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A beautifully designed ceiling, pasted over with high-quality ones, can become a highlight of a modern interior. However, not everyone understands how to competently and correctly glue wallpaper on the ceiling. Like all repairs, this process can be divided into several main stages. Consistent execution of all work is the key to a successful result, therefore it plays a very important role.
When it comes to, various methods come to mind: installing stretch or suspended ceilings, painting, applying whitewash or decorative plaster. But one of the most advantageous options is wallpapering. This option of finishing the ceiling opens up endless possibilities for designers, because with its help you can create any interior.
Features of this method
In addition to the elegant appearance, pasting the surface of the ceiling with wallpaper has a number of pleasant features:
- There is no need for frequent repainting of the ceiling.
- No need to spend money on the installation of structures, frames or fasteners, as, for example, in the construction of suspended or stretch ceilings.
- It is possible to decorate in this way only part of the ceiling, without using the entire area as a whole. This is especially true for studio apartments, where it is necessary to zone the space.
- Such a ceiling can create any visual effect in the room.
- With wallpaper on the ceiling, you can visually expand the space and even stretch the ceiling in length or width.
- If you use thick vinyl or non-woven wallpaper, this can be additional soundproofing.
It can also be easily glued to the ceiling, but in this case it is worth considering the type of wall covering. Not all wallpapers are suitable for ceiling decoration. There are special denser and heavier types designed specifically for such purposes. Ceiling wallpapers are presented in the following options:
For low or very low ceilings, wallpapers in light and pastel colors are suitable. A pale ornament or a small pattern depicted on the canvas is also suitable. For high ceilings, photo wallpapers or canvases with a 3D effect are suitable. How to glue wallpaper on the ceiling, shown in this video.
Pasting stages
To beautifully decorate the ceiling space, you need to prepare well and purchase special tools:
- Ladder.
- Roulette for measurements.
- Construction knife.
- Spatula made of plastic.
- Paint brushes of different sizes.
- Rubber roller.
- Container for dilution of the adhesive composition.
Procedure
The durability of pasting can only be ensured by following the instructions step by step and proper surface preparation.
The joints between the ceiling and walls are easily closed with skirting boards, completing the design of the room. If you strictly follow the instructions and recommendations of specialists, you can achieve the best result.
1. In this article we will tell you how to glue wallpaper on the ceiling with your own hands.
Wallpaper on the ceiling is a solution that allows you to solve several problems at once, with minimal effort. The point is that from the point of view
process technology, pasting wallpaper on the ceiling, although it is associated with some features due to the horizontal arrangement of the canvas,
in general, it differs little from pasting wallpaper on the walls. So, this is one of the least expensive types of work on finishing the ceiling.
With the right choice of material, wallpaper on the ceiling can create very interesting optical effects. Using wallpaper on the ceiling
from not cunning design techniques that allow you to visually divide the room into zones. This is especially true, for example, for studios or one-room rooms.
Due to their location, ceiling wallpapers are more susceptible to gravity, which means that the risk of them falling off is somewhat higher.
This only means that you need to more carefully approach the issue of preparation, and, in fact, wallpapering.
How to choose wallpaper on the ceiling
2.
So, you have decided to glue the wallpaper on the ceiling. It's time to decide which wallpaper you buy.
It is clear that the choice of wallpaper is largely determined by the size of the buyer's wallet, but nevertheless we will briefly talk about the features of each type:
Let's make a reservation right away that it cannot be heavy wallpaper - they will simply peel off. Choose wallpapers smaller than 110 g/m2. There are wallpapers for painting and with an already applied pattern. For a room with a non-standard shape, we recommend wallpaper for painting. Keep in mind that if you decide to paint the ceiling,
then choose wallpaper for painting - they have
special properties for this. It is not necessary to paint ordinary wallpaper. For painting there are paper wallpapers, non-woven wallpapers and fiberglass wallpapers.
- paper wallpaper for painting. They are perfectly impregnated with paint during painting, which ensures the best adhesion to the ceiling.
