Can liquid wallpaper be applied to old wallpaper? On which walls can liquid wallpaper be applied? Is it possible to apply liquid wallpaper on drywall.

For wall decoration, there are many interesting decorative materials. Among the many types of familiar wallpaper, you can now choose a plastic material for original design- liquid wallpaper. It is about liquid wallpaper and application technology liquid wallpaper our article will tell you.

What is liquid wallpaper?

In the package, liquid wallpaper looks like small white sawdust, however, in fact, they are a dry mixture of wallpaper material impregnated with glue. After application and drying, liquid wallpaper can resemble fine, very hard foam.

To date, there are several types of liquid wallpaper, they differ in the structure of the fibers and the thickness of the finished layer. A thin layer is formed by liquid wallpaper 2-3 mm. The thickness of the "volumetric" version, slightly similar in the end to the fabric, is usually 4-5 mm.

The porous structure of the liquid wafer retains heat well and has soundproofing properties. The coating "breathes" and has a fairly high degree of environmental friendliness. In addition, if your house is new enough, then when the walls “shrink”, liquid wallpaper will not deform or tear.

Disadvantages of liquid wallpaper

However, liquid wallpaper has significant disadvantage- these wallpapers are very quickly washed off with water. This is convenient to remove them from the wall, but not very practical in everyday use. To make liquid wallpaper resistant to wet cleaning, for example in the kitchen or bathroom, it is necessary to cover the wallpaper with a protective colorless varnish. The beauty of the walls will be preserved, and they can be wiped wet rag without compromising coverage, but the effect of "breathing" material will disappear forever.

Application of liquid wallpaper on the walls

You will need:

• mixing container
• or (if possible, you can use a spray gun with a pressure of 0.4-0.5 MPa or a hopper gun, which will evenly and quickly apply the mixture to the surface)
• special knurling roller (if you want to give liquid wallpaper a unique pattern)
• colorless top coat

The process of applying liquid wallpaper:

1. The surface for liquid wallpaper must be well prepared. To do this, it is recommended to use an alkyd primer and oil putty.
2. Add to dry mixture of liquid wallpaper warm water. Let the solution infuse for 10-15 minutes. If necessary, add dye there, mix thoroughly.
3. First, stick a piece of the mixture to the wall with your hand, then roll it out with a roller in different directions. Glue the next part in the same way. Make sure that the surface is sufficiently even (no voids or bulges should form between the rolled areas).
4. If you don’t like something, then you can slightly wet the wallpaper with water, remove the coating from the wall, and then apply it again. This can be done 1-3 times, the main thing is not to wash off the adhesive with water.
5. You can also create a unique pattern from the wallpaper during the pasting process. Use for this knurling.
6. The applied liquid wallpaper dries from 12 hours to 3 days, depending on the temperature and humidity in the room. After complete drying, you can cover the wallpaper with a protective varnish.

Liquid wallpaper can apply on what and how, can liquid wallpaper be glued to the ceiling, painted and washed. These and other answers to questions about liquid wallpaper in our article.

Is it possible to apply liquid wallpaper on the ceiling?

Liquid wallpaper can be applied to the ceiling. The adhesive already included in the composition is reliable and will easily stick the material. The surface is also first primed with Silk Plaster primer, after which it can be applied. Liquid wallpaper is rubbed on the ceiling with a plastic trowel.

Is it possible to glue wallpaper on liquid wallpaper?

Liquid wallpaper can be glued over old liquid wallpaper. In this case, we first recommend painting the wall with white water-based paint. Simple paper wallpaper do not stick on top. Firstly, the texture of the wall is not even enough and will be visible under the canvas, and secondly, the glue will be absorbed into the liquid wallpaper and soak them. Therefore, it is more correct to remove the old liquid wallpaper (by soaking it with water), then prepare the surface for rolling.

Can liquid wallpaper be applied over paint?

Only on white water-based paint. Color may show through or distort the color you choose. White high-pressure paint, on the contrary, after drying, will give a uniform coating, and a slight roughness of the paint will facilitate rubbing liquid wallpaper on the wall.

Is it possible to paint liquid wallpaper and with what?

