Liquid wallpaper: how to put their hands, the pros and cons

Liquid wallpaper is quite popular decorative cover not only the walls, but the ceiling. Their other name - silk plaster.

But in its composition, they are not identified with a conventional plastering, because they have no sand or cement.

The composition and variety of liquid wallpaper

The basis of the coating is cellulose. Also in the composition can be present silk. A compulsory component of this coating acts as adhesive agent. Thanks to her, the wallpaper can be applied to walls, ceilings and well hold onto them.

Additional elements of the silk plaster are:

• coloring agents;

• natural fungicides (antifungal agent);

• plasticizers;

• decorative inclusions.

As the final component can be used to choose tinsel and mineral supplements in the form of quartz sand.

The material is of several types. The most common commercially available silk plaster. Also common cotton and cellulosic liquid wallpaper. It occurs combined version - silk-cellulose plaster.

The material in its original form is a dry, free-flowing mixture. This substance is sold in plastic bags. In the first stage the dry mixture was kneaded with addition of water and infused for the necessary time. Only after that can be applied to the plaster wall.

Pros and cons of liquid wallpaper

On the plus side, you can select the following:

• the ability to produce them using a partial repair (you can clean up the section of the wall of the old wallpaper and put on this place a new structure);
• no seams after applying a plaster;
• absence of necessity in the selection pattern;
• forming on the walls of the embossed and soft coatings;
• presence of possible to align articles such uneven wall portions;
• high sound insulation;
• low thermal conductivity;
• presence of excess moisture absorption properties, and return it with a strong dry air;
• no wastes.

The main shortcoming material is its long drying. It takes a few days to a week. The coating is not suitable for areas where high levels of humidity.

Preparatory work

At the first stage the following steps:

1. Buy a large container - a basin a minimum capacity of 18 liters.

2. Buy silk plaster to the hardware store. Liquid wallpaper desired color is usually sold in departments with paints. There can be purchased for wallpaper additives as sequins or quartz sand.

3. Fill basin building water at room temperature. One bag of plaster has to 6 liters of water. This proportion is provided for liquid silk wallpaper.

4. Print bag and emptied its contents into the water. In passing, to be distributed throughout the volume of quartz sand, which is used in this example.

5. Thoroughly knead the plaster with quartz sand. A mixture of mind and feelings should resemble minced. It should be knead as well as dough. Should get a homogeneous mass. Quartz sand in it should be evenly distributed.

6. The resulting decomposed substance for several packages of polyethylene and close tightly.

7. As such, the brew substance must at least 12 hours.

When will the 12-hour period, you can start to put weight on the walls.

Milestones

Prepared liquid wallpaper is necessary to put in building a basin. For their application requires a special plastic trowel. It is sold in the same place where she and silk plaster. Before applying the mass to the wall should put its hand in a small amount, and then pry edge trowel.

The substance is applied with a trowel, to be positioned at a slight angle to the wall surface. Layer substance should be no more 2 mm. On the area of ​​the room 20 sq.m.. may be required 13 packets fabric.

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