— non-woven wallpaper for painting. Differ in the increased term of operation, in relation to paper wall-paper.
- fiberglass wallpaper. Wall-paper with the best characteristics of wear resistance and durability. If you stick such wallpaper even on an already worn crumbling
ceiling, and then they will serve you for more than one year.
Wallpaper with a finished pattern is also divided into several types (paper, non-woven and vinyl).
- paper wallpaper with a finished pattern, have the main advantage in relation to the rest - they are cheap. But this type of wallpaper is the most difficult in terms of pasting.
Therefore, it is worth considering carefully whether it is worth saving on this.
- non-woven wallpaper with a finished drawing. They are more expensive than paper, but more durable.
- vinyl wallpapers. The most popular type of vinyl wallpaper in terms of ceiling decoration is silkscreen printing. Such wallpapers create a unique
the effect of sophistication and aristocracy.
It should be borne in mind, when calculating the number of wallpapers with a pattern, that since you have to join the pattern, the wallpaper consumption will be slightly higher than usual.
3. When the wallpaper is selected, we proceed to pasting.
First you need to prepare the base of the ceiling. It must be even and solid. Fill cracks, if any. Pay particular attention to
floor slab joints. Then the surface must be primed. The primer is selected in accordance with the recommendations of wallpaper manufacturers.
As a rule, the primer is applied several times. Each next layer is applied after the previous one has completely dried. The general rule for priming is:
if the applied primer is quickly absorbed, it is necessary to apply another layer. When pasting the ceiling with wallpaper, it is necessary to mark the ceiling. For this
it will be necessary to decide which placement option is longitudinal or transverse to choose. As a rule, wallpaper on the ceiling is glued along the rays of light from the window.
But this question is very dependent on the relief of your ceiling. It is advisable to prepare in advance all the bands for the room in which the repair is being carried out - this
saves a lot of time. Next, prepare the glue. Wallpaper glue is sold as a dry mix, so before pasting, the mixture must be diluted with warm water.
The amount of water is added in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. The mixture should be thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous mass. There should be no lumps in the glue.
Now we smear with glue the plane marked on the ceiling under the next strip, in fact
a strip of wallpaper and, not promptly, until the glue has dried, glue the strip of wallpaper to the ceiling. This work is usually done by two people. One presses the wallpaper to the ceiling
and smooth with a rag or plastic spatula from the center to the edges, removing bubbles. The other at this time supports the hanging edge.
If you do not have a partner, then you will have to use a special device that could rest against the ceiling, securing the non-glued edge to the ceiling. Work must be done accurately
and quickly, until the glue dries. If you have no experience with wallpapering, invite a partner.
If you plan to wallpaper both the ceiling and the walls, remember that the wallpaper pattern on the ceiling can smoothly transition into the wallpaper pattern on only one wall. In this regard, select in advance the wall on which such a smooth transition should occur.
1. Measure the width of the wallpaper panel and subtract 1 about 1.5 cm from this value. Set aside this distance from the wall in several places near the corner and put dots with a pencil. Using a ruler, draw a straight line through these points with a pencil along the entire length of the ceiling. Cut and prepare the first piece of wallpaper.
2.Paste the wallpaper along this line. The allowance on the side wall should be approximately 1.5 cm, and on the end walls, where the panels end, 5 cm. Smooth the wallpaper, as before, with a smoothing brush. After smoothing, trim each panel.
3. In the corner, so that the wallpaper lies flat, cut out a wedge-shaped piece. Press the wallpaper against the corner with a wide spatula.
4. If the end walls will also be wallpapered, cut the wallpaper on the ceiling so that the allowance on these walls is 1.5 cm. Leave an allowance of 1.5 cm on all walls that will be pasted over
wallpaper.
5. On walls that will not be pasted, hold the wallpaper in the corner with a spatula and cut off the excess with a sharp wallpaper knife. Continue hanging the wallpaper further edge-to-edge so that the pattern matches.
