How to glue vinyl wallpaper. How to glue vinyl wallpaper

The walls of the apartment occupy largest area apartments and visually attract attention. The quality of the wall decoration will set the tone for the entire interior of the room. Therefore, in order for your repair to be a success, we offer brief recommendations, as well as visual video tutorials on how to glue.

Why vinyl?

Firstly, this material has an amazing feature: it repels water, and therefore will be easy to clean from contamination.

Secondly, the latest developments allow vinyl wallpaper to "breathe", because now wallpaper canvases have micropores.

Thirdly, due to the significant thickness and mass of the vinyl sheet, such wallpapers are easier to glue - they will not tear when glued to the wall or unrolled. And, of course, such wallpapers will also last longer than ordinary paper ones.

Before gluing vinyl wallpaper, you need to know a few distinctive features significantly affecting the pasting technology.

How to glue vinyl wallpaper

Step 1. How to prepare the walls for pasting?

We clean from the previous coating, skin, prime, level and dry the base.

IMPORTANT! Concrete walls it is important to prime it before pasting: otherwise stains may appear on the wallpaper.

You can use a highly diluted wallpaper glue instead of a store primer. After priming, be sure to open the walls with white water-based paint.

To prepare the walls different types there are prescriptions for pasting.

So, for example, before gluing fresh wallpaper on painted walls, do a little test: scratch the paint in several places, and then cover the scratches with ordinary stationery tape: if the paint cracks when peeling off the adhesive tape and its particles remain on the adhesive tape, the paint is needed shoot from the entire wall.

On plastic or on any other smooth surface, wallpaper is glued only after sanding the wall, and on drywall, the wallpaper is fixed only on a special adhesive.

Step 2. How to cut the canvases?

Before opening the first roll, check the total number of purchased rolls, as well as match the color and pattern of the wallpaper, and the identity of the batch number. Wallpapers from different batches may differ significantly from each other. If at first glance the difference is not noticeable, then gluing vinyl wallpaper on the wall will immediately show color or texture differences.

The easiest way is to cut wallpaper without a pattern. Then you will need to measure the height of the wall and add another 5-10 cm to the resulting value for allowances. Such wallpaper can be cut on a special table or on any spacious flat surface. After cutting the first canvas, an equal strip is measured from the roll, connecting them at the cut points.

In all other cases, the second and subsequent canvases are cut out exclusively after combining with the pattern of the first and subsequent canvases.

IMPORTANT! Mark the canvases in the order in which they were pasted on the back with a pencil, and also mark the top and them of the canvases.

When pasting the walls with wallpaper with a pattern, much more material will go to waste. So you need to buy such wallpapers with a margin.

IMPORTANT! When cutting, wallpaper should be unrolled from the roll in the same direction. All even and all odd patterned wallpaper canvases are identical, i.e. for all of them, the coincidence points of the figure are similar.

When buying, pay attention to the labeling of the wallpaper: on the packaging of each roll, special pictograms should be applied, describing the method of cutting this type of wallpaper.

Figure 1 - Pictograms for determining the way of cutting wallpaper

IMPORTANT! When choosing wallpaper, it is better to lean towards wider ones, since gluing meter-long wallpapers end-to-end faster than ordinary ones, the more there will be fewer seams, and the pattern in this case will look more holistic.

Step 3. What kind of glue should be used to glue the vinyl wallpaper?

For each type of wallpaper, a specific type of glue must be applied. All necessary information on which to use should be indicated on the roll packaging.

When preparing the glue, strictly follow the instructions indicated on the package of the mixture.

Vinyl wallpaper is heavy, so excess water in the prepared glue will negatively affect adhesion: after a couple of weeks, or even hours, after gluing the canvas, it can lag behind the walls and everything will have to start over.

You should only buy glue for vinyl wallpaper: use universal adhesives or, even worse, glue for paper wallpaper, they cannot guarantee you a good result of adhesion of the canvas to the wall.

QUELYD ($ 5/300 g, consumption - up to 5-6 rolls), Pufas ($ 3/200 g, consumption - 25-32 m²) and Methylane ($ 4/300 g, consumption - 32- 50 m²). The smell of these types of glue is either absent or weak.

Drying time for each type of glue is also individual, but on average it is at least 12-24 hours. It is recommended to keep the room closed for 48 hours.

Step 4. Vinyl wallpaper: how to glue it correctly?

You will need:

• bucket;
• wide spatula;
• sponge;
• sharp knife;
• pencil;
• smoothing brush (or rubber roller);
• plumb line;
• scissors;
• meter;
• a brush for applying glue;
• working surface (table).

Work progress:

The cut canvases are laid out on a flat surface and evenly covered with glue, following the instructions given on the packaging of the manufacturer of the glue mixture.

For the convenience of transportation and storage of the pasted sheets, they are folded as follows: one edge back side bent inward by 2/3 of the length, the second - by 1/3. When folding the canvas, there should be no folds. The canvases are rolled into a loose roll and set aside.

IMPORTANT! If you do not plan to use this or that roll for more than half an hour, after applying glue to it, wrap the roll in cellophane to avoid premature drying of the edges of the wallpaper strips.

