Fiberglass - to select and work with them

If the traditional paper wallpaper known since antiquity, but the first rolls of vinyl were in the post-war years, the glass wallpaper slightly younger and are widely used in the sixties of the past century. They are not as popular as the other varieties of finishing this segment, but gradually gaining recognition and the consumer. So what this stuff is interesting, as it is used and why in some cases preferable to the other? These are the questions to answer with FORUMHOUSE users are already familiar with steklooboyami.

Glass fiber - raw materials, production method, variety

Fiberglass, or as they are called, steklopolotno - a finishing material for walls or ceiling, is available in rolls, like ordinary wallpaper.

The raw materials for it are made of glass blocks, is melted in a furnace at a temperature of over a thousand degrees, thereby producing fibers of different thickness - a basis from which subsequently form or weaves canvas. The composition cubes themselves - are typical for glass components: quartz sand, lime, dolomite and soda, harmless to humans. This is due to environmental glass wallpaper - they do not emit harmful substances into the air, so they do not have them in the lineup. The production cycle is not intended TINTING fibers, so that all available white glass fiber, for the subsequent coloring.

To give steklopolotnu necessary performance, impregnated with special composition based on starch, every major manufacturer - a unique, patented recipe.

There are two main varieties of fiberglass:

• Decorative - woven fabric, laying the different texture and patterns, is obtained expressed relief that, even when painting in layers is clearly visible. Decorative variant differs high density - 100 g / m² and a large variety of surfaces, often called matting.

• Reinforcing - glass fiber, which is pressed glass fibers. In contrast to a woven fabric, in linen and no pattern is almost imperceptible relief: yarn arranged randomly, in appearance resemble cobwebs, for what wallpaper is usually called - gossamer. Webs density lower than that of the decorative web - in the range of 25 to 50 g / m², but due to the method of manufacturing it possible durable, is therefore used primarily as a base protective layer prevents the appearance on the surface of the walls or ceiling cracks. If the mat has a clear relief the delicate gossamer gives a marble effect - a perfectly smooth surface. Therefore, use glass fiber and for finishing after stickers coloring to the desired color.

Although raw material component in the canvas and twill common - the glass is different in performance and properties of the web.

Product Benefits

In glass wallpaper - impressive features that allow them to compete with paper and non-woven counterparts.

And melted in a glass manufacturing process, and impregnation - from natural, environmentally friendly materials. Wallpaper does not cause allergies, they can not start dust mites, fungi or mold, since fiber is ideally smooth and there is no medium. For people who have problems with the respiratory system, or the propensity to allergic reactions, glass become an optimal finish. They are permitted for use in all residential premises, including the children's rooms and in Europe they paste over the walls of the children's homes, hospitals, government offices and entertainment centers.

Despite its origins glass, fabric breathability by being woven or spun from individual fibers, it is water vapor permeability, and does not clog the walls as synthetic counterparts. To save this property, you must pick up the paint and with similar parameters.

Another advantage - a fire, the coating does not support combustion, and even during melting does not emit the air poison. No less useful quality - water resistance: The surface can be cleaned, and even if a large number of falls on it fluid, e.g., the neighbors will flood or near capacity inadvertently tips over, no damage, all remain smooth and beautiful. In addition, glass feel well in wet areas - they okleivayut bathrooms, flat indoor pools. So it is going to do Fokys from Moscow.

Fokys (user FORUMHOUSE):

A small bathroom in a wooden frame kitchen. After removing the old colored oilcloth revealed that the two walls and the ceiling are covered with age-old "drywall" - something like a modern gypsum board. Since the material is dry and not rotten, it decided it pokleit fiberglass, as well as on the walls to be made of gypsum fiber board and then paint them.

