windows in the room, turn off the air conditioners and fans.
We spread glue on the paper-based wallpaper or on the wall if the material is glued on non-woven fabric. In the first case, we fold the canvases with an “envelope” - the edges are aligned with the middle of the strip, and wait 5-10 minutes until the paper layer is saturated with glue. Vinyl on a non-woven base is glued immediately after coating a section of the wall slightly larger than the width of the wallpaper.
We apply the prepared strips to the base along the drawn line, joining adjacent elements, taking into account the pattern.
With a rubber roller, we smooth the canvas from the middle to the edges, getting rid of bubbles and achieving a perfect fit of the material to the surface. We remove the protruding adhesive residues with a piece of foam rubber or a clean cloth.
After drying, the edges of the wallpaper are pressed with a wide metal spatula and cut with a sharp clerical knife.

How to glue wallpaper near window and door openings?

The process of wallpapering near openings causes difficulties for inexperienced craftsmen. The canvases must be joined so that their edges do not fall on the corners of the window or door opening.

If the door is located in the corner of the room, the discrepancy between the patterns on the wallpaper will remain invisible. If the door structure is in the center of the room, the pattern should be combined both before and after the opening.

The last canvas is glued in such a way that it can cover the casing.
Then the limiting decorative element is fixed and the hanging part of the canvas is cut off with a sharp knife.
Next, the wallpaper is smoothed at the joints, as well as between the wall and the casing.
A short piece is glued at the top of the door, following the sequence of the pattern.

The procedure for gluing near window openings:

The strip is glued so that it covers the slope.
At the edges, several horizontal cuts are made that will allow you to bend the wallpaper downhill.
The edges of the canvases are trimmed along the border of the opening.
After sticking one of the side strips, short cuts of wallpaper are fixed on the upper and lower parts of the opening.
After that, proceed to finish the other side of the opening.

Advice. Before wallpapering the second side of the window, apply an additional marking line. This makes it easier to achieve the correct vertical position of the canvas.

How to glue wallpaper in corners and hard-to-reach places?

There are two methods for gluing canvases in the corner of the room: overlap and butt with undercut.

In the first case, we glue the strip, making an overlap on another wall 1–2 centimeters. Next, we draw a marking line across the width of the roll on a perpendicular wall and fix the second canvas in such a way that its edge runs strictly along the corner of the room and does not step onto another plane. After that, the wallpaper is gently rolled with a roller.
The undercut overlapping method is used to fix heavy vinyl wallpaper with a large pattern. The technology for carrying out work is at first similar to the previous method, but at the junction, the second sheet does not need to be coated with glue. Next, we take a long rule and a sharp clerical knife. We make an even cut, bend the edge of the roll material, apply glue and roll this area with a roller.

In hard-to-reach places behind heating radiators, wallpaper is wound up from behind. After fixing in the desired position, the canvas is rolled with a narrow roller with a long handle.

In places where sockets or switches are located, roll materials are glued on top of the boxes, then cross-shaped cuts are made with a knife. The resulting triangular tails are bent, cut off all that is superfluous, the socket housings are put in place.

Gluing borders

The gluing of the border or frame starts from inconspicuous areas, since at this point the elements will be combined. Usually, decorative items are fixed in the upper part around the entire perimeter of the room.

When combining two types of canvases horizontally, the border is glued at a certain height relative to the floor. In this case, markings are applied to the walls with a pencil and a building level: it is impossible to focus on the edges of the joined wallpaper. top decorative element fix along a pre-drawn line, then smooth the border with a roller, remove the remaining glue soft cloth or sponge. In the places where the tape joins, an incision is made with a sharp knife, the canvas is smoothed.

When thinking about how to glue embossed vinyl wallpapers, you need to consider that they are divided into heavy and light canvases. The existing difference between them is quite noticeable. The reason for the decline in demand for vinyl was the poor throughput of canvases made from this material of water vapor. This primarily affects the indoor climate. Environment takes every second of evaporation not only from the human body, but also through the air exhaled by him, and if the wall covering does not let water vapor accumulate in the air, dampness accumulates in the room on all walls. Considering that the pretense installed windows PVC is deaf, like interior doors this leads to mold.