On average, wallpaper needs 5 to 10 minutes to soak with glue (a more accurate figure should be indicated on the roll packaging).

After being impregnated with glue, the wallpaper becomes more elastic and often gives a change in shape in width. After drying on the wall, the wallpaper will stretch and all unevenness will be removed naturally.

IMPORTANT! If wallpaper strips are not uniformly soaked with glue, or one strip in the glue has lasted longer than the other, this may affect appearance stripes (especially if it comes about patterned stripes): The pattern may be misaligned or distorted due to the compression of the vinyl after it dries.

Also, if you overexpose the wallpaper in glue, the edges of the strips can stick together and when you try to open the canvas for gluing on the wall, they can tear.

ADVICE: To determine the optimal soaking time, align the strip edges: if they "come off" during alignment, there was not enough time for normal soaking and you should wait a little longer.

The walls of the room are rarely strictly vertical, therefore, when pasting, one should not focus on the verticality of the corners. To paste over each wall with the first strip of wallpaper, you need to draw a vertical with your own hand: for this, use a level or plumb line.

Figure 2 - Mark the vertical on the wall using a plumb line

To ensure adhesion, the pre-primed wall is also covered with a layer of glue (this "double" ball of glue is often used when pasting walls with heavy washable vinyl wallpaper).

Correctly hold the wallpaper before pasting it is necessary like this:

• Take the rolled roll soaked in glue in your hands and climb the ladder to the ceiling (at the place where the vertical is held);
• bend your left arm at the elbow and carefully unfold the roll, gently throwing it over your arm;
• grab the edge of the strip from the larger side and carefully disconnect the wallpaper (ideally, you just need to grab the edge and lower the canvas to fall along its entire length, so that delamination occurs naturally - under the weight of the weight of the pasted over);
• the lower third of the canvas, still folded towards the center, must be disconnected after fixing 2/3 of the canvas on the wall.

More details - in the video (for a description of the position of the roll when pasting, see from 8 min.).

VIDEO. How to glue vinyl wallpaper

Continuation:

After straightening, the strip is aligned along the marked vertical and, using a special brush or rubber roller, the wallpaper is glued to the wall:

• first, the selected tool is carried out in the center of the canvas, and then, according to the “Christmas tree” principle, the strip is smoothed along the sides, removing excess air from under the wallpaper;
• detach the lower third and smooth it in the same way.

Figure 3 - Smoothing a strip of vinyl wallpaper

IMPORTANT! When fixing the strip, remember about the allowances for the ceiling and plinth, equal to 5-10 cm!

Although most wallpapers today are glued joint to joint, if you want to overlap the wall, you need to start from the window: this way, when light falls, there will be no shadow at the joints.

You cannot glue the wallpaper in the corners of the room with solid canvases in full width: one way or another, over time, folds will form in the corner. The strip for pasting the corner must be cut in width so that it goes onto the opposite wall by no more than 1.5 cm.In order to glue the second part of the wallpaper strip in the corner, a vertical line is drawn with a plumb line on a clean wall to a width equal to the width of the glued part of the canvas , after which it is attached to the wall. So you get not only a competent corner finish, but also a strictly vertical beginning for further pasting the wall.

It is necessary to smooth the seams with a special roller. It is important to take into account that when pasting walls with dense wallpaper, strong pressure on the roller can damage the surface of the canvas. It is impossible to smooth out embossed wallpaper with a roller.

Picture 4 - Special rubber roller for smoothing seams

10. Wallpaper edges protruding to the ceiling can be removed in three ways:

• with the back of the scissors, run along the junction of the wall and ceiling, as if smoothing the wallpaper canvas end-to-end, then bend the canvas and cut off the excess material with sharp scissors along the formed fold line, glue the canvas to the wall without applying an additional glue base, smoothing the fresh seam;
• to trim the ceiling allowance, you can also use a spatula and a wallpaper knife (with the first, support the canvas in the joint between the wall and the ceiling, and with the second, hold it over the spatula, cutting the canvas);
• You can carefully cut the wallpaper using a special trimming tire (when using it, the glue will not get on the ceiling and other surrounding surfaces).

Figure 5 - One way to cut to length allowances

11. If you plan to glue wallpaper with a border, you should start pasting the surface of the canvases with decorative tape only after the glue has completely dried, ie. after 24-48 hours (how long the wallpaper dries is the indicator indicated by the manufacturer on the roll label).

Vinyl wallpaper: harmful or not?

When choosing wallpaper, the question of whether vinyl wallpaper is harmful to human health or not is asked by almost all buyers who have heard about the adverse effects of vinyl covering.

If we are talking about a quality product, then the answer is “no, not harmful”.

The big disadvantage of vinyl wallpaper is the result of the greatest advantage of this coating: such wallpapers can be washed, and therefore their air permeability is an order of magnitude less, and they are more susceptible to temperature fluctuations.

The water-repellent properties of the vinyl wallpaper web are achieved thanks to a special additive: PVC (polyvinyl chloride) or, in common people, vinyl.