Most often, there is simply no need for this, because. All colors are presented in our catalog. If you want to make your own unusual color, you can buy color at water based and add it in equal proportions when kneading. The result depends only on your imagination. We recommend experimenting on a small area so that it is easier to fix later.

Can I use liquid wallpaper on drywall and plaster?

Yes, you can. On plaster - the wall is covered with Silk Plaster primer, after which it can be applied. On drywall - puttied thin layer the entire surface, after which the wall is painted with white water-resistant paint (despite the fact that the wall is already light), this will strengthen the water resistance. If the screws on which the drywall was mounted are not deep enough, it is better to pre-treat the heads with oil paint.

Can liquid wallpaper be washed?

Like ordinary paper, liquid wallpaper is afraid of abundant moisture, as they contain cellulose, silk and cotton. In other words, everything that gets wet. However, there is an easy way out. If you use this coating in the corridor, in the kitchen or other areas where the walls are regularly dirty, then after application, cover the liquid wallpaper with acrylic varnish. It is also sold with us, there is a matte and glossy varnish. With them, you can wash liquid wallpaper by wiping with a damp cloth. Also, the walls will not retain odors. In the bedroom, living room and other rooms where the likelihood of dirt is low, this is not necessary.

Applying liquid wallpaper is an easy and fun process, but removing silk decorative plaster often becomes a laborious and tedious task. Therefore, the owners of this coverage are interested in how to get around this moment.

You need to know some subtleties so as not to spoil the repair even during the application of this soft canvas. For example, is it possible to apply liquid wallpaper on drywall, fiberboard, whitewash or plaster.

Application to drywall

Glue liquid decorative plaster on drywall without primer and putty is fraught with rapid absorption of glue into the wall itself and, as a result, peeling of the coating. Further, the light decorative layer will almost certainly take on a dark or gray tint due to the cardboard. One of the main disadvantages is that liquid wallpaper is a reusable coating, and in the case of drywall, it will not work a second time. Removing wallpaper from such fragile walls will not be easy and experts are almost 100% sure that they will be damaged.

How to be safe in this case? First, prime the drywall and seal the seams and joints with a special mesh. Next, apply putty in at least two layers. After that, the entire outer wall must be sanded and, finally, a primer should be applied under the silk fabric. After complete drying of all layers, silk plaster can be carefully glued. Liquid wallpaper on drywall - possible variant which requires careful preparation.

Whitewash as a base

Whitewashing is the worst option as a basis for gluing liquid wallpaper! It is better to remove it immediately than after it will fall off along with the finish. Due to its structure, which is porous, whitewash will not allow the wallpaper to contact the wall and simply fall off. Be sure to delete it! Most fast option redemption consists of:

1. Wet the whitewash with a spray bottle
2. Wait for it to swell and completely soak
3. Scrape the whitewash with a spatula to the ground
4. Rinse the surface with a sponge or cloth
5. Let dry
6. Apply a primer
7. Putty uneven parts and sand them
8. Apply a primer
9. Everything is ready for applying the decorative layer.

Base - plaster

Plaster is not good option for the base under the silk decorative layer. To begin with, it is still better to prepare the walls, putty, and then proceed with the installation.

• Clean the entire area intended for applying the decorative layer from chips, dust and dirt. Particular attention should be paid to crumbling elements.
• Apply a minimum of three coats of primer.
• Dilute the PVA glue and apply to the entire surface, and then you can already stick the desired material.

Tip: in any of the above cases, it is better to use already proven methods, albeit not the fastest. Then the result will be extremely durable, and it will be easier to glue the wallpaper.

Dye

If your walls are covered with water-based paint, then you can do without removing it from the surface. However, if the paint does not adhere well and falls off, then for an ideal result, you still need to peel it off.

• Walls that are painted with paint must be sanded
• If in some places the paint falls off, then clean these places
• Get your walls primed
• Align them, putty
• Reapply primer
• Wait for complete drying
• You can glue a decorative layer

Paint is not a sentence, the main thing is to ensure flat surface and good tenacity with the wall surface and everything can be glued!

