Wall painting is not such a difficult job as it seems at first glance. To do this, it is enough to correctly prepare the necessary materials (paint, brushes, rollers, etc.). You should also adhere to some rules and recommendations that will be described in this article.
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The nuances of choosing paint
As you know, today there are many types of colors. In order to choose the right one that you really need, we will consider some features of working with paintwork.
Painting walls with water -based paint. Such a mixture usually enters into a dense form on sale. To get a flat matte coating on the entire working surface, you need to dilute it with water, and then mix well. The paint is often mixed with a drill equipped with a mixer nozzle. If, using the water -based mixture, it is necessary to depict textured ornaments on the wall, then it is allowed to leave it in a thick form, i.e. Diluting water is optional.
This type of paint can be prepared in advance before the start of the main work. However, you need to mix it again right before applying to the wall. When the mixture becomes suitable for consistency, it can be given the desired shade with a tinted liquid. Coils during combination allow you to get different colors. This work is recommended to be entrusted to the masters.
Today, in stores in building materials selling paintwork products, there is a program for computer selection of paint for painting walls. It allows you to choose the color of the mixture, taking into account many factors, including the error in changing the shade of paint after its drying. This program is quite convenient and useful, because it is very important to choose all the banks that have the same shade in order to get the surface of the walls in the room of the same color, without flaws. In extreme cases, it is allowed to dilute the paint, which is enough to paint one wall as a whole. Then, in the end, slightly different shades on different walls may turn out, but this is not so noticeable and more like a special effect.
What about oil paints? They are rarely used to update the interior of apartments. Most often they are used in non -residential premises, for example, for painting walls in utility rooms and pantries. This type of paint is applied to the working surface in a slightly different way than the water-based mixture. However, it is also important to carefully distribute the surface of the surface. First of all, it must be remembered that when applying the first layer, they do not adhere to any one direction, on the contrary, the paint is distributed by various strokes. The mixture should be smeared so that it completely and evenly covers the entire working surface. Sometimes oil paint is applied with zigzag strokes. At the same time, a small space is left between the stripes. Then the mixture is spread throughout the wall with a half -dry brush. The result is a leveling layer. The painted surface should dry for 5 hours, after which another layer is applied, which is usually thinner than the first.
Basic requirements for painting
To qualitatively paint surfaces, you need some knowledge. In particular, the walls for painting are required to prepare. These works include alignment and cleaning of dust. To successfully perform such a task as painting walls in an apartment, some tools are used - a sponge, a brush, roller and a spray gun.
As for the technology using a water-based water, this mixture is usually applied to walls in 2-3 layers. Moreover, the first of them is required to be distributed strictly horizontally, the second - vertically. In the event that it is planned to apply three layers of paint, then the first and latter are distributed vertically, and the average, (i.e., the second) horizontally. This order is important. Therefore, do not confuse.
There is another requirement for painting: you need to apply a layer of paint one after another, without waiting for the previous one to dry. Places of the joints of the walls and ceiling, corners and various inaccessible places are desirable to paint with a brush. For this purpose, a brush with a long handle will be convenient.
How to choose a roller
With the help of a roller, you can achieve a high -quality and effective result. In addition, paint with this tool faster than a brush. But before purchasing a roller, you need to be able to choose it correctly. So, for example, polyacryl and nylon -based tools are characterized by good strength. Therefore, such rollers are more resistant to aggressive environments. Usually they have a white or beige shade. They are recommended to be used with polyurethane, epoxy paints and enamels.
There are also polyester and velor rollers on sale. They are recommended to be used for painting with acrylic or oil paints. These mixtures are well absorbed into these rollers, this is especially true for polyester. Velur is distinguished by wear resistance and flexibility. It can be used both to cover with varnish and for finishing.
If you want to paint the walls with silicone, water -based, silicate paints or acrylic mixtures, then for this case the most suitable will be a foam roller.
The size of the rollers is usually selected depending on the total area of \u200b\u200bthe room that you need to paint. Working with this tool is quite simple. For this, first on an area of \u200b\u200babout 1 square. m. Three layers of paint are applied, which are rolled using an squeezed roller. Thanks to this tool, you can carefully and evenly distribute the paint over the entire stained surface.
Wall painting technology
It is important to properly prepare the work wall for staining. The final quality and further wear resistance of the coating largely depends on this. No matter what paint you choose. Preparation is always carried out almost the same:
- First of all, it is necessary to remove the old paint and wallpaper.
- After that, the working surface must be thoroughly sanded. The most important thing is to apply putty on the wall, as well as to leve cracks and chips.