If the buyer did not have any individual intolerance to this additive, then there are no contraindications to buying and pasting the walls with such wallpaper. Allergy to PVC is the only reason why high-quality vinyl wallpaper is harmful.

Vinyl wallpaper: product characteristics

The composition of vinyl wallpaper is PVC, applied on a non-woven base or sprayed on paper.

Silk-screen printing or the so-called "flat vinyl", "hot stamping vinyl" - refer to the most expensive types of vinyl wallpaper. Due to the specific manufacturing technology and additives, such wallpapers give the effect of a silk fabric.

Vinyl wallpaper - moisture resistant, therefore, the weight of the vinyl sheet exceeds the weight of the paper wallpaper. The size of wallpaper is often reduced to a standard: 10 m in length and 0.53 m in width in one roll. However, there are varieties of 60 cm, 90 cm and meter wallpaper.

The shelf life of vinyl wallpaper does not exceed 10-15 years on average. With rare exceptions, the manufacturer can promise you 25 years of faithful service for this coating. But in this case, we will talk about buying a VIP class wallpaper for a lot of money.

How to wash vinyl wallpaper

Before cleaning vinyl wallpaper, carefully read the roll liner: it should contain the following pictograms:

Figure 6 - Pictograms for determining the method of cleaning vinyl wallpaper

Highly washable wallpaper can withstand household chemical means, waterproof ones can only be processed with a damp sponge - no more.

Washable vinyl wallpaper: price

Depending on the degree of resistance to moisture and the type of base, vinyl wallpaper can be purchased at a price of $ 4 to $ 10 ( domestic manufacturers- "White wallpaper", Ratin 032 or Tkanevy 119 (pictured)).

Figure 8 - Marking of the method for removing vinyl wallpaper from wall surfaces

In most cases, it is easy to peel off the top film layer, and the paper backing will remain on the wall.

IMPORTANT! It is impossible to glue new wallpaper onto the old substrate - new canvases will quickly come off!

The paper layer is abundantly sprayed with water from a spray bottle, since it is impossible to remove the substrate dry without damaging the plaster of the walls. You can wash off the moistened paper base with a sponge or, starting from the seams, tear it off using a hard wallpaper scraper.

IMPORTANT! Instead of water to moisten the backing, you can use special solutions for removing wallpaper.

How to glue vinyl wallpaper to the ceiling

The following video will tell you how to properly glue vinyl wallpaper on the ceiling. Please note that the technology of wallpapering on the wall and on the ceiling has no significant differences.

How to glue vinyl wallpaper. VIDEO

Self-adhesive vinyl-backed wallpaper

Another proven way to transform any room is with colorful, self-adhesive vinyl decals. The assortment of such products is wide enough and you can choose a sticker suitable for any design.

For example, stick on light walls in a teddy bear nursery or to decorate plain walls living room with a stencil pattern.

In any case, it is 10 times faster and more economical than replacing the entire wall covering.

Photo 1 - Vinyl stickers to the nursery

Vinyl paintable wallpaper: how to paint correctly

Mission: paint wallpaper

Decided to paint your vinyl wallpaper?

Here are the answers to the most common questions:

How to paint?

Use a long-nap roller. This will paint over all the textured elements of the wallpaper, and the paint will lay evenly on the surface of the canvas. The paint must be liquid.

Use a spatula if you want the texture of the wallpaper to be visible. The paint for this type of staining must be thick enough.

What paint?

Choose only water-based paint.

Can I paint with other types of paints?

No, unfortunately, you can't.

Adhesive for vinyl wallpaper: price

You can buy glue for vinyl wallpaper in any building hypermarket in the country.

How much does vinyl wallpaper glue cost?

Inexpensive:

• QUELYD - $ 5/300 g;
• Pufas - $ 3/200 g;
• Methylane - 4 $ / 300 g.

One package for pasting the walls of a standard 3 * 4 room may be enough.

The cost of pasting walls with wallpaper:

• Kiev - 45-70 UAH / m² (cleaning the walls from wallpaper - additionally up to 25 UAH / m², priming of walls - additionally up to 30 UAH / m²);
• Moscow - 200-500 rubles / m² (cleaning the walls from wallpaper - additionally up to 40 rubles / m², priming of walls - additionally from 20 rubles / m²).

Vinyl wallpapers are in demand among those who want to make redecorating in their apartments. This popularity is due to the fact that vinyl perfectly imitates various textures and patterns, and the wallpaper is strong and durable. People who first decided to carry out cosmetic repairs on their own should first learn how to properly glue vinyl wallpaper. Tips and tricks will help prevent the traditional mistakes of novice decorating masters.

Vinyl wallpapers are strong and durable, perfectly imitate colors and textures.

Vinyl wallpapers are textured and smooth. This is a two-layer wallpaper consisting of a base, which can be non-woven or paper, and a vinyl covering. To give the pattern a texture, the coating is poured with foamed vinyl, which has a special density and durability. With silk-screen printing, the pattern is smooth and shiny.

Correctly glued wallpaper has a service life of at least 10 years.

