Decorative painting of walls is one of the most popular ways of interior decoration, which makes it possible to give originality and individuality to the painted surface. Modern decorative paints are endowed with many undeniable advantages and are increasingly replacing the usual wallpaper, decorating the walls of living rooms, nurseries, kitchens, bedrooms and even bathrooms.
The advantages of decorative paints
The main difference between decorative paint and ordinary paint is its aesthetic component, which allows you to achieve a surprisingly beautiful and unusual decorative effect. There are a lot of advantages to such a finishing material:
- The service life of a painted surface is several times longer than the service life of plaster or wallpaper. At the same time, decorative paint perfectly adheres to any premises, including rooms with high humidity and kitchens.
- Decorative paints do not fade in the sun, are not afraidscratches and sharp claws of animals, bumps, abrasion and mildew. It is very easy to wash off the dirt from them.
- Surfaces painted with decorative paint do not have joints, which allows you to create a single harmonious picture.
- A huge selection of different shades and all sorts of design effects allows you to satisfy even the most demanding professional designers and impress inexperienced homeowners.
- Decorative painting of walls with water-based paints is a great option for a child's room, because they have an absolutely harmless composition. This environmentally friendly coating does not contain harmful carcinogens and does not cause allergies.
- This is a versatile material that makes every wall unique. Due to moisture resistance, they can be used for facade work and in the bathroom.
- Decorative wall paint looks natural and rich, transforming an ordinary space into a beautiful and cozy home.
- Does not require removal of previous coat before application.
- Paints fit perfectly on any surface: wood, cement, chipboard, drywall and even glass. The only requirement is that the painted surface of the walls or ceiling must be even.
Tools for creating unusual decorative effects when painting walls
Decorative wall painting is done with tools such as:
- Regular fur or rubber roller.
- Spatulas (metal wide, serrated,plastic, rubber).
- Hard sponge and brush.
- Venetian trowel.
- Sandpaper or sanding block.
- Stencil.
Of course, not all of these tools will be needed. For example, a stencil will be needed only if you also need to apply a certain pattern or pattern to the paint layer. A Venetian trowel is useful for creating a convex texture, and a stiff bristle brush is used to create expressive stripes on the surface of the paint. Therefore, before purchasing a tool, you need to decide what kind of decorative effect will be created.
However, the cost of all these tools is quite low, and they will last a long time. Also, do not forget about gloves.
Rollers for decorative wall painting
The textured roller will help to make interior design on an individual basis. This painting tool is useful to everyone who wants to make designer decorative wall painting with their own hands. A positive feature of the rollers is that the cost of their purchase pays off significantly due to long-term use and the ability to decorate not only the surface of the walls, but also the ceiling, paintable wallpaper and even fabric.
Views of roller surface
To paint the wall you will need a structural roller. It can be used in two ways.
- Use as punching toolimages.
- Giving a different texture by treating the surface with a rough roller or a roller with a pattern, achieving the effect of imitation of stone, glaze, marble with a pronounced relief. Every idea requires the purchase of the appropriate tool.
Rough surface paint rollers are made from the following materials:
- rubbers;
- foam rubber;
- wood;
- metal;
- fabrics;
- fur.
All varieties can be used to create a pattern on a flat surface.
The structure of decorative rollers
All decorative wall paint rollers consist of a cylinder, a handle and a metal rod holder. The structural tools used to create patterns on the surface are endowed with two components: a foam cylinder that picks up paint, and a rubber nozzle with a carved ornament for imprinting.
Preparing walls for decorative painting
If the wall is being painted for the first time, preparation will take some time. With a simple modification of a previously painted surface, the paint can be applied directly to it.
Preparation for primary painting is divided into the following steps:
- Removal of the old coating. It is recommended to moisten the wallpaper first with water, and only then remove it from the wall. Other types of coating are much easier to remove with a spatula. In order to prevent dust from getting into your eyes, the surface of the wall can also be moistened in advance. It is better to do the work in protective glasses.
- Released from the old coatingthe surface must dry well. With abundant moisture, this process can continue for a day.
- The surface is inspected for defects. If there are cracks, they are first embroidered, then filled with cement and grouted.
- To keep the putty on the wall well, the surface is treated with a starting primer.
- The wall is puttying.
- The finished surface is cleaned (grinded), treated with a primer.
The wall is ready for decorative painting.
If decorative wall plaster is made for painting, then it must be primed. You can choose any color, but the paint itself is better to purchase waterproof, durable and non-fading. It is applied with a roller. After drying, the relief parts are painted in a different color. Can be fixed with water-based varnish.
Decorative painting methods
There are various types of decorative wall painting. The simplest method is to create a plain, but spectacular surface. To do this, you only need a roller and ready-made decorative paint with special effects, for example:
With mother-of-pearl. The surface covered with such a composition looks very much like silk. Decorative wall painting with this effect is especially appropriate in small rooms where the sun is rare. It is very easy to even paint the walls yourself
With velvet or velor effect. The solid fractions that make up the paint, after drying, make the walls look like they arecovered with expensive cloth. Only by touching the coating with your fingers can you feel the difference
There are also decorative compositions with small stones, shells, particles resembling flakes of different colors or metal. The use of such compositions allows you to transform the interior beyond recognition without much effort and time spent on painting. Walls covered with such paints serve as an excellent backdrop for furniture, paintings and other interior decorations.
Special Wall Decorating Techniques
If the monochromatic color of the walls does not suit the homeowners, you can paint them or add various effects. For some of them, ordinary acrylic or oil paint is suitable, for others you will need a special composition, which is usually sold ready-made.
Spot application of decorative paint
This is a rather lengthy process that requires considerable attention and work, but the beauty and volume of the resulting surface will please the eye for a very long time. Paint is applied with a sponge and brush.
Marble painting
For this method of painting, you will need paint of three colors, of which one is the background and the other two are the main ones. First, a background shade is applied to the wall, and then the main paints are applied with a wide brush in uneven stripes. After drying with a goose quill or a thin brush, streaks are drawn with the paint of the main layer.
Granite effect
For this method you will need a special decorative paint, which consists ofacrylic bubbles, painted in different shades. When applied with a spray gun, they break on the surface and create a layer on the surface that is very similar to the texture of granite.
Painting the walls with cloth
This is a very popular way. The main lighter layer is first applied to the wall than the next one. The next one is done with a roller wrapped in cloth.
Decorative wall painting cheap but beautiful can also be done using a stencil (purchased or cut yourself). First, the main color is applied with a roller, and a pattern or pattern is applied on top with a spatula. Thus, you can get both a simple monophonic pattern, and a complex one, in several colors.
Decorative painting of walls with the effect of "wrinkled paper" is performed as follows. Crumpled thin paper is applied to the applied base layer and “painted” on top with paint of the same color.
There are also more advanced techniques.