When the strip is glued, glue the edges again and cut off the excess.
That's all. Now we know exactly how to glue wallpaper on the ceiling.
The use of ceiling wallpaper has quite a few features - both at the stage of selection and when they are pasted. We will touch on the main stages of this work, mention possible problems and their solutions, and at the end we will watch a video - sticking wallpaper on the ceiling with your own hands will be clearly demonstrated.
Ceiling preparation
How to prepare the ceiling for wallpapering?
- Armed with a steel spatula, we completely remove all protrusions and irregularities. Was the ceiling whitewashed with lime or chalk? Whitewash is also peeled off to plaster.
Tip: the work will go faster, and there will be much less dust if you first wet the ceiling with water using a sprayer or roller.
- If the room is damp and / or a fungus has appeared in it, we treat the surface of the ceiling with an antiseptic primer. It will not only kill the mold, but also prevent its occurrence in the future.
A budget option is to use any detergent containing chlorine. It will not provide, of course, long-term protection; however, the fungus will die. By the way, it is better to clean the areas affected by it before processing to floor concrete.
- The next step is to apply a penetrating primer. It will make the ceiling surface much stronger, which is important when sticking heavy wallpaper. In addition, the primer will significantly improve the adhesion (adhesion) of the ceiling with the adhesive layer, and at the same time reduce the consumption of glue (see).
If you do not want the wallpaper to fall, do not be too lazy to prime the ceiling.
- Preparing the ceiling for wallpapering necessarily includes puttying all noticeable irregularities. The degree of alignment depends on the type of wallpaper: the choice of embossed non-woven will mask small irregularities, and the choice of glossy vinyl, on the contrary, will emphasize them.
In the latter case, the surface must be perfectly flat. If you are new to finishing ceiling putty, it is best to use the widest possible spatula (see).
- If irregularities, stripes, protrusions visible to the eye remain on the surface, it is better not to be too lazy and grind them. Tool - a grater with a grinding grid or a grinder.
- Finally, the puttied areas are re-primed with a primer (penetrating primer). After it dries, everything is ready for wallpapering. For a clearer picture, we suggest watching a video - wallpapering on the ceiling.
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What will be required?
Do you really need any special conditions or tools? Something else?
- Invite a partner. It is EXTREMELY inconvenient to do this work alone, and the result will most likely disappoint you.
- Prepare a roller with a long handle. Applying glue with a brush from the bottom up is much harder and slower. The type of roller coat is unimportant; however, the longer the pile, the more glue it will pick up at a time.
- A soft cloth will help smooth out the wallpaper and expel air bubbles.
- The simplest scaffolding or a tall and long table covered with polyethylene will greatly simplify your work. Moving a stepladder or a stool a dozen times when sticking each strip is somewhat tedious.
- Finally, dilute the wallpaper paste. The consistency is much thicker than usual. Pasting the ceiling with wallpaper with liquid glue is difficult if the wallpaper is thin, and impossible with thick and heavy wallpaper: they will simply fall off.
Basic operations
Wallpaper strips are glued in the direction from the window, so that natural light does not make visible the joints between the strips. Start at the junction of the ceiling with the wall.
- The length of the strip is measured with a tape measure.
- A strip of wallpaper is cut off.
- The ceiling is smeared with glue along its width. Not wallpaper, just the ceiling: it's much easier to glue it that way.
- One edge of the strip is glued; at the same time, the partner holds the second edge tightly, controlling the correct location relative to the previous strips or the wall.
- Then, from the pasted edge, the wallpaper is smoothed with a rag. If the strip as a result turned out to be a little longer - it's okay, the excess is cut with a sharp knife.
- The last strip is cut not only in length, but also in width. Do not be too lazy to measure the required strip width in both corners of the room: the walls will not necessarily be parallel.
Useful little things
Sticking ceiling wallpaper requires taking into account a number of nuances.
- As already mentioned, thick wallpaper with a relief pattern hides minor surface defects. But sticking vinyl wallpaper on the ceiling requires not only puttying irregularities, but also preliminary grinding.