They are easy to maintain and can be used to decorate any space. Among the disadvantages of this modern coating can be called its chemical base, which in small doses releases harmful volatile substances, poor air permeability. The manufacturer informs where exactly it is allowed to glue his products. If the technology for sticking wallpaper is violated, mold and mildew will form under them.

Features of vinyl wallpaper

For rooms with high humidity foam vinyl must be used.

In rooms with high humidity, foamed vinyl is more suitable. Such wallpapers have a relief pattern and a low density of the top layer. They have good breathability and the ability to mask the imperfections of uneven walls. It is not difficult to glue wallpaper.

Silk-screen printing is particularly beautiful. It imitates the luxury of textiles and is much cheaper, does not fade and is used for a long time. If you need to glue wallpaper with silk-screen printing, then they buy glue for heavy wallpaper... This kind of vinyl wallpaper better fit for rooms. Before using them, the walls must be leveled. If irregularities remain on the surface, then silk-screen printing will emphasize them.

The adhesive for working with vinyl wallpaper is chosen by the manufacturer specially made for them. You can choose the composition of the universal type, allowing on any basis. If this is not found on sale, you need to purchase a special glue for a paper or non-woven base. Other varieties wallpaper glue will not fit because of the specific material, the work will be performed poorly.

Before gluing vinyl wallpaper, you need to turn off the supply electric current to the room. Switches and sockets in the room must be removed during wallpapering. If you can remove the skirting board, the work will look very neat.

The technology of pasting walls with wallpaper requires that the surface to be pasted is dry. When working, do not open windows and turn on a fan, air conditioner or convector. The main stages in the work are preparatory work, wallpapering on the wall, the final stage. The quality of the work performed will depend on how responsibly all stages will be performed.

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Wall Pasting Tools

To properly glue the vinyl wallpaper, you need the following tools:

• fur roller for priming walls;
• a brush for applying glue to the canvas;
• rubber roller for working with seams;
• roulette;
• level;
• rags to remove excess glue;
• stationery knife for cutting canvases;
• Knife Sharpener.

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Getting ready for the vinyl wallpaper on the walls

It is necessary to glue the wallpaper correctly, otherwise it will become covered with mold or quickly fall off the wall due to technology violations.

First you need to clean the old materials from the wall. It is cleaned with spatulas, sandpaper. Finished wall leveled with a putty, allowed to dry and once again treated with coarse sandpaper.

After the wall is completely dry, it is treated with an antifungal protection primer. After a few hours, you can start pasting the walls. Before gluing the vinyl wallpaper, dilute the glue and let it swell. Do this according to the instructions.

If you have pictures on the wallpaper, then they must be adjusted to each other.

Then they start cutting sheets of the required length. Using a tape measure, measure the height of the walls, add 10 cm to the resulting figure and begin to cut the material. If there is a pattern on the wallpaper, then the canvases are additionally adjusted so that the pattern matches. It is not necessary to make a stack of more than 10 stripes. Usually, one roll of wallpaper is cut, and when the prepared sheets run out, a new one is started.

If a non-woven base is used, then you need to know how to properly glue vinyl wallpaper on a non-woven base. Such wallpapers are not treated with glue. For them, the glue that was applied to the wall is enough. This base does not change the size of the canvas, it will be easy to work.

Wallpaper sheets on paper backing laid face down. First, the walls are covered with a thin layer of glue. This will improve the adhesion of the sheets to the wall. Having processed the wall with glue using a roller, they begin to apply the glue to the back of the wallpaper. A perfect job has no glue marks on the face. Any excess glue that has accidentally gotten is removed immediately with a clean cloth.

The middle of the sheet is passed with a roller, and the edges and corners are carefully processed with a brush. The prepared paper-based sheet cannot be glued to the wall immediately. You need to wait until the paper is saturated with moisture adhesive composition... For this, the sheet is folded in half. The package says how to glue the wallpaper. The duration of this process depends on the density of the material used. The denser it is, the more time it will take. Wallpaper on a paper base tends to stretch slightly when swollen. To make the work look flawless, the holding time is observed on each strip, making sure to wait for the right time.

Many ordinary people are interested in how to glue vinyl wallpaper. We will fulfill this wish, but first we will help you figure out why these wallpapers have become extremely popular and what these finishing materials are.

Vinyl wallpaper dates back to the middle of the last century, created by two American engineers, one of whom discovered the excellent properties of polyvinyl chloride, and the other applied this material to a paper base. Unfortunately, only in our time did people appreciate this unique material, which has rightfully become the leader in sales and all kinds of ratings. Therefore, the interest of the layman in vinyl wallpaper is quite natural, as can be seen from numerous requests on the Internet. Topic " How to properly paste vinyl wallpaper?”Is constantly heard.

Vinyl wallpaper - types, characteristics

Today, manufacturers have launched the production of two types of vinyl wallpaper, which differ in their background, in one case it can be paper, in the other - non-woven. However, this is not the only difference, on the market today building materials wallpapers of this category are available for sale, part of which is foamed polyvinyl, thanks to which the excellent structure of the material is created.