Included in the number of material advantages and strength of the coating - it is resistant to mechanical stress, it even especially difficult to damage. When the house small children who love to experiment with sharp objects or pets, indifferent to the walls, glass will help maintain a decent appearance without the need for regular repair.

disadvantages

Some believe the lack of limitations textures - with an abundance of reliefs, they are reduced to a few typical categories: diamonds, herringbone, checkerboard, and the like. However, to show imagination, this deficiency can be neutralized - if rolled fleece roller the main tone, to fill the pores, and then go smoothly, with a contrasting color, will original decor. Even if the rooms are pokleit same invoice, this way of painting will completely change the look of the walls.

Also it causes negative emotions complicated dismantling - tear wallpaper from the wall, you can only make serious physical effort and a sharp tool. Cloth they will not depart from the wall for any scenario, though watered with water, although the primer wets. If someone is a disadvantage, for many just the advantage - with long service life and wallpaper We must hold tight as possible, and not to leave the slightest shrinkage or high humidity in the room. That forumchanin v. pchelin from Chernogolovka happy with my choice.

v. pchelin (user FORUMHOUSE):

Used in the apartment about 6 years ago, one roll a little lacking, took two, the rest of a long lay. When my turn came to painting the walls of the country, using the rest of the wallpaper - they are allowed to hide the defects of plaster (I'm a beginner). Due to the width of the joints are virtually invisible, and the texture of the walls, do not know how to say monotonous, smooth. After painting looks like a perfect proshpaklevat drywall.

With regard to glass dust, which can be formed by gluing fabric and irritate the skin, it is not a lack of material as a whole, and feature low-cost brands. High-quality glass fiber is soft, pleasant to the touch, do not fall off with him, talking about a decorative woven fabric.

How to choose

To obtain long-lasting and beautiful cover, and do not itch and itch after contact with the material, you should pay attention to three main parameters:

• Composition - optimum quantitative ratio of glass fiber cloth and impregnating at - 70 to 30%.
• Relief - what he terms, the stronger will be visible on the wall, even after repeated staining. If the goal - to get a textured surface, is to choose embossed wallpaper, but beware: they absorb more pigment than gossamer.
• Weave - the main indicator of quality, good wallpaper look uniform, without knocks fiber pattern neat, smooth surface. When deploying web must not crumble and be painted.

Preparation and pasting

Steklopolotno can be glued on any base - concrete, plaster, wood, GCR, GVL and others. The process of preparing a standard wall - fiberglass hide small blemishes and minor variations plane to achieve a perfectly smooth and flat surface by several layers of putty optionally, sufficiently repaired large cracks. But the application of deep penetrating primer - on the contrary, it is necessary.

Given the composition of the fibers, the density and weight, you can not use an ordinary adhesive for paper wallpaper, it simply will not sustain the load. There are special formulations, they are usually produced by the same manufacturer, so the easiest way to buy just the system, rather than the individual components, as well as advises Evgeniy733.

Evgeniy733 (FORUMHOUSE user):

The dense texture of fiberglass are considerably heavier in weight than a simple sheet of paper. Accordingly, the adhesive for paper wallpaper is simply not designed for such weight and keep the fiberglass will not. About the choice of glue, probably will not, in principle, should not have any problems, manufacturers usually offer their own glue, can be set and get. How to properly prepare, and in the manual is - it's simple.

Are available and ready for gluing fabric - they already contain an adhesive layer, which is just moistened with water. When working with conventional steklopolotnom adhesive is applied only to the wall, the layer should be abundant and not extend beyond the cut, is most conveniently applied by roller. Glued wallpaper butt, like other sufficiently dense materials, pasting overlapping obtained visually distinguishable transitions worsening decorative. Smooth blade squeegee, special plastic scraper to help out in the corners and areas with complex geometry. In order not to confuse right and wrong sides, many manufacturers use color-coding - such wallpaper is easier to work.

The choice of paint depends on the preferences of the owners and financial capabilities. Consumption for dyeing steklopolotna significantly above the norm due to the strong absorption. To reduce it, the surface of wallpaper after drying was treated with a primer or adhesive, diluted to liquid consistency. Coloring is carried out in two ways, with an interval of 12 hours.

Glass fiber, whether on canvas or matting, - environmentally friendly, durable and beautiful finishing material can transform the interior when used correctly.

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