Gluing heavy vinyl sheets is much easier than thin ones, which require more thorough preparation of the wall surface. Therefore, usually the walls need to be puttied, sanded and primed, making them perfectly even. No bulges should be evident. If inclusions remain under the glued canvases, then this will not spoil the look of the interior as much as on thin wallpapers, which spoil the effect more.

Embossed vinyl wallpapers of heavy type are not too critical to the level of quality of the surface preparation of the base.

They should not be applied to plaster either, but it is also possible to grind the putty layer not as carefully as under light wallpaper. The appearance of small indentations or scratches when pasting walls with heavy vinyl wallpaper is not as bad as the presence of any convex parts or sand.

What kind of glue do you need

Heavy vinyl wallpaper is best glued with conventional glue, including starch. The presence of antifungal additives allows you to protect the surface of the walls from the appearance of fungus and mold. Special adhesive for vinyl sheets can be easily diluted in water without clumps. Ready glue can be stored for more than 10 days. It is produced in the form of dry mixes, the shelf life of which in a packaged state is from 3 years.

Use wallpaper glue according to the instructions, trying to apply the composition on the strip as evenly as possible. The adhesive must be applied with clean and dry hands. When applied with a roller, a sliding layer is created on the adhesive strips, allowing them to be glued without problems. Aligning and docking such canvases after applying them to the wall is not difficult.

When the glue dries, it creates a film of transparent color, which is important because the glue will not be visible after wallpapering the walls. Sometimes vinyl sheet adhesive is used to prime the surface, as it can provide perfect adhesion to the wall surface. Such glue is safe for human health, because it does not contain or emit harmful substances.

How to properly stick heavy vinyl wallpaper

At the very beginning, you should cut the roll into separate strips, leaving 5 cm or more in stock. If there is a pattern, it is necessary to cut the canvas, adjusting the strips in accordance with it. Then the strips are laid out face down on a specially prepared clean place. They should be placed one on top of the other so that they can mature. After that, they need to be twisted into a roll inside the pattern and left for a day. This is necessary so that the wallpaper does not curl during the application of glue with a clean roller.

On vinyl wallpaper, you can apply not only embossing, but also various decorative elements.

If the roller is completely new, then lumps of fur may leave it. It is better to use a used roller. To apply the adhesive to the web, prepare a polyethylene film having a suitable length and width. A thin layer of glue is applied, and then the wallpaper strips are folded in half so that the glue layer is inside and can soak 2 or 3 canvases at once.

Glue is applied as evenly as possible, otherwise the vinyl sheets will be separated from the walls in places. When applying glue, it should be borne in mind that vinyl wallpaper will take some time, indicated directly on the glue package, so that they are properly saturated with glue. After the allotted time for impregnation, you must immediately begin to glue the canvases on the wall. Usually a ladder is used for this purpose. Remove excess glue from the wallpaper with clean material.

Begin gluing from the corner of the wall of the room, which is perpendicular to the window. Heavy vinyl wallpapers, unlike light ones, can be glued in the corners in one piece, and not cut, as is required for light wallpapers. Lightweight vinyl wallpaper can tear when the heating is turned on, which can be the result of temperature changes.

It is necessary to apply the strips to the very top of the wall, then they are carefully straightened downwards, smoothing with a roller. You can use a spatula or brush, which will force out excess air from under the canvases. Vinyl wallpapers practically do not stretch, unlike ordinary paintings. Therefore, even if you skip the smallest air bubble, it will not be so easy to remove it.

When sticking heavy vinyl wallpapers, special attention is paid to each connection, then they are rolled with a clean roller. It should be chosen depending on what texture the wallpaper has. For smooth, heavy vinyl wallpaper, a rubber roller is more often used. After gluing each strip, you should immediately cut exactly the top or bottom of the wallpaper near the ceiling or baseboard.

What problems can be encountered when gluing wallpaper joints

Vinyl wallpaper is better not to glue in the bedrooms, because they do not let air through.

For a quality connection of vinyl wallpaper on the wall surface, it is necessary that the edges of the strips are carefully smeared with glue. All connections after docking according to the drawing or without it must be blotted with a dry sponge to remove glue. Do not rub the joints, otherwise they will be glossy and shiny in the light. In practice, the joints do not require maximum attention, this will make the entire surface look more natural.

For manufacturers of some types of vinyl wallpaper, it is very important that a special glue is used to glue the joints. This type of glue is sold separately in PVC tubes with long, narrow spouts. The mechanism of working with this type of glue is as follows.