It has an unusually dense, non-standard heterogeneity of texture, so that the wall surface can not be brought to the ideal level of evenness, which is a prerequisite for wallpaper of other categories. Minor flaws and the material will hide defects, while its surface will look flawlessly even.

And, of course, the characteristics of vinyl wallpaper deserve attention - they are almost flawless and meet modern requirements.

When buying this material, you should pay attention to the icons applied by the manufacturer on the packaging of each roll.

First Is a method of applying glue. The indicator is very significant, it should be strictly adhered to when gluing vinyl wallpaper. Because manufacturers offer varieties that prescribe in one case to apply glue to the wall, in the other directly to the back of the wallpaper strip. These are two completely different production processes. Now add to them one more option, in which the wallpaper is supplied with an adhesive layer applied to it at the factory.

Secondly, take some time to study the characteristics of wallpaper, which are divided according to their effectiveness in resisting moisture and dampness:

1. Water resistance during processing.
2. Stability during wet processing.
3. High resistance during wet processing.
4. Resistance to mechanical stress (it is allowed to wash with a brush).
5. High resistance to mechanical stress.

Preparing the wall surface for wallpapering

The beginning of wallpapering the walls is preceded by the removal of the old finishing materials from the surface (of course, if the apartment is not from a new building). It is quite easy to remove old wallpaper, for this it is enough to moisten them with water (preferably warm) using a sponge or a paint roller, wait a while so that they are well saturated with moisture, and then, using a spatula, separate from the wall.

In the case when the previous coating on the wall is made with water-based paint, a drill should be used with metal nozzle in the form of a brush. And so regardless of the former finishing material, the old coating must be removed. To do this work independently is quite within the power of any man in the street, the main thing is that there is a desire.

Then a thorough examination of the surface is necessary to identify and remove the identified defects and flaws. Cracks, gouges, chips and other little things can be repaired with putty or plaster. Freshly applied leveling material should be allowed to dry, after which the surface should be primed with a deep penetration primer mixture, dried and reapplied with leveling material. finishing layer putties.

But, since now we are talking about pasting the walls with vinyl wallpaper, the first layer of putty will be quite enough, which, together with the removal of defects, will simultaneously be a leveling layer, which will remain to be brought to relative evenness with fine-grained sandpaper and primed (and also give the primer time to dry). And if any roughness remains, the wallpaper material itself will absorb them.

We draw your attention to the fact that when choosing a primer, you should be careful, because there is a huge range of these products on the building materials market. And you should choose a special adhesive for vinyl wallpaper. But if it so happened that its for some reason on this moment no, you can use wallpaper glue, which should be diluted with water to liquid state... This mixture is also very suitable for priming walls under vinyl wallpaper.

Having finished with all the preparatory work on the wall using a plumb line, you need to draw a vertical line, it will become a reference line that sets the correct gluing of wallpaper in a strictly vertical direction. This process is very simple - on one of the walls under the ceiling, screw a self-tapping screw, to which you tie a plumb line. The plumb line itself will pull the thread, you just have to draw a parallel line on the wall with a pencil and a long ruler, which will become the starting point for placing the first wallpaper strip.

We remind you once again that vinyl wallpaper has a high density, which allows you to effectively cover minor defects and flaws on the wall surface. Therefore, opting for vinyl wallpaper, when exercising preparatory work you can not waste time on the finishing leveling putty layer, which saves labor and money.

We cover the walls with vinyl wallpaper

This type of wallpaper is produced with a sufficiently wide width, which helps to reduce the joints. It will be more correct and rational if you prepare wallpaper strips before you start gluing the wallpaper, the strips must be cut so much that they are enough for pasting all the walls of the room (to calculate the needs of the strips, you need to perform simple arithmetic operations). The length of the strip should be equal to the height of the surface to be pasted plus five to ten centimeters of the allowance for various unforeseen circumstances.

Then the glue mixture is used, we apply it in accordance with the icon on the roll, that is, either on the wall or on the back side of the wallpaper strip. It is better to apply the glue with a paint roller, which will evenly distribute the glue over the surface, while it is better to coat the surface with glue only under one strip, and after gluing it, proceed to glue the next section of the wall.

After that, the top and bottom of the strip are brought together (with the back side inward), raised to the ceiling and, holding the top of the wallpaper strip, dissolve it to the bottom, making sure that it lies exactly along the drawn line that you applied earlier. Next, we level the strip with a rubber roller or plastic spatula, at the same time squeezing out the remaining air under the material. For a snug fit of the material to the surface, leveling should be carried out in a direction from top to bottom and simultaneously from the center of the wallpaper strip to its edges. The subsequent spectacularity of the pasted wallpaper depends on the thoroughness of this process.

Vinyl wallpaper is much easier to glue than paper, because, unlike their counterparts, vinyl stripes are stacked end-to-end. Although some masters use the technology of their overlap stickers, they do it at the expense of a little trick - they impose the next strip on the previous one with an overlap of about two to three centimeters. After the installation of the second sheet, a vertical cut is made in the middle of the strips located one on top of the other. Then the upper cut strip is removed, and the lower one, which is located under the second strip, should also be removed. After that, the edge of the second strip must be glued. You will get an even joint, almost invisible to the eye. This technique speeds up the pasting process and reduces the possibility of gaps between the strips.

