Vinyl wallpaper on the ceiling, their types, selection criteria, preparatory work and the technology of gluing the material with its subsequent painting.
Features of the choice of vinyl wallpaper for the ceiling
The choice of vinyl wallpaper for the ceiling according to their appearance should be done first of all, depending on the purpose of the room. In the future, you can determine with their color and other external parameters. If the surface to be pasted is not sufficiently leveled, bulky wallpapers will help to hide its defects, and smooth ones will only highlight all the imperfections.
The base of the wallpaper also matters. For a kitchen or bathroom, it is better to choose a material based on a non-woven base, and wallpaper with a paper base is suitable for living rooms or living rooms.
The choice of vinyl wallpaper pattern or color depends on the overall decoration of the room and the taste of its owner. In darkened rooms, you should not glue wallpaper in gloomy shades, and in rooms with north-facing windows - coverings of cold colors and vice versa. Large wallpaper patterns are not suitable for small rooms, but with the help of vinyl wallpaper, you can create imitation of tiles, fabrics and other things on the ceiling.
After determining the design and type of wallpaper before buying, you need to pay attention to some nuances:
- All vinyl wallpaper rolls must be of the same batch and have the same lead time. Otherwise, they may differ in color. This will be noticeable on the finished surface.
- The packaging of the rolls must not be damaged.
- Wallpapers must have instructions for pasting them and meet all standards.
- The low price of wallpaper rarely speaks of its high quality. Therefore, you need to think carefully before buying cheap stuff.
It is better to buy wallpaper from well-known manufacturers with good recommendations. The names of the German brand RASCH, the Italian Zambaiti or the Belgian GRANDECO already speak of guarantees and high quality of products.
Preparing the ceiling before gluing vinyl wallpaper
After choosing vinyl wallpaper, you can start the process of preparing the ceiling for pasting. For work, you will need a stepladder, primer, brush, antiseptic, spatula, brushes and a roller.
Ceiling preparation before gluing vinyl wallpaper is performed in the following order:
- Using a metal spatula, it is necessary to clean the ceiling from irregularities, old whitewash or paint to plaster. To reduce the amount of dust, it can be moistened with water using a roller or spray bottle.
- After cleaning, the ceiling should be treated with an antiseptic compound to prevent the formation of mold under the future coating.
- At the next stage, the surface of the ceiling must be impregnated with a penetrating primer to strengthen its base, improve the adhesion of materials and save wallpaper glue.
- After priming, it is necessary to perform a continuous leveling of the ceiling surface. It is made with gypsum plaster using a wide spatula.
- When the putty is dry, the ceiling should be sanded to a smooth state using a fine mesh abrasive mesh.
- At the last stage of preparation, the entire surface should be cleaned from gypsum dust with a brush and primed again.
Technology for gluing vinyl wallpaper on the ceiling
Before gluing vinyl wallpaper to the ceiling, it is necessary to create a microclimate in the room with an operating air temperature of + 23 ° C. In addition, you need to turn off the electricity in the room, close and curtain the windows. Direct sunlight hitting the ceiling negatively affects the drying of the wallpaper after pasting.
To glue the ceiling with vinyl wallpaper, you will additionally need a sharpened knife, a plastic spatula, a square, a pencil, a tape measure, paper tape, a sponge, wallpaper glue and a container for diluting it.
The rules of work are simple:
- To cut pieces of wallpaper to the desired length, measure the length or width of the room. Each piece should be 2-3 cm longer than the ceiling. After the wallpaper has dried, the excess can be removed with a knife.
- If the wallpaper has a pattern, it must be adjusted for joining on the next strip. Otherwise, you can spoil the look of the ceiling and expensive material. Before wallpapering on the ceiling, it is worth drawing a reference line parallel to the side wall. Along it, the sheets are aligned on its surface. The distance from the line to the wall should be slightly less than the width of the wallpaper roll.
- No glue is required on vinyl wallpaper. It is diluted to a thick consistency and applied only to the ceiling surface. On the packaging of the wallpaper, the cooking process is described in detail, it must be adhered to.
- After even application of the adhesive solution, the cut piece of wallpaper must be applied to the ceiling and gently smoothed out with a plastic spatula. You can also use a wool or foam roller for this purpose.
- Excess glue that appears when smoothing the canvases at their joints should be removed with a sponge. The areas where the wallpaper sheets meet should be periodically pressed with a roller and held in this position for some time for better adhesion of the glue to the coating material.
- To make the joints of the canvases invisible, the wallpaper should be glued in a parallel direction to the rays of light, that is, from the window opening to the opposite wall.
Technique for painting vinyl wallpaper on the ceiling
Vinyl wallpaper is painted with latex-based acrylic materials. There is an external painting of such wallpaper and an internal one. When painted externally, the paintwork material covers the face of the wallpaper, changing its color. It dries up in 3 days.
In the case of internal painting, the material is applied to the canvas from its internal side before pasting. In this case, a textured pattern appears on the front of the wallpaper. In this case, wallpapering is done after the paint has completely dried.
To paint vinyl wallpaper on the ceiling, you will need a plastic tray, paintbrush, roller, masking tape, bucket, and acrylic paint. Before starting work, you need to paste over the borders of surfaces in contact with the ceiling with masking tape so that when painting they do not spoil their appearance with random strokes.
Then the paint must be poured into a plastic tray and rolled out in it to impregnate it with a paint composition. Excess paint should be removed using the ribbed surface of the tray.
The roller must be rolled over the ceiling with constant pressure. This will help to apply an even coat of paint to the ceiling. As it is spent, the impregnation of the roller must be repeated until the end of the entire process of painting the wallpaper on the ceiling. To paint its small details, protrusions, corners, you should use a brush.
Watch a video about gluing wallpaper for painting for the ceiling:
Knowing how to glue vinyl wallpapers on the ceiling and paint them correctly, you can transform the whole room for the better in a short time. Working with this beautiful and durable material is not easy, but its result can make you forget about the inconvenience and effort.