After gluing two adjoining webs, the joint adhesive is taken to inject it into the seam, and then rolled with a joint roller. The main thing is not to let air bubbles through when the wallpaper is glued to the wall surface, which sometimes appear the next day. To eliminate blisters, you should purchase a 5 cm 3 pharmacy syringe, where the glue composition is added to inject it into punctures with swollen spots. The remaining adhesive must be pressed through by wiping it dry.

Pasting walls is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance, the main thing is to follow a number of rules so that all work is crowned with success. Here are some rules:

When sticking vinyl sheets in the corners of the room, experts do not recommend bending the strip to fit into the corner of the room, since the joint will be very noticeable. It is best to stick a solid strip with an overlap of 3-5 cm.
near the doors it is possible if you do not stick vinyl sheets on two openings at the same time. Gluing must be carried out in a one-sided manner.
Correctly pasting the walls near the windows will help a plumb line, which level the canvas. This is required in order to properly trim its protrusions and tuck them inside the window niche. Then the wallpaper is glued under the windowsill.
Behind the radiators, it is necessary to stick the wallpaper correctly, as experts recommend, 20 cm inward, you should not glue the canvas further. If you really need to paste over the entire wall behind the radiator, then the canvas is cut into strips of 10 cm each and glued on, pressing it with a roller with a long handle. It is best to paint the wall behind the radiator with paint.
Wallpaper sheets near skirting boards and ceilings should be glued using a ruler necessary for cutting from the edge. The ruler is an ordinary profile having a triangular shape. This tool will not dull when cutting vinyl sheets.
To carry out pasting the ceiling with vinyl wallpaper, it is necessary to make markings. Glue the canvas, starting from the window and continuing to the center of the ceiling. All work must be done by two people. In this case, one should stick the canvas from the stepladder, and the other should support it with a mop, standing on the floor.
In order to properly paste over the ceiling with vinyl wallpaper, it is necessary to make preliminary markings, and the back side of the border must be moistened with water and left wet for 5 minutes. Then you need to apply the adhesive composition to the prepared border, which should be fixed in the required place. With a relief surface of the wallpaper, the border is installed before the sticker of the vinyl wallpaper. Further, the adjustment of the wallpaper strips is carried out in accordance with the curbs. The edges of the strips are trimmed with a ruler for wallpapering. For gluing use a special curb glue.
When pasting walls with wallpaper next to electrical sockets or switches they need to be de-energized. In places where there is a socket or switch, the glued canvases are cut crosswise. The resulting corners should be bent inside the socket, and then the switch and socket should be installed in their original places.

Properly sticking vinyl wallpaper is not difficult, and with some experience, almost anyone can do it. The main thing is to follow certain rules, take into account the characteristics of vinyl and follow the gluing technology.

Vinyl wallpaper differs from other types of wallpaper in that it consists of several layers.: non-woven material is used as the basis (in less expensive versions it is replaced by paper), and the surface of such wallpaper is covered with polyvinyl chloride. It is this coating that gives the wallpaper a special strength and allows you to wash the wallpaper with water.

At the same time, the top layer may not be just plain: today you can see a large number of various models of vinyl wallpaper with drawings and even with embossed embossing.

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First of all, you need to talk about the benefits of vinyl wallpaper. Such material is more expensive than paper and acrylic wallpaper, but such an investment is worth it:

Vinyl wallpapers are highly durable: they can last for many years, during which they will not lose their color and quality;
The drawing on such wallpaper is not washed out and fades very hard;
Vinyl wallpapers easily endure mechanical damage of moderate severity: for example, when bringing new furniture into the room, you can not worry that if you accidentally hit the wall, vinyl wallpapers may break or leave dents and scratches on them.

When remodeling a home, there is always one hidden but significant factor to keep in mind: the age of the home.

The fact is that every building undergoes a process of shrinkage during its “life”. Even if the foundation is reliable, and the soil under the house is quite dense, the building from the moment of construction begins to sag under its own weight. This leads to a slight deformation of the walls and ceilings.

So if you are entering new house and immediately begin to make repairs - choose vinyl wallpaper. They are made of a material that, due to its elasticity and strength, can withstand shrinkage at home, while on paper wallpaper in new buildings, after a few years, gaps and cracks appear.

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Together you can cope with sticking quickly and easily

Before sticking vinyl wallpaper, you must prepare in advance all the tools that will be needed in the process.

