Stencils for decorative plaster: features of use

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Screen plaster

Plaster stencils allow you to turn your home into a cozy nest. With their help, it is easy to apply any pattern to the wall, and after that such a decorative element looks quite impressive in the interior of the room.

They help to apply a variety of patterns on the walls, where it all depends on the imagination of the owner. How to make a stencil with your own hands and apply decorative plaster to the surface, the article will tell.

Features of stencils for decorative coating

The drawing on the wall can:

• Make it a real work of art that will attract attention only to this surface, complementing the color shades of the rest.
• Do not stand out against the background of the wall, but only emphasize its color.

Tip: To create a more holistic interior, you should duplicate the ornament found on furniture, curtains or other elements of the decor, with the same drawing on the wall. To do this, you just need to create patterns and carefully apply the solution to the surface.

Such decorative coating elements are especially relevant when decorating rooms for children; any kid likes, for example, pictures from his favorite cartoons that replace ordinary wallpapers (see. What to choose wallpaper in the nursery) Decorative facade stucco plaster looks very impressive, stylish and beautiful, this material is great to create beautiful home bas-reliefs.

Impressions on the wall surface can be done with a special figured roller (see Rollers for decorative plastering and creating a relief surface), on a still not very solid coating. The plaster stencil helps to make the images on the walls voluminous, apply a slightly protruding pattern to the surface, and make an additional peculiar layering.

3D image

Stencil for decorative plaster can be:

• Paper. This is a fairly easy method of manufacturing the product. In this case:

1. from the Internet you can download photos of one or several drawings you like, print them;
2. draw yourself;
3. cut stencils for finished ornaments;
4. fasten them with ordinary stationery buttons or tape on the surface of the wall;
5. apply plaster.

The price of such paper products is the lowest, but they can only be disposable.

• Plastic. In order for stencils to be used for a longer time, they can be made of plastic of small thickness. As raw materials for this are used plastic bottles, various packaging. In this case, the desired pattern is simply transferred to plastic and cut out with a stationery knife, a stencil for applying plaster. The plastic stencils are fixed to the wall with glue.

Plastic stencils for decorative plaster

• Made of silicone glue. These are more reliable and easy to use stencils. How to do it in detail shows the video in this article.

How to choose a suitable picture for the room

Tip: In order to make a “bas-relief” drawing made using a stencil on the walls of the house beautiful and attractive, so that the owner does not regret applying it the next day, it is necessary to choose the right ornament.

When choosing the desired pattern should:

• Check in advance the value of the original and beautiful iconic images that you liked on the Internet: it will be rather unpleasant if your friends who come to visit tell the owner about unpleasant facts, about the drawings printed on the walls of the premises.
• Pictures should not be very large and bulky.
• They should fit well into the interior of the room in style.

How to apply a stencil on a wall

After purchasing a finished one or making a stencil, you can start decorating the walls of your house with original and attractive three-dimensional images.

To do this, you will need:

• The stencil itself.
• Decorative plaster.
• Necessary tools and materials:

1. spatulas of different sizes;
2. sandpaper;
3. decorative color coating.

• Aerosol glue.

Tip: When applying glue, you need to hold your breath to avoid getting sprayed chemicals into the airways.

Work instruction:

• On the decorative plaster aerosol glue is applied. The composition needs to cover the side of the stencil, turned to the wall. It leaves no traces on both surfaces and allows you to apply the picture to the surface of a high-quality wall. The glue should set well.
• After fixing the stencil, a layer of decorative plaster is placed with a spatula. To do this, plaster is scooped up with one spatula, and a small part of the material is picked up from it with the other and applied to the stencil. Brush strokes should be made strong, which will make the plaster more dense in the created “bas-relief”.
• The stencil should completely disappear under the plaster.
• After the solution has completely dried, the template is carefully removed so as not to accidentally harm the decor element.
• To achieve a more voluminous effect, coating of several layers of decorative plaster is required.
• If, due to insufficiently thick mixture, or inaccurate removal of the stencil, the decorative element was destroyed, or it lost its shape, this can be corrected - go through the drawing with sandpaper to correct work errors.
• Additionally, the surface of the volumetric element can be treated with a decorative color coating, which will create the desired shade or give the picture a shine.

Contrasting drawings look quite impressive, for example, a pattern on a dark background is applied from light plaster, or vice versa: a dark color ornament is created on a light wall. This effect can be supplemented and enhanced by paints or varnishes, which can also add age to the decorative element, more visually highlight its volume.

It will help you to get a good understanding of all the processes of applying a picture from plaster by viewing photos of the master class and video about using stencils when laying decor.