Registration of the arch of a wall niche, a window or interior opening allows you to transform any interior. However, the decorative meaning of the arch acquires only with a properly selected material of the finishing and competent implementation of the installation work.
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Selection of material for finishing
For decorative decoration, the arches applies a huge variety of materials, each of which has a number of advantages and disadvantages.
Natural tree
The arches decorated with natural wood are attached to the room a certain proportion of solidity, styles and nobility, harmoniously combined with any interior design, be it classic, High-tech or modern.
The undoubted advantages of wood structures are:
- environmental friendliness;
- the uniqueness of the pattern formed by the annual rings;
- high strength indicators inherent in solid wood varieties, including a red tree, oak, nut, ash;
- preservation of the presentable type over long years.
However, the construction of the array of wood has a number of shortcomings:
- low indicators of moisture resistance;
- a tendency to deformities in conditions of high humidity, sharp temperature changes and other similar factors;
- the large weight of individual structural elements makes it difficult to carry out the installation on its own;
- high price.
As a rule, the decoration of the Arch with a tree of valuable rocks is carried out by making the finished design to order with the subsequent installation of specialists from the company.
MDF panels
A practically equivalent alternative to natural wood is the MDF panels, the manufacture of which is based on the scope of wood chips. Depending on the top coating, the MDF panels differ:
- laminated. The obtained plates are coated with a polyvinyl chloride film by imitating wood texture and increasing product strength indicators;
- veneered. Finished plates are compressed with a thin layer of wood, after which the facial side of the product is covered with a protective varnish.
Veneered panels differ from laminated materials higher cost and better performance characteristics.
Advantages of MDF panels regarding natural wood structures:
- environmental friendliness due to the absence of harmful substances and compounds in the composition;
- resistance to temperature changes, moisture;
- easy installation due to low panel weight;
- low cost.
Despite the mass of positive parties, MDF panels are inferior to the arches, decorated with a real tree:
- ease of damage through a point impact;
- under the influence of sun rays, the initial shade is gradually losing;
- a small operating period, rarely exceeding 5-7 years.
The decoration of the interior arches of MDF panels with a small crossway for several years increases the service life, while maintaining the initial type of construction.
Cork for finishing
Interior archings are originally looking, the finish of which is made using cork material presented:
- Panels. The basis of the products is an extruded plug, on top of which is a thin veneer impregnated with wax. The minimum thickness of the cork panels is 3 mm.
- Rolled products, the structure of which is similar to cork panels, with the only difference that not all series of goods is subjected to wax impregnation. In this case, the rolled material may have a diverse color assortment by staining the facial and / or an irons.
- Wallpaper consisting of a paper base and a thin sheet of veneer braced. Quite often, cork wallpapers have a self-adhesive layer, significantly simplifying installation work.
Pros:
- resistance to point shocks;
- prevent dust accumulation;
- do not lose the initial shade for a long period;
- have antibacterial characteristics, preventing the formation of mold;
- the service life is 10-20 years.
Minuses:
- unprocessed waxing coatings are quickly deformed under conditions of high humidity;
- ability to absorb odors;
- high price.
When choosing a cork material, it is worth a preference to the coating treated with wax.
Wallpaper for arch
Arch finish with wallpaper belongs to the most popular and, at the same time, a budget variant due to a number of preferential features regarding other finishing materials, including:
- variety of colors, textures, ornaments;
- simplicity of sticking;
- the possibility of wet cleaning with the use of non-aggressive detergents;
- available cost.
Disadvantages:
- ease of damage both in the process of sticking and during operation;
- flowing over a short period of time;
- dISTRIBUTY.
When choosing a canvase, it is worth a preference to one-photonphiline, vinyl, bamboo or glass windows. It is possible for the presence of a small or abstract pattern that does not require alignment with the ornament on the wallpaper that the wall adjacent to the arch.
Tile for arch.
Finishing with tiles Arch is less common, but to this day the method is in demand.
Pros:
- a wide range of color execution;
- high resistance to moisture;
- preservation of initial characteristics over the years;
- ease of care;
- duration of operation.
Minuses:
- considerable weight of the tile requires the presence of a solid arral structure;
- laboriousness of work requiring certain skills or attracting specialists;
- high price.
The optimal choice is the narrow tiles of small size, allowing minimizing waste during cladding.
Decorative rock
A special popularity in recent years has acquired the decoration of the Arch by a decorative stone, perfectly combined with other construction materials. Artificial stone is made from clay, pumice, cement with the addition of mineral pigments, a combination of which allows to achieve a full imitation of any natural stones.
