How to glue vinyl wallpaper yourself: the technology of sticking, photo and video

The main thing before gluing vinyl wallpaper, you need to make the preparatory work - to choose the right glue and do everything in accordance with the recommendations below. Then on the wallpaper there will be no bubbles, glue drips and stains.

Vinyl wallpapering rules

To make the wall beautiful after the pasting and the vinyl covering is held tightly, it is necessary to follow simple rules:

An important nuance of vinyl wallpaper with rapport - they should glue the joint to the joint, making up the picture. It is necessary to glue directly if the marking on the package contains arrows opposite each other. Otherwise, pasting with offset is assumed. The distance in centimeters, which must be shifted contiguous stripes indicated on the package.
Before you glue, you need to choose the right glue. This may be a special composition for vinyl wallpaper, if the base - flizelin. For a paper base, an ordinary sticky mass is sufficient. The main thing is that it has a rather viscous consistency.
Canvases on the wall are glued from top to bottom. First, press the area along the longitudinal axis. Then you need to drive to the sides of the excess glue and air. To do this, use a roller or a dry clean cloth.
The edges are coated especially carefully. Qualitatively executed counter docking assumes that the joints are rolled with a special narrow rubber roller or pressed by rags. Removing glue means ridding the walls of stains.

In addition to the general rules on how to glue affects the type of warp vinyl wallpaper. This may be paper or non-woven. And if in the first case the canvas is lighter, then the vinyl wallpaper on the non-woven fabric, which has a foamed relief coating, is heavy, thick, and this must be taken into account.

Features depending on the basis

Paper Vinyl Wallpapers	Vinyl wallpaper on non-woven base
Glue can be applied on the wall or on the prepared canvas.	Strength due to the use of non-woven, which forms the base.
The range includes a series of painting, as well as models with color spray.	The adhesive composition is applied only on the wall, and the wallpaper remains dry.
Use of sticky weight for simple paper wall-paper is possible.	Non-woven base additionally reinforces the wall. Foamed embossed finish ready for painting.
	Adequate adhesion provides a special adhesive composition.

What is the best glue vinyl wallpaper?

The choice depends on the type of material that forms the base of the vinyl. If it is paper, you can use PVA glue, but it is difficult to achieve quality, since the strips will slowly crawl under their own weight. The use of paste is also not recommended, as the substance of flour and starch is a suitable medium for the life of microorganisms. So how to glue the wallpaper so that they do not move away from the wall?

On non-woven base

Specialized mixtures are used, which include modified starch. And to prevent mold, components are used that, in addition to antiseptic action, increase viscosity and adhesiveness.

Paper based

Allowed to use adhesives for paper wallpaper. But this is when there are no foamed relief elements on the surface of the canvas, weighting the wallpaper. If painting is supposed, such method will not work. But when it comes to the surface with a color pattern, glue for paper wallpaper can be applied.

IMPORTANT! Adhesive consumption is usually indicated on the adhesive packaging. But it depends on the type of surface and the basis of the wallpaper. The average consumption is 180 g of dry matter for 4-5 rolls.

Instruments

To perform all the necessary actions, on hand you need to have:

dishes for the preparation of glue;
rollers for extruding excess glue and air;
plastic wrap to cover the floor;
dry cloth to ensure cleanliness;
narrow rolls for rolling butt-docking;
wallpaper knife, pencil or ballpoint pen;
measuring ruler and guide for cutting the strips;
wide spatula, which is useful for fitting the web;
special angular rubber roller for rolling inside corners.

All this must be prepared before gluing vinyl wallpaper, regardless of the type of base.

Training

Before you perform the final interior trim, you must do the following:

Decide on the selection of vinyl wallpaper and glue.
Prepare the surface.
Remove all the effects of repair.
Cover the floor with polyethylene.
Turn off the electricity.
Remove the outlets and switches.
Buy the necessary tool.

In addition, before you glue the wallpaper you need to familiarize yourself with the recommendations for the dilution of glue and the preparation of wall surfaces.

How to dilute glue?

Dry granules are poured into the water. The solution is constantly mixed by hand or with a special nozzle on a drill or screwdriver. Cooking recommendations are on the package. The main thing is not to mix the whole pack. A sufficient amount - for three or four bands.

Surface preparation

You can not glue vinyl wallpaper on paint, old wallpaper, foam. The canvas will not hold onto OSB, tile and laminated panels. Concrete walls are suitable, but if they are uneven, defects are eliminated with a putty. On the drywall construction strip glued without prior preparation, if the surface is clean. Before gluing, remove residues:

old wallpaper;
limes;
paints or whitewash;
oil stains and dirt;
everything is superfluous.

It is necessary to clean as carefully as possible, up to removing the plaster and applying a new layer. The surface must be coated with a primer.

Wall sticking technology

Cutting strips need to take into account the presence of the figure. If necessary, glue with a shift, the margin is taken into account, which is laid in order to adjust the pattern. The strips are glued joint to joint without overlap. If the base is flizelin, it is not necessary to lubricate the strips. The sequence of actions is reduced to four stages.

Stage 1: the layout and layout of the walls.
Need to glue from the window. For this, the width of the strip is measured and a vertical line is drawn along the level or plumb line. The whole wall is laid out, which gives an understanding of how many lanes need to be prepared.
Stage 2: wallpaper preparation.
Stripes are spread on the floor. Figure is customized. The length is 3-5 cm more than the height of the ceiling or the width of the room (if the ceiling is glued). Such a number of strips is prepared so that the finished glue is completely consumed.
Stage 3: gluing.
On the smeared wall applied top strip. Roller or cloth pressed against the central part along the longitudinal axis to the bottom. In the same way, air residue and excess glue are expelled from the middle to the edges.
The joints, the upper and lower ends are rolled with a narrow roller, the protruding glue is removed with a cloth.
Stage 4: Final.
The excess is cut by a wallpaper knife along an applied wide metal spatula.

How to deal with hard to reach places?

Technology pasting the external and internal angles - a specific process that involves the use of special tools. Pasting the walls around the window (door) openings and behind the batteries, you need to measure out in advance and cut out the necessary pieces.

The photo shows a sizing of wallpaper around outlets and switches:

On the photo there is a pattern of wallpaper behind the radiator:

Step by step instructions for gluing the ceiling

Strips of vinyl wallpaper are glued from the window to the entrance. The direction is across the length of the room. The technology is similar, but has a number of features.

Video tutorial step by step

For clarity, it makes sense to view a specially shot video, which tells in detail how to glue vinyl wallpaper on the wall and ceiling.

How much dry vinyl wallpaper?

The room should remain closed during the day. Draft results in dryness. Forced heating is also undesirable, and the use of heaters is prohibited. After a day you can open the windows and doors. But if it is cold outside the window, and the room is not heated, you will have to wait 2-3 days.