Wear -resistant and strong glass wallpaper for painting appeared on the Russian market relatively recently. However, their popularity is constantly growing, because you can repaint them up to two dozen times, and the service life is about 30 years.
What is fiberglass wallpaper for painting?
The video shows trimming in the corners of the wallpaper for painting
The composition of this material is significantly different from what is used in the manufacture of paper or non -woven wallpaper. The first stage of production is the creation of special glass fibers, which include the same components that are used in the manufacture of glass. Then the fibers are pulled in a special way, “trap” on a special machine and impregnated with a certain composition. Depending on the technology of production, such wallpaper can be colored or designed for painting. The texture may also differ — the material is made smooth or embossed, with various surface patterns.
Due to its dense structure, glass -based wallpapers hide insignificant flaws on the walls, which means that the process of preparing walls for decoration becomes much easier. In addition to such an “independent unit” as wallpaper designed for painting, you can also find the so -called web. In principle, it can also be used as a finish for painting, but most often it is used to align the walls.
Glass wallpaper for painting — reviews, advantages and disadvantages
How to glue glass wallpaper — video
The glass wallpaper fully meet the current requirement of environmental friendliness today — there is not a single component harmful to a person or the environment that is in their composition. Its strength is very high — the material is not terrible claws of pets and other strong mechanical influences. The coating formed by them, antistratically — dust and dirt are not afraid of it. However, if you still need to sanitize such wallpaper, you can do this using synthetic detergents and fairly rigid brushes.
Glasses made of fiberglass do not support combustion. The water resistance of the material makes it possible to use it even in the bathrooms, not afraid of the appearance of the worst enemy of all wet rooms — mold fungus. You can glue such wallpapers on drywall, concrete, chipboard or brick.
Another plus of this material is an opportunity to create a single cover of walls and ceiling. Wallpaper with the same texture of different sizes allow to achieve this effect. For example, the drawing «Christmas tree» can be large, medium and small. However, it is here that one of the flaws of glass wallpaper lies. The fact is that wallpaper with a not very convex pattern after applying pairs of paint layers on them, become almost smooth. It is worth remembering this when buying — if you plan a dozen or two repaints, it is better to choose the material with as a convex pattern as possible.
Working with such material in some ways akin to working with glass wool. Before starting their open, you need to put on gloves, glasses and a respirator — the fact is that in the process of cutting the wallpaper crumbles, forming thin and tenacious glass needles, which, falling into the skin, causing severe itching and irritation.
Reviews of such wallpaper indicate that their gluing can cause some difficulties. This applies to the amount of glue — its shortage (as, indeed, excess), leads to poor gluing. To avoid this, the glue is applied to the wall with a roller, not forgetting to thoroughly chop it before. And another drawback of glass -flowing wallpaper is the difficulty of dismantling. It is very difficult to remove such a coating from the wall, so it is still more often used for decoration of offices, where repairs have been done, as they say, for centuries.
Stick and painting glass wallpaper
Glue glasses from fiberglass is easy. As in the case of ordinary gluing, you need to start from the window, if desired, marking the surface with a plumb line. The adhesive is applied to the wall. Do not forget about protection from the “fiberglass” while gluing, because the cut line will still crumble a little. Differently such wallpaper as usual — with a rubber roller or a plastic spatula, and the excess glue is removed with a damp rag.
For painting glass, water -based paint is used exclusively — emulsion or dispersion. At the same time, for kitchens or bathrooms, it is recommended to take paint that forms a moisture -resistant coating — this will further increase the time of the «life» of the material. You can start painting at least a day after gluing. And if for some reason the color resulting after the first painting did not like it, you can change it even the next day.