Wood panels and plywood

Fibreboard and plywood are multi-layered material, so the question of whether it is worth it and whether it is possible to glue liquid wallpaper on plywood remains acute. The fact is that fiberboard is afraid of moisture when it has not been treated with anything, for example, with waterproof varnish or impregnation. Otherwise, when sticking liquid wallpaper, the surface of the plywood may swell, go in waves or even peel off. Therefore, observe the following recommendations when further gluing the finishing coating.

• In the absence of fibreboard material lacquered surface, you need to waterproof the fiberboard with varnish or impregnation.
• Use alkyd enamel for raw hardboard.
• In the presence of a varnished surface, it must be treated with an abrasive crumb material for better tenacity with wallpaper.
• The fibreboard surface is carefully primed and in the absence of visible gaps and holes, the coating can be glued.

Whatever complex walls you would not have, they can always be corrected by careful theoretical preparation and practice. Fiberboard, paint, plaster or whitewash - all this is not a problem, but a call for decisive action. Whatever idea you decide to make, what surface you decide to glue the material on, know that you will succeed! Happy repair!

On what surface can liquid wallpaper be applied? Getting started on the repair and construction, you need to strictly plan it. This refers to the existence of an estimate of expenses, a list necessary materials and tools. Strict planning and calculation will help to reduce the time of its implementation and improve the quality.

The surface before gluing with liquid wallpaper must be leveled and all minor defects removed.

You can do it yourself at home. It's not too hard work. The availability of tools and materials, knowledge of application technology, maximum accuracy in work - these are the components of success. Since the wallpaper is applied to various surfaces, then the technology of their application is different.

How to prepare walls and ceilings for wallpapering

Work surfaces must be cleaned as they contain material residues. Liquid wallpaper has water in its composition, it can be absorbed into an uncleaned surface and give stains and stains. But it doesn't end there.

This concept includes compaction and leveling with a primer, which, in addition, performs a protective function. It is desirable to apply it in three layers in order to obtain a smooth surface, and bring the places where there are depressions with a primer to the level of the main areas.

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Preparing walls for renovation

For walls that have already been putty, concrete or brick surfaces, one technology is used. The fact is that these surfaces are highly absorbent of liquids, so applying them even a large number paint has no effect.

To achieve it, it is necessary to get rid of irregularities with the help of a gypsum mixture. Then prime and paint the surface twice.

The primer, in case of its absence, can be replaced with a mixture of paint and PVA glue in a ratio of 1 to 2. Then putty is performed. The mixture must be freshly prepared, at least 0.5 mm thick, so that defects do not appear under it. Surfaces should be painted three times to avoid moisture penetration.

How to prepare a base from bare concrete in unsatisfactory condition?

Particular attention should be paid to the base of bare concrete, which has a high degree of wear. It needs to be plastered cement mortar, which will create a protective layer for old peeling walls.

Preparing the walls of worn-out old-style rooms for applying liquid wallpaper.

These walls are problematic in the sense that the quality of the materials from which they were made is called into question. Apply liquid wallpaper on them without pre-training is fraught with a decrease in the quality of work due to the possibility of stains and stains of unknown properties appearing on them.

It follows from this that the preliminary cleaning and protection of the base, which has already been mentioned above, must be especially thorough.

For this purpose working surface it is first processed by impregnation or primer, then two more layers of primer are applied, and only after that the surface is painted over.

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Plasterboard wall preparation

When applying putty to walls, keep in mind that it is applied to all surfaces, and not just to the joints to which gypsum concrete is attached to the walls. This is necessary so that the joints do not stand out from the general surface of the walls.

After the walls are dry, they must be covered with a protective layer of white paint, as the putty is not a waterproof agent.

If you used gypsum putty, then PVA glue should be added to the water-based paint in a ratio of 1 to 3.

If the partitions were installed using black self-tapping screws, then rust may appear on them from moisture over time, which will spoil the appearance of the wall covered with liquid wallpaper. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully prime the joints and self-tapping screws with putty or oil paint.

Particular attention should be paid to places where water flowed, which in former times were processed blue vitriol. Such places must be treated with paint.

