Ceiling wallpapers

The ceiling decoration is an important stage of repair work, which affects the perception of the final result as a whole. Construction technologies today offer many interesting solutions for the design of the sky above the head: hinged, adhesive, stretch ceilings, decorative tiles of options a huge number.

But if you value time and money and are a lover of non -standard solutions, then ceiling wallpaper will become the best means of decorating living space.

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Ceiling wallpapers: What is it?

Ceiling wallpapers is a modern way of creating an original interior, providing unlimited opportunities for the embodiment of any ideas. Tinatized patterns, stylization for stucco molding or starry sky choose what is more like.
Some mistakenly believe that the ceiling wallpapers do not differ from traditional wall. But this is not so. Wallpaper used for pasting the ceiling, thick and durable. Two layers of paper glue and stamping. The embossed structure allows you to hide the small defects of the ceiling, create the effect of a perfectly flat surface, and painting ceiling wallpaper will change the face of the room as often as you want.

However, this finishing material is not devoid of shortcomings. So the maximum service life of wallpaper with embossing 5 years. They accumulate dust, absorb odors, so choosing a budget option for a long time to admire the pristine beauty for a long time. Another thing is the wallpaper of ceiling non -woven ones, which will last for about 15 years and will not deliver the trouble when gluing.

Types of ceiling wallpaper

There are ceiling wallpapers on a fabric, paper and synthetic basis. Washing wallpaper is good for the most polluted or wet rooms. If additional sound and thermal insulation is necessary, then textile wallpaper is preferable. The fabric is processed with a special composition that protects against pollution, which means that you get not only an original, but also a practical coating.

Ceiling wallpapers for painting are good in that if you want to change their color, adding the tenderness of lilac or orange fun to the room to do this will be simple. Such wallpapers are most often made on a non -woven or fiberglass base. The non -woven wallpaper is stable in size, do not swell, do not give shrinkage and are distinguished by an unusual texture created by applying foamed vinyl to the surface.

No less remarkable wallpaper made of fiberglass. As a raw material in this case, the glass thread neutral to the environment acts. These washing wallpaper do not age, do not burn, do not deform, are resistant to ruptures, changes in temperature and humidity. Low adsorption characteristics can reduce the paint consumption by 2 times. For painting waterproof ceiling wallpaper, water -based latex or acrylic paint is ideal. You can paint from 7 to 10 times.

Import or your own, dear?

The market offers a huge assortment of wallpaper both domestic and foreign production. What is the difference between the presented specimens and how to choose the best?

Interestingly, wallpapers intended exclusively for pasting the ceiling are produced only in Russia. But the Moscow wallpaper factory and the Mosstroyplastmass factory do not indulge in the color diversity of the Mosstroyplastmass factory, the ceiling wallpapers in the catalog have only one color variation of the white, but the textures are more than 200. Of the minuses, one can also note one but very significant domestic wallpaper cannot be painted. This small nuance often becomes decisive when choosing.

As for overseas samples, they are not entirely true to call them ceiling, because this concept is absent there. In the West, the above -mentioned wallpaper for painting, with which enterprising foreigners adorn the ceilings, is remarkably coping with the role of ceiling wallpaper.

Our stores have German -made wallpaper (Erismann, AS Creation, Erfurt), which easily and without loss of quality withstand the application of water -dispersion colors (more than 10 times). If the coloring of the ceiling wallpaper attracts you little, but you still want diversity, then there are imported wallpapers painted in different colors.

The difference between domestic and foreign finishing materials does not end there. The main difference in gluing technology.

How to glue ceiling wallpaper?

The process of gluing ceiling walls by and large is not complicated, but it is unlikely that you can do without an assistant. It is also necessary to carry out small preparatory measures. In particular, find out how smooth your ceiling is. Ceiling wallpapers are unpretentious and ideal surface do not require. But if there are significant defects, then alignment becomes a mandatory stage of finishing work. You can level with putty or finishing with plasterboard panels (depending on the severity of the situation).
You should decide in advance on the lighting to think about where the chandelier will be attached, outline the location of the LED lamps.

The next step, which is considered not mandatory, but desirable to process the ceiling with an acrylic primer. On the surface prepared in this way, the wallpaper will stick quickly and accurately.

The technology of gluing domestic and foreign wallpapers will be different. Imported samples can be glued to the ceiling greased with glue. When the bubbles appear, the surface is leveled from the middle to the edges using a rubber roller.

Wallpaper of domestic production must be impregnated with glue. Impregnated should be carefully, about 10 minutes. Buy the glue not familiar to many PVA or CLUSTER, but specially designed for such work (preferably strong fixation). After the glue is absorbed, fold the wallpaper with an accordion with a width of about 40 cm this will facilitate the process of gluing. Having glued the first lane, combine it with a soft brush, draw a roller along the edges and remove excess glue.

Stick the rest of the stripes. At the place of attachment of the chandelier, make cuts and free the protected wires. After the end of work, remove the insulation from the wiring and hang the chandelier. Go on the joints again, make sure that they do not sag. If the wallpaper was intended for staining, then paint for ceiling wallpaper can only be used after 24 hours.

Important advice of specialists

In order for the processing process to pass without delay, and the result is perfect, the tips below from professionals will come in handy.
1. Take care of the cleanliness of the working surface, remove the old plaster, ceiling tiles, traces of soot and dirt.
2. Before gluing the wallpaper, close the windows and doors tightly: the draft will nullify your efforts to be the wallpaper will be crumpled and peel off.
3. Small the corners with a flat brush, the middle of the canvas with a fur roller.

4. Glue the wallpaper must be overlapped (10 cm). The hanging ends are cut off by stationery or construction knife. To make the cut even, use the ruler.
5. Work should work towards light, i.e. The stripes are directed towards the window.
6. Acrylic primer allows the ceiling to breathe, does not create a greenhouse effect and dries for an hour.
7. If you accidentally stain the wallpaper with glue, remove the stain with a sponge. This method works only with fresh traces. A dried spot on imported wallpaper can be painted over, according to the instructions, the dent will soon disappear. As for Russian samples, you will have to cross a couple of paintings here.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated in gluing ceiling walls. But in order to finally clarify the features of this process for yourself and start work fully armed, you can watch the video.

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