Preparing walls for wallpapering

Everyone knows that the quality of the surface under the wallpaper will greatly affect the final result, so it's best not to be lazy and prepare the walls forrepair. Naturally, the old wallpaper must be completely removed from the walls. Old wallpaper is well removed dry. If in certain places you can not remove the wallpaper, then they should be wetted with a brush. Then use a spatula to remove the remains of the wallpaper. If you still could not completely remove the old wallpaper from the walls, peel these places with a coarse-grained sandpaper. But film wallpaper and foam should be removed without a trace.

Painted walls with alkyd enamel or oil paint should also be slightly cleaned. Some prefer to completely remove the layerpaint, but it's hard. In addition, if the paint is well kept on the wall, then it does not make any sense at all, since the wallpaper is perfectly adhered to the painted surfaces. But still preparing the walls for wallpaper and in this case is needed. Peel the paint with a coarse-grained sandpaper. Completely clean out the paint is not required, because you do not need a glossy surface, but a matte finish. Now top on the paint roller, apply a primer. In some places, the primer can spread, but it does not matter. After processing the walls with a primer, wait until it dries slightly (5-10 minutes). Then, with a clean, slightly moist roller, go through the walls once more: the primer layer, which is already on the surface, will lie flat. Now you can proceed to pasting walls with wallpaper.

Any unevenness that is on the wall, should be leveled with putty. Also should be putty all cracks orpotholes. To do this, first with a spatula, clean the crack to a layer of sturdy plaster, and then zashpaklyayte it. You can not glue the wallpaper on a wet putty, so you'll have to leave the walls to dry.

If you just drive into a new apartment, in which there was no repair, then the preparation of the walls for wallpapering will differ slightly from the methods described above. The surface of the walls should be cleaned of grease and bitumen stains, dust. Then the walls need to be leveled with putty,which is applied not in one layer, but in several layers. Before applying each new layer of putty, wait until the previous one has dried. Now the prepared surface should be cleaned with sandpaper, and then remove all dust. Leave the walls to dry for a few more days. When the walls are completely dry, they should be covered with a primer. Only after the primer has dried completely, you can begin to paste wallpaper.

In addition, one should take into account some cases when there are different spots on the surface prepared for gluing the wallpaper. To prevent these spots from appearing on the wallpaper, it is recommended that paint the walls with cheap water-based paint.

If you glue the wallpaper on the surface of the wall, which is lined with any sheet materials, pay particular attention to the seams. It is the seams that can show through the wallpaper towill spoil the whole appearance. Preparing for wallpapering in this case will be as follows: zapotapatte seams, cover them with paper, then zashpaklyuyte and scrub the surface of the skin. If the material has nails, then their hats should be drowned to a depth of 1 mm, then painted with oil paint. On top, fill in and clean the surface of the wall. If this is not done, then under the influence of moisture on the nails will be formed rust, which will soon appear through the wallpaper.

As you can see, there are still a lot of works before wall papering with wallpaper, otherwise the finished result will not meet your expectations.