Ideal wall: paint and plaster

users FORUMHOUSE well aware that the repair - a delicate matter. And when it comes to decorating the premises, it is often the stumbling block is the choice of material for the walls and ceilings.

And if earlier as a topcoat traditionally chosen wallpaper, now on the market there are many materials suitable for the interior of your dreams.

naprimeR, Decorative paint and plaster.

But how not to get lost in their diversity and make the right choice? What you need to know about the features of the use of these materials?

Answers to these questions is dedicated to our article!

Features decorative paints and plasters

Modern decorative paints and plasters - are materials that allow you to realize the most extraordinary and bold design ideas. And if before the plaster or paint only considered as a basis for applying the topcoat, but today these materials are themselves act as a stylish and sophisticated decor. In order to choose exactly what you need, you should know some of the characteristics of these materials.

Catherine Odzilyaeva (Head of Marketing Group of Companies "ROGNEDA"):

- First of all, it should be remembered that these materials must be applied on mineral surfaces (concrete, brick, plaster, etc.).

For rooms with high humidity, such as bathrooms, such decorative coatings are generally not used. To do this, there is a tile or special water-dispersion paints.

Conventionally, decorative materials can be divided into 3 groups:

• decorative paints;
• decorative plaster;
• decorative coatings.

Catherine Odzilyaeva:

- Decorative plaster, in turn, can be divided into smooth (thin-layer) and relief (forming a textured coating).

Moreover, all the decorative material can be classified as interior (used only indoors) and front (can be used both inside and outside rooms).

But even here there are secrets.

Dmitry Red'kin (Director of Development company "Eskaro Chemical AC"):

–In domestic practice, in addition to the interior and exterior materials, often secrete products for exterior use.

Materials for the exterior facade materials different from the fact that they are only suitable for work in protected areas (such as balconies niche) or non-critical fronts.

Dmitry Red'kin:

- Y decorative paints key feature is the type and size of the filler since these components is formed through the coating, or otherwise. As the fillers are used various synthetic and natural materials, and combinations thereof.

Despite the fact that there are many varieties of decorative paints and plasters can be said that the most popular materials that imitate any surface.

Alexey Kurbatov (Expert TERRACO Company):

- Decorative paint and plaster can mimic stone, fabric, natural effects, metal, wood, etc. Painting allows create a laconic interior, and with the help of decorative plaster can be obtained interiors in Tuscan, Venetian, or any different style.

Sennekke Maria (Expert Company "DAV - Russland"):

- For example, the decorative weight bonding agents can be created with specularly smooth interior surfaces or walls with a metallic effect.

Style "marble" spotty stains - all this can be achieved, depending on the selected tool and the nature of the execution of the work.

In this gloss can be enhanced to achieve the specular reflection.
This effect is visually expands the room boundaries and gives them a memorable appearance.

One might think that the choice of decorative paint or plaster requires no special knowledge or is a complex process.

But is it really?

Catherine Odzilyaeva:

- In practice, it is required to answer yourself only 2 questions for the selection of the material:

1. In what price range you want to buy stuff?

As a rule, when choosing guided by the cost of 1 sq. m. coating.

2. What coverage you want to eventually get: a stone, a fabric, a relief or even any? After that, you choose it.

Decorative plaster - a high-quality finishing materials, eco-friendly, robust and durable.

Decorative plaster provides a perfectly smooth wall because during its application is an alignment surface.

The simplest and most economical option is to purchase a simple color plaster, which is composed of sand-lime mixture, special colored dye which gives the plaster a certain color.

But a lot of freedom for creativity provide special decorative plaster, effectively mimic any surface.

Such a decorative material prepared by adding to the initial mixture of stone chips. As a result, after the finish of a plaster interior space significantly transformed, because it effectively combines the surface like marble or granite.

To wrought plaster serve you as long as possible, it is necessary to put on a solid surface such as concrete or brick. Its original appearance decorative plaster keeps for several years, which means that the room for a long time will not be in need of cosmetic repair.

In addition, the decorative paint and plaster provide additional protection of premises against mold and mildew. A wall covered with such materials, resistant to moisture, do not fade under the influence of sunlight and are easy to clean.

It is believed that the wallpaper give the interior a memorable appearance. So why, then, paint the walls?

It should be noted that the paint used by mankind since time immemorial even enough to remember the rock carvings. And, as practice shows, everything is new - is well forgotten old.

You can select such advantages decorative paints:

• Long service life - not less than 10 years.

In order to visually "refresh" the surface of the wall, you do not need to engage in a long and tedious process associated with peel old wallpaper. After all, the new paint can be applied over the old one.

• The walls, painted decorative paint are not visible to the eye joints.

Due to the large selection of colors and application methods, you can experiment with color and texture, get a single surface that is best suitable in its kind under the interior is your room.

• The walls, painted decorative paint, easy to wash, they do not collect dust.

The paint can be applied on practically any flat surface, whether plasterboard, glass, metal or cementitious substrate. But we should remember that the surface for painting require careful preparation and leveling the ground.

Tinting

When choosing a color decorative coatings important to understand how it will ultimately look on the wall. But what if you do not find what shade that you need? In this case, you will help to tinting.

Tinting - a process during mixing several colors to get the desired shade.

Dmitry Red'kin:

–There are three ways of tinting paints:

• Industrial Tinting: tintable coatings in the manufacture and are commercially available in different colors.

The downside is the small number of finished colors.

• "Home" Tinting: tintable coatings using pigment pastes or tinting paints by the buyer.

The main disadvantage of using a tinting pigment pastes and paints is the impossibility of re-entering the exact color.

