Do-it-yourself wallpapering is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. All you need is patience, accuracy, a minimum set of tools and knowledge of some of the nuances that will be described below.
First of all, you need to calculate the amount of material needed. To do this, you need to calculate the area of \u200b\u200bthe walls and add 10-15% “in reserve” to it, the number of rolls should always be rounded up, and it’s even better to take one more.
As for the wallpaper itself, two types are widely used on the market: paper and non-woven. The first wallpapers for wall gluing are inexpensive and made from environmentally friendly materials, but they quickly fade and do not hide the unevenness of the wall well. Non-woven ones have practically no drawbacks, except for the high price. Do-it-yourself wallpapering of this particular type is more suitable for beginners, since the glue is applied only to the wall, and their base itself is more durable than that of paper ones.
Before you start gluing, you need to prepare the walls, remove the old wallpaper. Toto make it faster, they can be wetted with a spray bottle with water or a weak solution of detergent, wait until the glue is soaked, and remove with a spatula. In order for wallpapering with your own hands to have a better result, you need to repair cracks and uneven walls. For this, a gypsum-based finishing putty is suitable. Previously, a newspaper was used for these purposes, but this was caused by a shortage of dry building mixes, now any hardware store has a wide range of such products. It is also recommended to prime the walls. It takes a little time, and the result of pasting will improve significantly.
Dilute wallpaper paste with water in the proportions specified in the instructions. It is better if the glue is designed specifically for your type of wallpaper. Apply glue with a soft brush on the wall, and if the wallpaper is made of paper, then on the canvas itself. Before you start, look at the instructions for combining the pattern, the best option for beginners when the combination is not needed. The strips need to be cut with an allowance for the floor and walls of three to four centimeters, glue the adjacent canvases with an overlap of 2-3 millimeters so that the light from the window does not fall under the seam, so it will be almost invisible. From under the glued canvas, expel air and excess glue from top to bottom and from the center to the edges (herringbone pattern). To do this, you can use a dry, clean cloth. When performing this operation, be careful not to apply too much force, otherwise the fabric may be torn. Do-it-yourself wallpapering is completed by removing the glue squeezed out from under them and ironing the seams.
The wallpaper will dry out over the course of a week, shrinking slightly, but the allowances on all sides compensate for this change. Avoid drafts in the pasted room during this period, otherwise the strips will start to lag behind the top and edges of the wall, and all your work will go down the drain.
Following these tips, you can quickly complete the repair yourself, then call the construction company and ask: “How much does wallpapering cost?” Then you will definitely be pleased that you have saved a decent amount of money, which, as you know, does not happen much.