- Further, the working surface is re -polished. Then the second layer of putty is applied to completely leve the wall. Work on painting putty walls will be easier.
- The next step is the primer. It is advisable to apply it before and after putty. This will improve clutch with the surface.
Before starting wall painting with your own hands, be sure to make sure that the room has a suitable air temperature and there is no draft. If the temperature is high and at the same time there are drafts in the apartment, then the paint will dry too quickly, which is not very good. The fact is that because of this, irregularities, cracks and bloating may appear. In addition, it is better not to start painting if the temperature is too low, and the air is wet or dry. The necessary quality of the coating is still simply impossible to achieve in such conditions.
To apply paint, rollers, sponges and brushes are used. The tool is selected depending on the required effect. So, for example, the roller allows you to evenly distribute the mixture on the surface. With a brush, in turn, you can paint over small areas, joints, eliminate various defects that occurred in the process of painting. The sponge is useful if you want to give the surface an unusual look, decorate it. In this case, you should take a paint that has a thick consistency. Liquid mixtures are not suitable here. For decor, rollers equipped with a long pile may also be needed. They allow you to distribute paint in various directions in large areas of the surface. However, the most convenient for painting the walls will be a roller equipped with medium -length villi.
In order to make it convenient to paint a roller, a special tray is purchased, where paint is poured in a small amount. The perimeter of the wall is best painted with a brush. It should be equipped with a soft pile. Only such a brush can be made smooth. When using a hard brush, the surface in most cases is rough.
Do not paint the entire surface with a roller. It’s better to “walk” around the edges with a brush. In general, in order for the roller to paint well, his pile should properly be soaked with paint. Therefore, first they take the board (or a dense sheet of paper) and several times roll on it with a paint roller. Only after that they start painting the wall itself.
You can start painting from any place of non -working surface, but it is advisable to do it from above. Then the drops and the flow that will drip from above will not spoil the already painted areas.
Decorative painting
Often, in order to make a highlight to the interior of the room, resort to the methodology of decorated staining. It is somewhat similar to the technology of painting with a conventional mixture. Only in this case, some special tools are used: a stencil for painting walls, a wide sponge, a roller with embossed villi, etc. All these devices allow you to give the surface an unusual flavor.
Do not think that in decorative design special types of decorative paint are used. This opinion is actually erroneous. The most important thing in decorative staining is the technology for applying various coatings.
The specified painting method is quite simple. So, there are several methods of applying paint:
- For example, you can take a round brush, dip it in the paint, and then literally begin to hit it on the stained surface. Next, we wait until the paint dries, and apply the next layer with a roller. At the same time, the next mixture for staining must be selected a little lighter. This will allow dark drawings to “break through” through the second layer. After such wall painting, the decoration design is very unusual.
- You can use another option. It is called "stamping." In this case, the wall is first stained, after which it is given time to dry. After that, a layer of paints of a darker shade is applied with a soft sponge. In this case, the sponge is used like a stamp.
- One of the techniques of decorative painting is scholarships. It allows you to create the so -called "aging effect" of the painted surface. But this method can only be used on perfectly smooth surfaces. To do this, the glaze is distributed on the main layer, which should be more contrasting on an acrylic basis, previously applied. After that, with the help of the end hand, the painted surface is “aged”. To add the relief decoration, an adhesive or tinted solution is used. If the first version of the base is selected, then in the future, fine -grained sand is applied to it. When the solution is distributed on the surface, using an acute object on it, the required form of the ornament is created.
- There is a decoration option called the “decor of the stone wall”. This method is usually used to decorate fireplaces and interior arches. To do this, the wall is first painted with acrylic paint beige or white. After that, a mixture with a shade similar to a cement mortar is taken and is also applied to the surface. Then, when the paint dries, with the help of a chalk from below, the contours similar to brick or massive stones are drawn. Next, take an orange shade. It is stained with the specified contours. Finally, a mixture has a shade that is called a “burnt brush” is applied.
- When designing halls and bedrooms, they often use a decorative method called “crumpled leather”. This type of staining is quite simple, but for a long time. The fact is that painting the walls is not carried out entirely, but in separate parts. A small area of \u200b\u200bthe surface is covered with a mixture. Next, crumpled paper is applied to the painted part. When the desired shape is made, the surface is well painted with paint.
- For decoration of office rooms, another way is popular - “under the skin”. To do this, a glaze with latex paint is applied to the wall, which has a darker shade. Next, there is a shading of it with a brush from suede.
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