We described the option in which the wall surface is coated with glue, and if the wallpaper strips themselves are coated with glue, then the prepared wallpaper blank should be placed on the floor and glue the back of the material with the adhesive mixture. It is also better to do this with a roller, thanks to which the uniformity of the adhesive layer can be achieved. The wallpaper should be applied to the wall surface 5-6 minutes after being coated with glue - this time is enough for the material to be well saturated. Further process gluing is carried out using the same technology as when applying glue to the wall surface.

If you are spreading glue on the wallpaper strip, observe moderation, because a small layer of the mixture is quite enough, the main thing is that the material is thoroughly and evenly coated with glue.

Also, after placing the wallpaper strip on the wall, avoid stretching the material to the sides. And no less important - remove the remnants of the glue in a timely manner, do not allow it to dry. It is best to do this with a clean, soft cloth.

1. It is advisable to stick vinyl wallpaper at an indoor temperature not exceeding 23 degrees Celsius.
2. For the period of operation, the room should be protected from drafts.
3. If this is your first time gluing vinyl wallpaper, develop the skills of working with it on the wall of some secondary room, which can then be covered with furniture, carpet or other objects.
4. Prepare thoroughly for the gluing process, you should have all the materials and tools necessary for this work, up to rags for wiping your hands, at hand.
5. When diluting wallpaper glue, dry adhesive mixture should be poured into a container of water in small portions, stirring constantly. We emphasize once again - the glue is added to the water, but not vice versa!

So, we figured out how to qualitatively paste over the wall surfaces with vinyl wallpaper and it becomes clear that it is practically not much different from pasting any other types of wallpaper. At least on the main stages one to one. Therefore, a layman who at least once had to glue wallpaper will also be able to carry out the process of applying vinyl wallpaper, and, moreover, on high level, in no way inferior to the work of a highly qualified master.

The main thing is not to rush and follow the wise advice of life - it is better to measure seven times than cut once.

It is quite easy to glue vinyl wallpaper. They are very dense and they do not tear, do not get wet from glue, and will not deform when dry on the walls.

Everyone, even those who have never glued the wallpaper themselves, can do it. You just need to know some of the nuances of the process and updating the room will be quick and easy.

Most who have come across vinyl wallpapers know that they are quite heavy. The severity arises from the density of the canvas, but this is precisely what provides vinyl wallpaper with good moisture resistance. Thanks to this, they can be wiped with a damp cloth - they are absolutely not afraid of wet cleaning.

Often, many housewives have the feeling that, due to its severity, vinyl wallpaper will not adhere well to the walls, but all these fears are in vain.

Review: I like the vinyl wallpaper the most. My husband and I have been choosing wallpaper for a long time in order to glue the hall and stopped only on vinyl wallpaper. The first question was: How to glue the vinyl wallpaper, because they say that they are heavy and difficult to stick. However, this is all not true. We glued the room quickly and easily. It turned out that it is easier to work with vinyl wallpaper than with paper wallpaper, since paper wallpaper tears very easily. Look, the main thing is that there is high-quality glue and you should not feel sorry for it. Our hall has completely changed!

Probably everyone who makes repairs in an apartment or in a house wants the walls to look beautiful. Therefore, do not skimp on expensive wallpaper and the choice of adhesive for vinyl wallpaper should be justified.

Wallpaper must be glued only with the help of a special glue, which will definitely be recommended to you in the store. Dilute and prepare the glue mixture according to the instructions on the package. Do not save on glue, you will not lose much, but if expensive wallpaper falls off, it will be a shame.

Preparing walls for gluing

First of all, you must clean the walls of old wallpaper, paint and whitewash, if any. Seal all cracks, chips and dents with mortar or putty.

Review: Yes, I also had problems with uneven walls in the hallway, so I pasted the vinyl wallpaper and all the irregularities disappeared. Just beauty! Therefore, you do not need to steam if the walls are not perfectly smooth - vinyl wallpaper will be the solution to the problem. And they are glued easily, and the seams are invisible, and the errors of the walls disappear. Beauty!

Previously, wallpaper was glued onto plaster, and the walls were plastered with the addition of coarse sand and the surface of the plaster ended up being rough. In this case, it is necessary to prime and putty the walls so that a flat, smooth surface emerges, on which it is much more convenient to glue.

The smoothness of the surface is necessary so that during the gluing of the sheet, you can move and correct it if it is skewed, or the sheet lies unevenly on the plane of the wall. It is not necessary to apply glue on smooth walls. It is enough to apply it good layer on the wallpaper. Be sure to spread newspapers on the floor and roll and cut the wallpaper on them so as not to stain the front side. If the room is large, then you should not cut all the wallpaper at once, and also change the newspapers under the wallpaper from time to time.

Cut vinyl wallpaper for gluing

To begin with, carefully measure the height of the wall, not only in the place where you are going to start work, but also in other places. If the differences are small, then choose a middle ground and start cutting vinyl wallpaper. If somewhere to the floor you miss the length of the wallpaper - it's okay, all the shortcomings will hide under the baseboards.