In your "arsenal" must be:

Brush for applying glue to wallpaper;
Spatula for smoothing the canvas;
clean roller small size(used for rolling seams);
Clean rags;
As well as scissors, a ruler and tape measure, a pencil, a wallpaper knife and a brush for applying glue to hard-to-reach areas.

Manufacturers of some types of wallpaper indicate that it is enough to apply glue only to the roll itself. In the case of vinyl wallpaper, the adhesive must also be applied to the wall.

It will not be superfluous to warn that glue must be special, for vinyl wallpaper.

Other adhesives will not be able to provide good quality gluing. But even when using special glue, it is necessary to strictly follow the instructions for its preparation: improperly diluted glue will also cause the wallpaper to soon begin to lag behind the walls.

Wall preparation is reduced to the following steps: the wall must be cleaned of the old coating, in the presence of cracks and irregularities, the wall must be leveled and puttied.

A mandatory requirement for the place of work - there should be no drafts in the room, and the walls should be dry.

Do not open windows, fearing for the effect of harmful glue on the body: no harmful substances have been added to wallpaper glue for a long time, and the glue itself has absolutely no pungent odor.

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Just before you start smearing the wall with glue, you need to put a strictly vertical line on it - this will be your guideline, which will not allow you to stick the wallpaper crookedly.

You can draw such a line using the building level, and if it is not at hand, you can use the old grandfather way - using a plumb line.
It is necessary to take an ordinary thread, tie a heavy weight to its end (a long nail is quite suitable), and, having applied such a plumb line to the top point of the wall, release the thread so that the weight is near the floor, but does not touch it.

When the plumb line stops swinging, mark with a pencil several points of contact between the plumb line and the wall.

By combining all these risks into one line, you will get the very vertical that you have to focus on. Of course, it is easier to use the building level, and the readings will be more accurate, but wallpapering just refers to such work in which such small errors are not critical.

After that the adhesive is applied evenly on the wall, then the strip is glued. There is no need to apply glue to the wallpaper itself. Such wallpapers are very dense, and therefore if you overlap them, the seams will be noticeable.

In order to carefully glue vinyl wallpaper into the joint, it is best to work together, and in the absence of skills, even three of us.

Having pressed a strip of wallpaper against the wall, it is necessary to iron it with a cloth, rubber roller or plastic spatula from top to bottom and to the sides - “herringbone”.

This will expel excess air from under the strip, and the wallpaper will lie flat and tight, without bubbles.

The adhesive protruding along the edges as a result of smoothing is removed with another rag.

Such excess glue must be removed as soon as possible before it dries.

After that, the seams between the strips are rolled with a clean roller, and if it is noticeable that in some places the strip does not fit well in the wall, add a little glue under the wallpaper with a brush.

Interesting features or small pitfalls

Nothing complicated and fundamentally new for those who have already had to do this. But for a person who takes up wallpapering for the first time and knows about it only in theory, advice and analysis of "pitfalls" from specialists will definitely come in handy.

The most important rule that must not be broken is when sticking, you do not need to stretch the strip of wallpaper.

It should not be pulled at all, and even if the strip accidentally lies unevenly, do not pull it in the right direction.

Just tear it off before the glue dries and stick it on properly.

Like any other wallpaper, vinyl wallpaper begins to stick from the window into the interior of the room. And when you get to the corner - pay special attention to the last strip.

You should not wrap it on another wall, citing the fact that "it's a pity to cut off and throw away a third of the length of the material." You can't do without production costs.

Press the strip tightly into the corner and carefully cut off the remainder so that no more than one or two centimeters of the strip go onto the other wall. On these centimeters it is already possible to glue the overlapping strip, which is glued after the corner on the other wall.

When it comes to heating batteries, the opinions of professionals differ: someone advises to tinker and wallpaper the space behind the battery as much as possible (even from scraps of wallpaper that always remain in the process of work), someone advises not to waste time on this, and some generally prefer to enclose the battery with fashionable last years MDF boxes.

The choice is yours, but the fastest and most convenient option is to simply paint the space behind the battery with a brush to match the color of the wallpaper.

Properly sticking wallpaper is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. The main thing is to follow the advice of professionals described in the article. Learn all the secrets of high-quality vinyl wallpaper gluing with the help of a useful video.