How to prepare wooden surfaces to apply liquid wallpaper?

Wooden products of all kinds are deformed, so they need quality protective layer, consisting of antiseptic treatment, primers and putties.

How is the preparation for applying liquid wallpaper of walls painted with paints of different shades?

This wall design was in vogue in the recent past. To prepare such walls for applying liquid wallpaper, it is necessary to putty them gypsum mixtures then paint facade paint, add PVA to it in a ratio of 1 to 3.

Occupying more than 50% of all efforts preparatory work various types surfaces have been carried out. The walls are reliably protected from moisture penetration into the area where liquid wallpaper will be applied. Now you need to correctly prepare the mixture and start applying them to the walls.

Before gluing the wall, it must be properly primed.

In container required sizes pour out a mixture of liquid wallpaper, after thoroughly stirring it so that the lumps disappear. Then, having carefully studied the instructions for diluting the mixture, we combine it with water.

Remember that the water should not be hotter than 30 ° C, and the ratio of water and paint is in the proportion of 6 liters of water per 1 kg of wallpaper.

You need to combine the mixture in next order: first, decorative additives, in particular sparkles, are poured out, then the main part, that is, the mixture with wallpaper, is mixed with water with thorough stirring.

Then the resulting mixture without air, in a container tied with cellophane, or in a cellophane bag is left for 12 hours. After the set time, the mixture should acquire the consistency of a thick dough.

IN modern world a huge number of technologies that allow you to beautifully ennoble your walls. However, in pursuit of new products, everyone is looking for a middle ground: nice, cheap and high quality. Therefore, many choose liquid wallpaper as an alternative, instead of gluing ordinary ones.

They have a huge palette and give scope to your boundless imagination and creativity.

What is liquid wallpaper?

Liquid wallpaper is for the most part totality ordinary wallpaper and plaster.
The mixture is similar to plasticine from which fakes are made and therefore confused with plaster.

The composition does not include sand, the main component is cellulose.

So, we have already found out that liquid wallpaper is type of decorative plaster, to attract customers, various dyes, sparkles, etc. are added to them.

Liquid wallpaper is applied both on the wall and on the ceiling. You can thus repaint doors and windows in a new color.

What types of liquid wallpaper exist:

• from cotton;
• from silk;
• from cellulose;

The most durable are silk fiber wallpapers, they least prone to burnout. Cellulose wallpapers are cheaper, but the service life is lower and the quality is also inferior.

By type of use are divided:

• ready to use;
• requiring special training.

To the first, add water and apply to the wall. To the second add decor components to your color and taste, thereby achieving the desired result.

Do you know how to make decorative plaster with your own hands? Read in this article.

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages of liquid wallpaper:

Cons of using liquid wallpaper:

• high price;
• dry for more than a day;
• can't stand high humidity and water.

What surface can be applied to?

Liquid wallpaper can be applied over an existing coating of the same material (liquid wallpaper). The main thing, clean the walls from dirt.

And it must also be taken into account that uneven surface mixture consumption increases. You can not apply the mixture on old paper wallpaper - the wall must be cleaned.

Previously, the walls were often painted bright colors(for example, the bottom is dark, the top is white)? Here it is recommended to putty the surface with plaster before applying liquid wallpaper.

It is very difficult to apply liquid wallpaper on plaster, since this surface absorbs moisture very quickly. Therefore, such a surface must also be puttied with plaster, and also leveled. After that, everything needs to be primed.

DIY wall decoration technology

To apply wallpaper we need:

• putty knife;
• roller;
• coating varnish.

As mentioned earlier, the wall must be well cleaned before applying liquid wallpaper. And also it must be treated with a primer or putty.

Dilute the mixture with water and let it brew for ten minutes. To give a unique shade, add paint, sparkles, etc.

The first thing we do is stick a piece of liquid wallpaper to the wall, and then roll out in different directions this mixture. Next we do the same procedure. We look at the thickness that we impose.

If something doesn't suit you, just wet the area with water and rinse it off. In the process of applying the mixture, you can create your own unique design.

This video shows how to properly apply liquid wallpaper on the wall.