- Wallpapers are glued strictly end-to-end. No overlaps. If the stripes overlap each other, the ceiling will look just awful with side lighting.
- Drafts are unacceptable neither when sticking wallpaper, nor during glue drying..
Tip: for this time it is better to generally ensure a constant temperature and humidity in the room. Close all windows and doors. During drying, the humidity in the room will be very high, so drying can take two or even three days. However, it is better to suffer an extra day than to re-paste the fallen wallpaper.
- The gaps between the wallpaper and the wall will hide the ceiling plinth. It is also glued only after the wallpaper has completely dried (see).
- Light colors make the ceiling visually higher. However, they will again make any surface defects more noticeable. Gloss gives the same effect.
- It is better to paint wallpaper for painting with an acrylic, acrylic-latex or silicone-based water-based emulsion. These types of paints do not smell and give a surface that is resistant to moisture and abrasion, which can be washed with a regular sponge and soapy water.
Conclusion
Let's pay your attention to one more nuance. If you have to level the surface of the ceiling - maybe it makes sense to stop at the usual painting? The result in most cases is at least no worse than when wallpapering, but it will take much less time and money. If you have additional questions, watch the video on this page.
Good luck with the repair!
Proper gluing of wallpaper to the ceiling is beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. But, before starting work, it is necessary to get acquainted with the process technology so that the canvases do not sag or wrinkle and are carefully glued.
In this case, the wallpaper is selected monophonic or with different patterns. But it is important to follow some rules: if there are bright and catchy wallpapers on the walls, it is worth choosing material for the ceiling in calmer colors, and with a classic wall design or using simple pastel colors, sticking ceiling wallpaper can be with a pretty pattern. The article will tell you how to do it right.
How to choose the material for the ceiling
Sticking wallpaper on the ceiling is not an easy task. In this case, the important point is the correct choice of material. This will allow the workflow to give convenience and ease. Especially if everything is done by hand.
In this case, the wallpaper should:
- It is quite easy to slide on the glued surface. Otherwise, the canvases will be difficult to fit evenly and tightly to each other.
- Instantly stick to the ceiling.
- Do not fall off and do not sag.
- And most importantly, that they do not need to be smeared with glue, especially if a person does the work alone. It is much easier to hold a dry strip in your hands, which is twisted in a roll and, gradually unwinding it, stick it on the ceiling covered with glue.
- Don't be too fat. You should purchase special ceiling wallpaper, with a small weight. This characteristic is indicated by the marking applied on the roll. It should be no higher than 110 g / m².
All of the above requirements are best met non-woven wallpaper.
Sticking ceiling wallpaper of this type allows you to:
- Hide stains, small bumps and cracks.
- Great for glide on any surface.
- Do not apply adhesive to canvases.
- Paint the ceiling with dispersion and water-based paints.
What materials and tools will be needed for work
Tip: In order to easily and quickly deal with sticking wallpaper on the ceiling, you need to purchase all the necessary tools.
The following tools should be on hand:
- Chalk or pencil for marking.
- Threads.
- Roulette.
- Sharp scissors.
- Container for dilution of glue.
- Building level.
- Dry rag.
- Stationery knife.
- Brush or roller for applying glue to the ceiling.
- Rubber roller for ironing seams.
- Special adhesive that prevents wallpaper from sagging.
- Wide spatula.
- Quality wallpapers.
- Stepladder or sturdy table.
How to prepare the surface of the ceiling for wallpapering
How to prepare the ceiling for wallpapering? This is a very important issue that needs to be resolved before gluing the canvases. The surface must be well prepared to ensure a quality and reliable coating.
Step by step instructions for work:
- The ceiling is cleaned of old coatings. To do this, use a wide spatula or sandpaper.
- Surface can be washed. For washing, use ordinary clean water, or add a small amount of detergent to it.
- The ceiling can be primed a thin layer of glue used for wallpapering (see. How to prime the ceiling: we understand in stages).