Very often, when cutting, you have to take into account the pattern that is applied to them. Be sure to consider and cut the wallpaper so that your drawing matches. Number the cut sheets of wallpaper so that later on the pattern does not go confusion and it is in the order of numbering that you need to glue the stripes. In addition, I can note that vinyl goes well with PVC panels on the walls.

If there is no need to combine the pattern, then feel free to cut the tubes of vinyl wallpaper, observing their height. Glue the wallpaper only in the order in which the stripes will be spread. If you confuse the top and bottom, then the light from the window will be reflected in different ways, and this oversight will be noticeable.

Vinyl Wallpaper Sticking Guide

You only need to start gluing from a window or corner. It is necessary to glue on right hand around the room. Let's say we started gluing vinyl wallpaper from the corner of a room. Draw a strictly vertical line from the corner along the width of the wallpaper. This is necessary to keep your first sheet flat. All other sheets of wallpaper will be glued first. And if you cut the first strip, then the rest will also go sideways and at random.

If you have not putty the walls, then the glue must be applied to the wall as well. It is worth carefully smearing the corner, since such places are the most problematic when gluing.

Carefully lift the glue-coated wallpaper sheet and, starting from the top, attach it to the wall. Trim it so that the sheet sticks evenly and start squeezing air from the top. When leveling, use a roller or common rag. With the same rag, you can remove all excess glue that will protrude along the edges.

Everything needs to be done together - this is more convenient: one holds the wallpaper on top, and the second helps to align the sheet vertically. But if you have no one to help you do not be discouraged - here is a great instruction for gluing wallpaper alone.

Smoothing should be done from the center to the edges in order to expel the formed air bubbles. The bubble is complex and you cannot kick it out - peel off part of the strip and glue it again. If this does not help, then you can arm yourself with a pin. Pierce the resulting bubble and press with a rag to smooth this place.

The second strip of vinyl wallpaper is glued only in the joint with the previous one. There is no need to overlap, otherwise it will be ugly. Do not press the strips strongly against each other, otherwise the joints may heave after drying. All glue that will protrude at the joints should be immediately removed with a rag. Do not be afraid that the glue will get on the front side of the vinyl wallpaper, as it dries, it becomes transparent and you will not stain the wallpaper.

Constantly control the verticality of the glued strips and only then proceed to gluing the next strip. I used a level, a very handy thing, it beats a level around the room. And so we go around the entire perimeter of the room. After finishing work, there should be no drafts in the room. Doors and windows must be closed. Otherwise, the wallpaper will simply move away from the walls.

In the end, I want to wish you pleasant work and magnificent walls, which you yourself will make without any problems. Just keep in mind some of the things you need to know when gluing vinyl wallpaper and your walls will look irresistible.

How to glue vinyl wallpaper? This question is asked by many owners during cosmetic and overhaul, because it is vinyl that has been most appreciated among different types wallpaper.

The best value for money, durability, shock and scratch resistance, the most unusual colors and patterns - all this is vinyl.

Sticking a vinyl canvas with your own hands is a rather troublesome business, but it is quite possible to cope if you prepare the surface well and study all the nuances of such wallpaper repair.

Advantages and disadvantages

They are produced in the form of rolls with a base of paper web or a better and more durable non-woven fabric, on top - decorative layer vinyl (officially - polyvinyl chloride).

This coating has several varieties, but they are all famous for a number of common advantages:

• strength (thanks to two layers of canvas, it is almost impossible to tear the vinyl when gluing or already on the wall);
• durability (they hold perfectly on the wall for up to 10 years, while maintaining the original brightness);
• moisture resistance (some types of vinyl can be wiped with a cloth and even washed);
• versatility (you can choose a coating for any interior, find an imitation of any coating - wood, fabric, brick, etc.).

Among the disadvantages of vinyl are toxicity, airtightness and heavy repairs, but in reality, not everything is so dangerous.

Toxic fumes after finishing can appear only on wallpaper of dubious quality - proven vinyl on a non-woven base is absolutely safe for health.

This coating is also highly breathable, unlike the heavier paper backing, which can encourage mold and mildew growth.

It is really difficult to glue vinyl wallpaper with your own hands, especially in the absence of experience, but if you choose a light coating on a non-woven rather than paper basis, then the gluing process will be much easier.

Features of gluing different types of material

Where to start gluing vinyl wallpaper?

Many will say that from a window or from a wall and will be almost right. But in fact, you need to start by choosing a type of vinyl sheet.

On the repair market, you can find several subspecies of such a coating, each with its own characteristics.

