Liquid wall with their hands

One variety of interior finishing materials - liquid wallpaper, a favorite with many of the natural composition, practical and decorative. However, the advantages of the mass is crossed weighty cost coverage, and if the area of ​​a finished surface amounts to tens of square meters, the amount of looms altogether frightening. To save money, members of portal FORUMHOUSE found out - to produce liquid wallpaper yourself.

About the material

Liquid wallpaper is a mix of crushed natural fibers and binder, which forms a paste when mixed with water. The factory formulations include not only the cellulose and adhesive, but also cotton, silk or linen, as well as possible the yarn impregnation. In order to increase decorative and add a variety of sequins gold or silver color.

After applying the obtained textured, single color or multicolor coating interspersed increased strength. It is more difficult to scratch or tear, it is not afraid of moisture and drafts.

Bribes and maintainability of the finish - a spoiled fragment can be easily removed and replaced by a new mass without joints and differences in color (if the substrate to leave a little dry formulation to the case force majeure)

However, the biggest drawback is the price of the material, even a room with a small squaring cost decently. If we exclude such a repulsive factor and make your composition, it turns out the universal and original finish.

Theory, and the desire to recycle

The corresponding thread in the forum created al S.Who considers himself to office plankton is not the golden hands, but events have shown that hands just skillful. He set out to find an affordable and attractive finish for areas which are not required enhanced decorative effect. Looking ahead we can say that it went to the wallpaper "hurray" in all the rooms. The engine of progress was the wife of Default and the desire to save money.

Al S. (Member FORUMHOUSE):

When I finished my wife to make repairs in the kitchen, I decided to approach the creative process. Never liked wallpaper glue and liquid wallpaper out expensive (and I could not stand the recommended thickness of 1 mm), decided to try to make yourself a liquid wall.

After studying the information on the network, al S. I came to the conclusion that it is necessary to perfect the technology empirically, as the available data - general and subtleties not revealed. The raw material for steel wallpaper several packages of newspapers, as a binder - adhesive PVA (polyvinyl acetate dispersion), to improve adhesion to the substrate - gypsum.

A method for preparing a mixture of

• Crushed paper - cut or break into smaller pieces, it simplifies the mixing of the composition to a uniform consistency.
• Cover with water (it is convenient to use a plastic construction bucket or plastic container) and let stand for an hour.
• Stir construction mixer (or a hammer drill with a special nozzle).
• Add PVA mix.
• Add plaster mix.

Al S.:

Per 1 gram of newspapers - 1 gram of PVA, gypsum 1 grams per gram of paper 5 (in dry form). This is the optimal ratio, but variations in the proportions of the quality of the mixture is not much not affected.

As for the amount of water from the network resources can be found in the recommended proportion of 1 kg per 5 liters, but our craftsman went the other way. He pushes on the desired effect - to obtain a large fibers and pronounced relief, fills the paper mixture in level, but after a half press liquid. If you delete the fourth part, you get plenty of close-grained, reminiscent of putty, but the relief on the wall will be blurred.

Since the initial mass has turned dirty gray color, due to the newspapers, it zakolerovat topikstarter tried, during the mixing process by adding a dye (in a large variety of stores). However, along the way it turned out some nuances:

• When drying several coating lighter tones.
• Even clearly respecting the dosage, it is impossible to get two of the same color mixing and kneading at once the whole mass of real only if run with helpers, as gypsum "plants" structure in about an hour, and before this time it is desirable develop.

therefore al S. decided in the future with the color scheme does not suffer, and paint the walls ready, which he did after drawing their wallpaper the walls.

The result was satisfied with himself, and the customer in the face of his wife - turned and lovely, and kept perfectly still, and costs - cheaper than you can imagine.

• Newspapers - 70 pieces for free.
• Plaster - 70 rubles (3 kg).
• Kohler - 50 rubles.
• Paint - 140 rubles (2 kg).

The sum of five hundred rubles certainly increase slightly today, compared with the year-ago price, but not critical. If we consider the kitchen area of ​​six squares, there is less than a hundred rubles per square. Found in self-made wallpaper and another advantage.

Al S.:

I considered this option as a cheap way to make repairs in the boiler room or the back room, but the bed laminate, put furniture and understood - a cool result. If the choice between the purchase and home-made, then of course homemade. They provide a lot more options for creativity, almost nothing behind. In addition - very cheap to go, compared with other materials, plus the lack of joints and a lot more then. I have for the future of the project studio-kitchen area of ​​43 m², this wallpaper will sculpt.

The kitchen is homemade liquid wallpaper have been "baptized in force" - made blanks for the winter compote number forty cans, with the windows closed and without hoods. No blistering and peeling, though the humidity rose as much as possible, and many were predicting material failure in such circumstances.

One of the participants of branches proposed to replace the conventional plaster on the "secondary housing" - plaster putty for finishing works. This composition of a longer working period and elasticity above. Made other innovations, such as the base paper used ecowool.

Variations in weight, if not take a newspaper or other recycled paper and of better quality, and the result will be decorative. And if you want nacre - paint the walls not a conventional acrylic paint, and with the desired effect.

Addition of a mixture of various glitters, textile or other fibers makes sense if the tint composition in a lump after the dye is not, otherwise, all of these additives is simply not visible.

fast-setting solution of the problem will help solve not only for finishing works gypsum, but also replaced some of the water acrylic primer. Yes, and adhesion to the walls in such a composition will be higher. And to remove the mixture from the wall, it is enough to moisten the desired portion and scrape sharp spatula or a plastic Malka.

Since homemade wallpaper give a thicker coating, they can correct small defects of the walls. This property is taken advantage of member threads Rogozhina Galina. She plasterboard ceiling in a wooden house went slots, apparently due to the shrinkage of the structure. After pointing it as a decoration caused domestic liquid wallpaper prescription of Default.

Rogozhina Galina (Participant FORUMHOUSE):

Thanks for the tip, applying makeup on her ceiling, enjoyed it. I use shredded newspaper, PVA, gypsum plaster, removed all the irregularities of the ceiling plasterboard. Lays down any mixture layer and firmly held, previously passed twice ceiling special primer-concentrate.

Yes, and the author of one room and was not limited by the same method is finished by another, just got Floor vividly.

Unlike purchased liquid wallpaper, handmade can be applied not only to the plastic bevel, but also simple spatula, as did S. Al.

A desired relief he sought several passes and pressure force.

Perhaps homemade inferior factory analogues in terms of decoration, but if desired, and this figure can equalize using various additives and high-quality raw materials. As for other features, they are the same natural, versatile, durable, but still cheap. Even if you decide not to use them in the halls and bedrooms, it really for corridors, verandas and podsobok they should be fine.

For more information about surface preparation and application can be found in the article about factory liquid wallpaperIdentical technology. Another interesting and versatile material - in an article about bamboo. Since the coating is not affected by humidity and temperature changes, it can be used for verandas. A glazing as a veranda, so decorated with wallpaper can be soft window from our video.

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