How to prepare walls under the wallpaper

Despite the fact that the blending of the wallpaper seems like a light procedure, it requires the right approach, since the final result and qualitative wall decoration depends on this. Some special skills will not be needed, you only need to carefully fulfill our recommendations that will be set out below.

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Purpose of wall training

When preparing walls under pastype, wallpaper can be achieved simultaneously for several purposes:

1. Smooth base. Due to the receipt of a smooth surface of bubbles, roaming and swelling, the wallpaper is not terrible.
2. Uniform surface. Microcracks, pit and emptiness are not formed on properly prepared walls, but at the same time they acquire the necessary roughness, which is required for better clutch with wallpaper.
3. High strength. When blowing with wallpaper not prepared surface, on which traces of old wallpaper or bliss remained, the new coating will fall off very quickly.

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Preparation of walls in the new apartment

When buying an apartment in a new home, the owners get dusty and uneven walls that should be prepared in the most thorough way:

• At the first stage, the spray layer is applied, the thickness of which is 3-9 mm. The consistency uses a substance that resembles a thick sour cream, so it will qualitatively fill all the irregularities of the walls, it is covered in them.
• Next, go to the coating of the walls of the primer. The layer must have a thickness of about 6 mm, but several layers can be made.
• Now we will deal with the corrupt - layer of plaster, which should have a thickness of 2 to 4 mm. As a result, a thin, easily lined film is formed on the surface.
• After that, it is necessary to align the walls using a small sandpaper.

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Preparation of walls in the presence of old wallpaper

Before you begin to stick new wallpapers, it is mandatory to get rid of the old if available:

1. In areas where heating devices are located, and under the windowsides, as a rule, the wallpaper is weakly held. They can be removed without special means, that is, naked hands.
2. For work, prepare a spatula, sprayer, roller and water. The surface must be soaked with hot water with the addition of vinegar or other substances using a sprayer. Air conditioning for linen, vinegar or detergent can be used as auxiliary tools.
3. In addition, you can take special tools intended for this.

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Preparation of painted walls

On a smooth surface that was previously painted, wallpapers will be bad, so it is necessary to remove the paint layer:

• Do not even try to sculpting. It is not recommended to sew the surface. Also, you can not do on the walls of notches or primed them, since the wallpaper-plated on this basis will break.
• To remove paint, a construction hairdryer is often used to remove the plot. After softened paint, the spatula is easily removed. At the same time, it is of great importance to ensure the inflow of fresh air for the output of the selected chemicals, because they are fraught with poisoning.
• The method with the use of grinding machine also takes place. In addition, you can use the grinder. Open all the windows, but the door leading to the next room will have to be closed, since this technique is dust enough. Also plug all the slots so that the dust does not penetrate there. After preparatory work, remove the parallery layer.
• The most effective is considered to use intended for this cleaning. Be sure to dress gloves and respirator, and also do not forget about the glasses.
• After you delete the paint, the surface should be aligned.

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Shpalian wall

After cleaning the walls from the old coating, appreciate their suitability for further pasting with wallpaper, but in the presence of pits, irregularities and barbed metal reinforcement should be covered with putty surface:

1. Pull out all the fasteners from the walls to which nails, screws, dowels rank.
2. It is certainly possible to sharpen only the necessary sites, but experts are recommended to sharpen the walls completely.
3. To work, you will need a spatula, which has a width of 30-40 cm, as well as an angular spatula for alignment of the walls in the corners.
4. When applied, the spatula is recommended to keep at an angle to the surface, which reaches 25-30 degrees.
5. To reduce the walls of the walls, it is recommended to make 2 layers of a small thickness - horizontally and in the perpendicular direction, that is, vertically.
6. After applying the base layer, wait until the base is driving, and the skill with its sandpaper.
7. Remove the dust from the surface and apply the finishing putty to smooth out small irregularities.
8. Repeated the walls of the wall using fine-grained sandpaper.

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Grinding walls

The next stage of the preparation of walls under pasting wallpaper is to apply a primer composition. Ground surface can be brushed, roller or with a sprayer. For the convenience of work, better access to remote corners and avoiding frequent movements of the ladder can be used by a telescopic bar for which the tool is attached. You can buy already finished primer or dry mix that is divorced in accordance with the instructions. If your walls have high strength, you will need to make one layer, the thickness of which is not more than 0.1 mm. But when the surface is swollen, and also if the composition is bad absorbed, apply a second thickness of 0.2-0.4 mm after the first dry.

Thus, before pasting walls, wallpaper should be prepared thoroughly. Fastening the cloth on the old coating is unacceptable, since the new can fall off at any time.