How to glue natural wallpaper: do it right
How to stick natural wallpaper? Such materials appeared on the modern market not too long ago. Many centuries ago, the walls of rich houses in Asia and Europe were decorated with natural materials. These were silk, sisal, jute and some other plants. What natural wallpapers exist, how to stick them correctly will tell the article.
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Features and types of material
Natural wallpaper is a decorative wall covering, in which plant fibers are glued to a base made of paper or fabric.
In addition to various fibers, in the manufacture of wallpaper uses all kinds of weaving methods, special dyes and combinations of a variety of materials. In their manufacture, mainly manual labor is used, therefore their price is much higher than other types of coatings.
Natural wallpaper has many advantages:
- To make the canvas, environmentally friendly materials are taken that maintain optimal humidity in the room.
- Modern processing means give these materials a sufficiently high fire resistance and vapor tightness.
- They retain their attractiveness for a long time, even after burning out directly under the sun.
- With careful and proper care for them, the material retains its appearance for a long time.
The disadvantages of this type of wallcovering:
- High price.
- Some types of natural wallpaper are hard to cut and fix, which requires a lot of time.
- Before stickering the paintings, good preliminary preparation of the walls is required.
- The coating of walls made of natural materials is very popular with pets, they definitely want to taste them and try to test their strength.
Manufacturers today offer several types of wallpaper from natural materials:
- Bamboo. Such a coating consists of durable, thin bamboo slats that are dried in a special way and glued to a dense fabric. In some cases, in addition to glue, a beautiful decorative stitch is used to fix them. Bamboo wallpapers are usually distinguished by their natural color, depending on the plant variety. The basis of the fabric gives the material the properties of sound insulation and moisture resistance.
- Vegetable. For the manufacture of panels are used:
- sisal;
- common nettle;
- jute and some other plants.
The fibers are adhered to the base of paper.
- Cork. Such wallpapers are made by gluing cork veneer onto a paper base.
Material Advantages:
- light weight;
- it is convenient to look after them;
- hypoallergenic, which is especially important for a person suffering from allergies.
- Textile.
For the manufacture of are taken:
- velvet;
- silk;
- leather.
- With veneer. In this case, a layer of valuable wood, of very small thickness, only up to 0.8 millimeters, is glued to a non-woven or paper base. There are veneered and self-adhesive coatings.
- With vermiculite or with mica. In their manufacture, vermiculite or mica are the main components when spraying them on a paper base.
These are materials with:
- wear resistance;
- ease of use.
Tip: When using natural wallpaper should be borne in mind: most often they are made of dark color and original texture. If all walls are pasted over with them, a pressure effect will appear. Natural wallpaper must be used for interior decoration along with other types of decoration.
You can decorate the room with natural wallpaper in a combination, for example:
- Paste them with only one wall in the room, and for the rest use wood, plaster for walls or another kind of wallpaper.
- Make them separate inserts from various geometric shapes.
- Pieces left over from the canvases can be used to make wall panels, as in the photo, or to decorate furniture.
How to paste natural wallpaper
After choosing the material, determining the design of the room, the question is: how to glue the wallpaper?
The work execution instruction offers:
- Before sticking natural wallpapers, they must be adaptable. To do this, the rolls are printed and laid out in the room where they will be mounted, for about a day.
Wherein:
- no liquid should get on the rolls of wallpaper;
- direct sunlight did not affect;
- the room should be free of humidity.
Tip: Before pasting wallpaper with your own hands, you must carefully examine the rolls for the presence of marriage on them. After cutting the panels, the seller will not accept the claim.
- The surface for gluing natural wallpaper, pre-leveled and dried.
- Old wallpaper is necessarily removed from the walls, the base is cleaned with a spatula and soil is applied to it (seePrimer walls for wallpaper: why and how to do it).
- It is better to carefully level the base with putty mixture. This will improve the quality and reliability of fixing the wallpaper, and will ensure flawless removal of them from the walls, if necessary.
- Before gluing the wallpaper, you need to study the instructions attached to them well.
Tip: Particular attention should be paid to the correct choice of glue used for the selected material. This will give a guarantee that the wallpaper is firmly held on the wall.
In the absence of instructions:
- For light coatings, you can apply the adhesive used for vinyl wallpaper; - for heavy ones, such as bamboo, it is better to use a special polymer mixture - “liquid nails”.
- For cutting bamboo wallpapers, in addition to scissors, you will need to purchase a metal file with small teeth to prevent damage to bamboo rails. You can use scissors for metal.
Tip: Wallpaper made from natural materials is a very specific product, which requires careful application of glue. Otherwise, they can be easily damaged if glue gets on the front side. If this happens, remove the defects very quickly and carefully with a dry cloth.
- When performing the work, drafts are not allowed.
- Do not bend the material very much. When gluing corners, it is better to cut and stick the canvas so that the edges of the material fit snugly together.
- It is not recommended to stick the edges of the wallpaper with an overlap. They should fit tightly enough to one another. In any case, these joints will be visible. However, this will create a certain charm in the interior.
- Before applying the canvas to the wall after applying the glue, you need to wait a few minutes until the wallpaper is evenly, completely saturated with the adhesive.
- Sticking is done from the window. The first strip is mounted strictly vertically, which is controlled by a plumb line or level. This will allow the remaining canvases to stick evenly.
- Near the ceiling, it is recommended to leave a small margin for leveling, if necessary, the resulting deviations in height.
- The strip is firmly pressed to the surface and rolled with a polyurethane roller to remove all air bubbles.
How to stick wallpaper on difficult areas
Some specifics of finishing natural areas of complex areas are as follows:
- For proper pasting of the corners of the room, the wallpaper is trimmed along the intersection line, and pasting continues on the other side of the selected corner.
- In the areas of the room where the doors are located, gluing is carried out with a continuous sheet, as if they are not there, and the material covering the opening is simply cut.
- When gluing wallpaper near the window, you need to leave the edge of the wallpaper protruding inward. Then, bend the edges of the canvas inward, and according to the resulting break, the canvas is very carefully cut off.
- In the locations of the switches and sockets, before gluing the wallpaper, these elements must first be dismantled. After gluing the material, a cross-shaped incision is made at the place of the electrical socket, then a hole is cut under the existing part.
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How to remove old wallpapers
To remove old wallpaper, you need to wet them with ordinary plain clean water, or a special liquid. After completely absorbing the liquid into the wallpaper, they are removed with a spatula. The same procedure is carried out for wallpaper with a paper base.
Tip: If after all operations the wallpaper is difficult to remove, you can leave it until it dries completely, and then just sand it. In this case, the surface will play the role of the base when gluing new wallpapers.
Natural wallpaper for wall decoration is a good purchase. With their help, you can create an original atmosphere in any home, fill it with many colors and create a form of nature itself.