Advantages:
- wide selection of shades, textures;
- high resistance to damage;
- moisture resistance;
- ease of care during operation;
- durability.
Disadvantages:
- high weight;
- mounting complexity;
- high price.
Along with the tile, lining the arch preferably a stone of small sizes, which will greatly facilitate the installation in the vaulted part of the structure.
Mosaic for arch.
The army's finishing of the mosaic is a fairly painstaking process, which, at the end of the work, is poured into a fascinating spectacle.
Advantages of mosaic:
- variety of sizes, shapes and color execution;
- moisture resistance;
- high strength;
- wear resistance;
- durability.
Disadvantages:
- duration and labor intensity of work;
- high price.
Currently, metal, ceramic, glass and other types of mosaic are produced, so it will be not so difficult to select an option that corresponds to the stylistic solution of the interior.
Decorative plaster
Almost the only material that allows you to create a unique masterpiece, showing a little imagination and creative abilities. Decorative plaster is implemented in the form of a dry and finished mixture. In this case, the dry mixture is divorced by ordinary water in the proportion indicated on the instructions attached to the composition.
Pros:
- the ability to create an arbitrarily expressive or smoothed relief;
- simplicity of application;
- the possibility of multiple staining with special paints;
- there is no need to thoroughly align the surface before applying plaster;
- low cost.
Minuses:
- ease of mechanical damage;
- the impossibility of conducting wet cleaning;
- repair of the damaged area will be noticeable;
- relatively small operating period.
Finishing the arches in the apartment decorative plaster is a universal method that requires a small amount of time and minimum skills.
Regardless of the material selected, before starting finishing work, it is necessary to carefully prepare the working surface, in order not to spoil the final result with the decor or protruding irregularity.
Preparation of the surface to finishing
The reliability of fixing the finishing material largely depends on the blessings of the work surface preparation, during which it is necessary:
- remove extending more than 1 cm sections, as well as to keep the bad plaster, paint;
- connecting stitches, if the arch is made from sheets of drywall, cover serpyanku;
- primed surface;
- operating align the substrate with a putty;
- primed.
After complete drying of the primer mix can pass to the assembly work.
arch decoration technology
The process finishes arched opening panels, wallpaper, and other stone materials is slightly different.
finishing panels
Finish by arches in the flat MDF panels, plastic, cork is possible without greatly rounded design elements. Mounting of the selected materials is made on the adhesive or device with battens.
Mounting adhesive as follows:
- make a thorough preparation of the surface;
- mark out and cut the extra part of the panels to the use of the adhesive composition;
- on the wrong side panel zigzag stripe applied liquid nails or specially selected for the adhesive material used;
- is applied to the surface of the panel and level by level;
- 5-10 minutes after the adhesive polymerizes, rattle of the panel surface with a rubber mallet controlling horizontality building level.
Installation on the crate does not require alignment of the surface and looks like this:
- in the opening of arch constructing crate wooden beams or metal rails which are fixed to the surface using dowels;
- top and bottom lathing fasten screws start guide for installation of panels;
- cut to the size of the panel is set to start guides and fix screws to a batten.
At the end of finishing the ends of the arch is necessary to ennoble by bonding special corners of the same fabric.
Decorating with wallpaper
Technology wallpapering depends on the type of wallpaper.
For thin wallpaper without the use of plastic parts:
- a strip of wallpaper paste on the wall adjoining the arch so that the edge of the fabric favored arch border 2-3 cm;
- the protruding Oversizes every 2 cm zigzag make incisions and the resulting webs are folded tabs on the inner surface of the arch, carefully laminating roller;
- similarly produce papering the walls on the other side of the arch;
- cut the strip of wallpaper, the dimensions of which correspond to the width and length of the inner vault arches;
- pasting the inner surface of the arch produce upwards properly laminating roller to get rid of air bubbles.
If the lengths of one wallpaper laid is not enough, then two bands are located in the center of the arch. If you need to use 3 strips of wallpaper, the plug places are determined at the level of the arc arches with vertical planes.
When using textile or vinyl wallpaper with the application of the frame:
- claimed wallpapers on the archer adjacent walls are cut off on the arches borders;
- cut the wallpaper strip according to the size of the inner surface of the arch and glue;
- if necessary, the surplus is cut by a stationery knife;
- after 2-3 days, when the glue dries, the selected type of the corner is fixed along the protruding elements of the arch.
Clay wallpapers are glued in analogously to the phliselinov, with the only difference that the finished acrylic is used, or the contact glue that is applied to the roll wallpaper, and the surface is covered.
Decorative stone or tile
As a rule, the cladding of the stone is produced not only with respect to the arched opening, but also parts of the walls adjacent to the obstruction by symmetric or asymmetric accommodation.