• "Computer" tinting - is the most modern and progressive view of tinting, the main feature of which is the possibility of obtaining a large number of colors, exact color from time to time and matching paint colors with the color on the color picker (or stand fan).

Tinting process is very precise dosing of pigment pastes and to the base paint is carried out on specialized equipment.

Catherine Odzilyaeva:

- designers, painters and craftsmen usually Kohler plaster hand tinting paints or universal colourant pastes. In this case, everything happens "by eye".

End consumers convenient zakolerovat material in the store with the help of machine tinting. Typically, the decorative coatings manufacturers are developing tinting map on which you can choose the appropriate color and then in the car zakolerovat part in this color.

Catherine Odzilyaeva:

- Often it happens that the very plaster tinted and does not need to, because the technique involves applying a further coating it with any formulations: wax, varnish or paint. In this case, tinted finish composition.

Alexey Kurbatov:

- As a rule, each manufacturer has its own color fan or coatings directory.

Himself a master

As already mentioned above, before proceeding to the application of decorative paints or plasters, it is necessary to prepare the surface. After all, how well will be produced this phase of the work depends on the outcome.

Dmitry Red'kin:

–Priming relates to a pre-treatment step and, in fact, is the foundation of the subsequent painting operations.

special coatings, primers used for priming. They serve to improve the adhesion of topcoats, reducing flow layers subsequent coatings, increase wear and water resistance of the substrate.

The operating principle of the primer is complete or partial filling of the pores and the substrate creating a thin film on a substrate having barrier properties.

Catherine Odzilyaeva:

- Priming is necessary for:

• better adhesion (adhesion) to the decorative material surface to which it is applied;
• extend the life of the coating;
• obtaining better coverage;
• strengthening base on which decorative plaster is applied.

The primer is chosen for each specific material. For some works fit the most common water-dispersed acrylic primers, which are used before applying the paint. Other (often for relief, heavy materials) Quartz primer needed. Typically, a manufacturer of decorative plaster in the application of its recommendations have always indicates which primer to use.

Alexey Kurbatov:

- Many manufacturers have special adhesive and primer for a specific ukryvochnye decorative material. But before the application of primer, always apply a primer of deep penetration.

This is done to strengthen the surface and reduce the consumption of specialized primers. Priming is performed by roller, brush or sprayer. Preparation of the surface depends on the finishing. Under the thin-film coating or paint preparation must be perfect, "like glass." Careful preparation is required for some textured plasters, because texture hides irregularities.

Many artists have developed their own methods of work by applying paint or plaster. However, there are basic principles, based on which even an untrained person can be the creator of his own interior.

Sennekke Maria:

- Application of decorative fillers can be divided into several successive stages, such as:

1. Preparation of the base.

The substrate should be even, clean, dry, and free from substances. Defect base surface must be leveled and, if necessary, to grind.

2. Priming the surface.

3. Application of a decorative layer of plaster.

For economical and efficient processing is recommended to apply the product stainless steel spatula. The spatula can be pre-polish paper to wet grinding

Varying the technique work and grinding, you can get a variety of optical effects. For example, to create a surface in a Venetian style, it is necessary to use a Venetian trowel and short-haired roller. This will give a coverage to obtain structural and characteristic velvety effect.

Catherine Odzilyaeva:

–Using different work techniques and tools from one plaster can get an infinite number of textures. It all depends on you, will take a putty knife - get one coating roller - another brush - the third and so on..

Alexey Kurbatov:

- There are many methods of applying decorative paints and plasters. Brushes, trowels, rollers, pads - this is only a small list of the tools used for depositing dekorativki.

Dmitry Red'kin:

- There are the following methods for applying liquid coatings, which are used depending on the surface to be treated.

• manual methods based on the wetting surface (adsorption);
• Mechanized methods are based on conversion coatings in aerosols, followed by spraying and form a film.

Manual methods - it is traditional and all clear staining rollers, brushes and other hand-held devices. Their implementation requires direct contact the solid surface and the liquid paint material.

Brush bristles should have a thick, long, tapered at the tip, easily restores its shape after bending. The bristles can be natural or synthetic. For water-borne coatings is better to use a brush with synthetic bristles, because it, unlike natural bristle, does not absorb water, swell, and retains its shape.

The roller is used for painting large surfaces. The smoother the painted surface or the more glossy the paint, the shorter should be the pile (coat) on the platen.

Mechanized methods involve the use of special equipment - nebulizers which are divided into air and airless depending on the operating pressure.

Sometimes during the dyeing process comes to mind: is it possible to somehow speed up the drying process, and most importantly - not whether this will lead to a decrease in performance of the put material?

Catherine Odzilyaeva:

- Material has to dry as much as he should dry under certain conditions: temperature, humidity.

Alexey Kurbatov:

- After applying a layer of paint or plaster must be allowed to dry completely. Depending on the material, it can last from 2 hours to 3 days.

To accelerate the drying process is strictly prohibited, as it degrades the adhesive properties of materials!

It is also often an element of decor acts in a certain way painted wood.

Anatoly Koverdyaev (Expert Company TBM):

- In modern construction are increasingly common use of wood as a material for decoration.

With lining, imitation lumber, block house or strap can give a beautiful appearance buildings and rooms of brick and concrete.

But the wood sheathing - a living material and will need the same protection from external factors, and the house made of logs or lumber. Features painting and lining block house consists in the fact that it is expedient to paint before attaching to the wall. In this case, it will be able to get the best quality paint.

Anatoly Koverdyaev:

- The basic parameters in choosing materials for painting and lining are block house drying rate and absence of "stickiness" colored products. And if you observe all the stages of work on polishing, painting and coating of lacquer encasing material, then, Finally, we get a product created with his own hands, which is ideal for decoration inside.

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