How to glue fleselin wallpapers - step by step instructions

To glue wallpaper, in particular, fleselin, you need to prepare the walls well. Remove old wallpaper from the surface of the walls, and then remove the bumps and imperfections. This lesson takes a sufficient amount of time, but the quality of the work performed and the final result of wallpapering depend on this.When removing old wallpaper, you will need a container of water, a brush or a roller and a spatula. Moisten the old wallpaper with water, wait a few minutes until the water is absorbed into them.

Old wallpaper swell from the water, remove the paper with a spatula from the wall until completely removed. In stores, there are always special solutions available that facilitate the removal of wallpaper.

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After removing the wallpaper, you should align the surface of the walls, eliminate flaws and defects. If the surface crumbles, then treat with a primer. Then plaster or plaster the surface of the walls on which the glueless wallpaper will be glued.

Tools for glueing fleselin wallpaper are needed, such as:

roulette;
level;
roller with a fur coat;
rubber scraper;
rubber roller with pimples;
metal spatula (narrow, wide);
a construction knife or scissors for cutting wallpaper;
sponge;
container for glue;
ladder.

Content

1 Supplies Planning
2 The process of preparing fleselin wallpaper for work
3 Choosing Adhesive for Fleselin Wallpaper
4 Sticking Fleselin Wallpaper

Supplies Planning

To know how much wallpaper is required for the work, it is necessary to calculate the area of the room. On average, the height of the premises is in the range of 2.4-3 m, the length of the roll of wallpaper is 10 m.

It turns out that in one roll on average there are three strips of wallpaper.

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It is easy to calculate how many canvases and number of rolls required. It turns out beautifully if you glue the fleselin wallpaper butt-to-butt, that is, very close to each other.

The process of preparing fleselin wallpaper for work

Before starting work, make blanks for the entire area of the room. Do not forget about the coloring of wallpapers and drawings.

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Before you cut the desired sheet of wallpaper, you need to measure the height of the walls around the perimeter of the room, for example, every 40-50 cm, to avoid marriage in the work. As practice shows in such works, wallpaper with a large pattern is not selected.

Having planned out the consumables and having understood all the tips, you can begin the process of preparing fleselin wallpapers. Having prepared the workplace, we unwind the roll of wallpaper face down. We mark the desired length and make serifs with a construction knife or scissors for cutting wallpaper.

Compare serifs by bending the canvas along the fold and cut off the sheet. Then, compare the next canvas according to the workpiece without forgetting about the drawing, making sure that it is correct, bend and cut it off.

Choosing Adhesive for Fleselin Wallpaper

To glue feselin wallpaper you need glue intended for paper, vinyl, flesin, textile or fiberglass. Before you start, you should familiarize yourself with the recommendations on the package. Pour the dry mixture into a container.

Then, pour a thin stream of water into the container with the contents of the mixture and mix thoroughly. Allow some time to infuse and mix again, removing lumps of curled or unstirred glue.

Read more: How to choose wallpaper for a room

Sticking Fleselin Wallpaper

Having considered the recommendations on the wallpaper packaging, the manufacturer advises a special sequence of gluing or gives recommendations on how to properly paste the wallpaper.

Since the fleselin wallpaper is glued end-to-end, you can start from anywhere in the room, at least from a window or from a doorway.

Glue should be applied to the surface of the walls. It is better to smear that area, which is the width of the roll, which will give strength to the canvas.
It is important to glue the first canvas of wallpaper correctly and evenly, since all the work done as a result depends on it. Carefully smooth the wallpaper with a rubber scraper.

Convex and sprinkled with sequins fleselin wallpaper is gently smoothed with a rubber roller with pimples, not pushing too hard into the wall so as not to disturb the pattern and not stretch the canvas.
Excessive glue to drive aside.
Above and near the baseboard, cut off the extra centimeters of wallpaper with a construction knife or scissors. The main thing is that the tools are sharp.
At the end, wiping off excess glue with a sponge from skirting boards and wallpaper.