Order of preparatory activities:
- at a pre-emphasable and primed surface, there are notches for improving the adhesion of the material with the surface;
- designed for mounting stones lay down on the floor and select the most advantageous combination of relief, drawing, overflow;
- with the help of a metal brush, a purple side of the material from the foam irregularities is purified.
The opening decoration is made using cement mortar, or liquid nails from bottom to top. At the same time, the walls adjacent to the arc are originally lining:
- the glue is applied to the wall and on the stone, not exceeding the layer of 1 cm, otherwise the tile will slide down;
- the first stone is laid at the junction of arched opening and walls;
- on top of the first laid the second stone, shifting it towards the opening of the stone thickness;
- the alternation of masonry is repeated to the outlined level, which avoids the inaccurate angles and the use of framing elements in the form of corners, plinths and other elements;
- the decoration inside the arched openness also produce a mustache.
For finishing the top of the arch:
- dry tile / stone applied to the intended place of sticking; The pencil is marked with a line of surplus, according to which a construction knife is carried out several times;
- the unnecessary part is rocked by pliers;
- burzes and irregularities are removed with a file and sandpaper.
After 1-2 days, at the end of the facing work, the seams are proceeded:
- the construction syringe is filled with a griming solution;
- to obtain a pronounced relief of the seams, filled, not reaching the upper edge of the stone by 3- 4 mm;
- to obtain a smoothed terrain, seam filled on one level with the upper boundary of the stone;
- after 30-40 minutes, the filled seams smoothed with a special blade or spatula, getting rid of irregularities.
Facing with tiles is made similarly to decorative stone.
Finishing Mosaic
It is easier and faster to bind the arch with a mosaic collected in small matrices. The fixation of individual modules in the matrix is \u200b\u200bcarried out with the help of paper on which the mosaic is stacked by the face down, and the shallow mesh, which serves as the base for gluing the modules with the invalid side. Since the mosaic is made from various materials, the transparent glue composition is used to mount transparent modules, and for opaque - white.
The process of finishing the arch Mosaic comes down to the following:
- Applying the matrix, the operating surface area is placed on separate segments according to matrix sizes.
- The adhesive spatula is applied to the wall to accommodate a single matrix.
- Gently blends a set of modules into a glue composition, not allowing glue to the front surface of the mosaic and adjusting the horizontalization of the placement of the matrix with a construction level.
- Similarly repeat the laying of all the necessary elements.
- After grapping the adhesive solution, the protective layer of mosaic is cleaned.
- Swipping seams are carried out in a vertical and horizontal direction using a rubber spatula.
- An hour after applying the grouts, excessive solutions are removed, making the movement of the spatula in the diagonal directions.
At the end of the work, the mosaic must be wiped with a wet sponge to remove marks, without making special efforts, in order to avoid leaching it from the seams.
In the process of finishing the Arch, it is necessary to control the horizontal of all matrix modules, so a person, insecure in his abilities, is better to entrust work by a professional specialist.
Decorative stucco finish
With the use of decorative plaster, the decoration of the arch, the photo of which is presented below, is carried out in a rather short term as follows:
- A small layer of plaster is applied to the pre-prepared surface.
- Through the grater, sponge and other subframes form the pattern and the relief of the future surface.
- With an insufficiently pronounced relief, the plaster is added in the right places only after drying the first layer. To give a decorative effect, it is often necessary to apply multiple layers of plaster.
At the end of the work and careful drying of the surface (1-2 day), the arch is painted, applying a varnish or other protective coating.
More vividly can see the decoration of the arch video:
Application of corners
Whatever strength is chosen material for finishing the arches and the walls adjacent to it, but the protruding parts of the design through a fairly small period begin to braid, dull, go around, because the corners of the arch are exposed to a large load. Decrease the period of decorative finishes will help use as an additional framing of plinths and corners from MDF, plastic, wood and other materials, allowing not only to protect the finishing material, but also to hide the cracks formed during the installation process, chips, irregularities.
The installation of the corners is carried out by means of glue or liquid nails, which are applied to the inner side of the material at the end of the finishing finish. At the same time, the decoration of the arc is begins with the sidewall and ends with a vaulted part.
Additional elements in the form of corners, plinths should be chosen by several tones with darker or brighter of the main finish to more clearly emphasize the shape of the arch.
The arches decorative decoration takes a lot of time and requires special accuracy. Compliance with all stages of finishing in one or another material and industriousness in the course of installation work will turn out at the end of the finish finish of the Arch into a wonderful element of the interior, which for a long time will delight the owners of the house and their guests.