• Structural (with foam vinyl). Such wallpaper is usually pasted over uneven walls, as well as wood, plywood, fiberboard. The canvas helps to smooth out all irregularities and defects and creates a spectacular play of light on the surface;
• Hot stamping (heavy and compact vinyl). Such thick wallpaper produced in the most unusual colors and textures. They perfectly conceal all the irregularities of the walls and last as long as possible without losing their original appearance;
• Silk-screen printing. These rolls are produced on a paper backing. Sticking such wallpapers with your own hands is not an easy process: heavy silk-screen printing canvases are glued end-to-end, without overlap, moreover, when they dry, they can shrink. But they are very durable, resistant to abrasion, look invariably expensive and stylish;
• Washable. This vinyl is usually used for kitchen renovations;
• Solid (evaporated). Consists of three layers of paper and evaporated vinyl, often used for painting.

Preparing for wallpaper repair

How to properly glue vinyl wallpaper with your own hands and what is needed for this?

You need to start with preparing a bridgehead for repairs - get rid of all traces of the old wall covering: greasy dirty wallpaper, crumbling putty and plaster.

Even if it is planned to paste the wall with embossed vinyl wallpaper, it is necessary to level large cracks and bumps with a putty, and also to prime the surface so that the vinyl lies tightly and does not peel off.

If wide vinyl wallpaper is used for wall decoration, then it is important to ensure a perfectly flat surface.

Before gluing vinyl wallpaper with your own hands, you need to prepare:

• sharp scissors or a special wallpaper knife;
• pencil, suspension with a piece of chalk, ruler;
• a wide glue brush and a thin seam brush;
• wallpaper (plastic) spatula and rubber roller (smooth heavy canvas);
• clean dry cotton cloth;
• damp sponge;
• a bucket for glue and the glue itself;
• stepladder;
• several old newspapers.

Before gluing vinyl wallpaper with your own hands, you also need to turn off the power to the room and close all windows and doors tightly so that there are no drafts in the room.

Then you need to properly prepare the glue and cut the wallpaper. Special glue for vinyl wallpaper is diluted according to the instructions and wait until the solution swells.

In the meantime, you need to prepare wallpaper strips: cut the roll into separate canvases along the length with an allowance of 10 cm, spread them on old newspapers, spread with wallpaper glue and leave to “ripen” for 7-10 minutes.

Vinyl wallpaper gluing: technology of work

How to glue vinyl wallpaper in a room with your own hands? It is best to do this together - with a reliable assistant.

First, you need to draw a vertical line on the wall with the help of a suspension - the first strip will be glued along it.

The process of gluing the wallpaper will look like this: one person takes the wallpaper soaked in glue by the upper part, gives it to a partner standing on a ladder.

He puts a piece of vinyl roll to the wall, unfolds the panel and levels the wallpaper.

It is only necessary to glue vinyl end-to-end, even minimal overlaps are strictly prohibited.

Then the strip must be smoothed out with a rubber roller or spatula.

The spatula is ideal for smooth fabrics, the roller is used for foamed vinyl and other embossed wallpaper so as not to damage the pattern.

Where to start smoothing the canvas in order to expel trapped air and remove excess glue? It is best to move from the center to the edges from top to bottom to squeeze out all the bubbles.

Excess glue must be quickly removed with a cloth so that it does not get on the front side of the wallpaper.

It is better to cut off the excess wallpaper that remains at the bottom after drying, otherwise the wet canvas will wrinkle and may even tear.

Wide vinyl wallpaper is glued in the same way as strips of standard width.

The only caveat is that if you have chosen wide wallpapers, then it is convenient to use 2 ladders when working. This will ensure that the wallpaper is perfectly aligned with the walls and will make it easier to stack it back to back.

Where to start wallpapering?

It is better to lay vinyl cloth on the wall from the corner of the wall perpendicular to the window, light wide canvases - from the window in the direction of the incident light.

This will allow you to glue the wallpaper exactly end-to-end, clearly connect the pattern and create the effect of a solid coating.

We glue vinyl wallpaper in problem areas

If the process of pasting the walls themselves with heavy vinyl looks clear enough, then how to glue vinyl wallpaper in problem areas and where to start work?

The most difficult areas for DIY wallpaper repair are the corners, the space behind the battery, and the switch sockets.

Where to start wallpapering the corners with your own hands and how to do it - end-to-end or overlap?

To make the corners look beautiful and not lose their appearance after drying, you need to act according to a special scheme.

We glue two panels at the corners with an overlap of 2-3 cm (if the corners are uneven, you can increase it up to 5 cm).

Then, with a sharp clerical knife, cut both pieces vertically - along a ruler or a long spatula.

Carefully remove the upper unnecessary strips, bend the edges of both canvases, coat with glue, put back on the wall, join the pattern and roll with a roller (spatula).

After drying, the corners will remain perfectly flat.

It is not necessary to completely lay vinyl behind the batteries - it is enough to glue 15-20 cm on both sides.

If you certainly want to decorate the area behind the radiator with wallpaper, then you can cut pieces of the canvas into several narrow parts - this will facilitate the work, especially if wide wallpapers are used for decoration.

Spaces for sockets and switches, when pasting walls with vinyl wallpaper, need to be cut out only on the wall - if you make holes in advance, then they may simply not coincide with the real outlet.

Mark the desired place on the glued strip, make criss-cross cuts and fold the corners inward.

After installing the switches and sockets, the excess vinyl can be simply cut off.