Although liquid wallpaper is very high quality, beautiful, modern material, they cannot serve endlessly. Therefore, the question arises of how to remove them. This article will help solve the problem.
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Preparation
If you have liquid wallpaper, the question of how to remove them and not spoil the floor, sockets, switches, are very important for you. Therefore, you should think about protection:
- twist the plinth with painting tape. Subsequently, he will remove, leaving no traces;
- so that water and dust do not fall into the sockets, we are also sealed with the same tape;
- we do the same with the switches.
Having completed the preventive protection of the room, we collect the necessary tools and materials. It is important to know:
- if your liquid wallpaper has pieces of viscose, then they are reusable. By soaking them, you can use such wallpapers again;
- it is more difficult to remove wet wallpaper, reminiscent of decorative plaster, you can not do without a special tool.
Tool, materials
If it is necessary to remove wallpaper on a large area, you need to mechanize the work, and for this you must have:
- the industrial hairdryer. Using this tool, the work will not be advanced very quickly, and the electricity consumption is sensitive;
- as an alternative to Fenu - a grinding machine. The performance here will be higher, but there is more dust.
If it is necessary to remove liquid wallpaper in a small area, unless they were painted, it is possible to do this manually. The following is needed for this:
- water, while better well warm;
- the spatula is sharp;
- scraper;
- brush.
To quickly remove liquid wallpaper, use:
- To add to the water, the tool with which you wash the dishes. Enough of the tablespoon two per 1 liter of water. All, even liquid soap, but having such an experience, prefer Fairy (Fairy).
- The funds are special. They are bought in a construction supermarket. For example, such a remedy such as Metilan (Henkel Metylan), produced in Hungary, is used for any wallpaper. Its advantages are that:
- there are no solvents in it;
- he does not smell;
- apply simply;
- acts quickly;
- for people is harmless.
In addition to methylane, such a tool as Zinser supplied from the United States has good recommendations. His cost, of course, is the same as the pack of glue, but if you follow the instructions, then the consumption will be economical.
3. A mixture prepared with your own hand, they say that it is no worse than purchased. Consists of:
- water - 5 l;
- vinegar - approximately 50 ml;
- the linen air conditioner or detergent is as much as vinegar.
And here is another recipe:
- we take glue for wallpaper;
- add it to a special remedy such as Zinser or Metilan;
- stir until a mass resembles jelly. The mixture is extremely effective.
How to remove liquid wallpaper. Technology
Consider the manual method:
- we lower the painting brush into hot water or in the prepared solution and moisten part of the wall. At the same time, we take into account that if you moisturize the wall with a lot of water, then the neighbors can run from below, and if small, then the wallpaper simply will not get wet. Choose a middle ground;
- we wait until the coating is well absorbed by the applied mixture or water;
- scrap liquid wallpaper with a spatula and scraper;
- if the traces of the finish are still on the surface, then we repeat the process.
Mechanize the process
If, when applying liquid wallpaper, very high -quality glue was used or they were painted, or applied them to the painted wall without preliminary processing, then it is difficult to remove them by hand. In such cases, they are usually removed by:
- industrial hair dryer. Hot air from the hair dryer comes to the very base of the wallpaper and softens it, and then a scraper is used for the final removal of the finish. Of course, if the paint was under the wallpaper, then it will withdraw with them, so you no longer use wallpaper. Get ready that you will work for a long time;
- grinding machine. It is necessary to press it to the wallpaper with an effort, so a considerable physical strength will be required. Productivity is not higher than in the case of a hairdryer, but the method is effective;
- bulgarians with a special nozzle and a durable case. With this tool, the process of removing liquid wallpaper will go faster, but you need to work carefully, because The Bulgarian is more dangerous than a direct grinder.
Do not delete, but mask
The process of removing the liquid wallpaper, the photo of which you see, is rather a disguise.
It happens that it is so difficult to remove them that you simply do not know what to do with them. And there is a way out: make it so that you can apply a new finish on them. We proceed:
- grind the entire surface using sandpaper or an electric tool - a grinder with a nozzle, a lill is straight. Smooth the protruding elements;
- apply soil, then putty;
- the dried surface is ready for any further decoration;
- if the surface of the liquid wallpaper is smooth, and you plan to apply others the same on them, then go through them with a roller with needles or a knife. The roughness that appears will improve clutch and the new wallpaper will stay tight.
How to manually remove liquid wallpaper, the video conveys clearly with all the details. And after viewing, we can conclude that the technology, in general, is the same for all types of this finishing material.
