There was a time when wallpaper was replaced by painting walls. However, most people didn't pay much attention to what was written in glossy magazines.
There was only one thing that worried me – how to hang wallpaper without unnecessary stress. Here are some tips that will be useful for those who are going to do it for the first time.
Once you have mastered this skill, you will be able to hang wallpaper on your own and as if you had been doing it all your life.
1. Prepare the walls
It's one thing when the walls are uneven - to hide this flaw, they glue wallpaper. Another thing is when the surface is not prepared. For this, a primer is used. After that, the wallpaper will not peel off.
2. You need to read the instructions
This is the first thing to do. It says where to apply the glue - to the wall or to the paper. To glue the wallpaper end-to-end or overlapping. And this changes the situation radically.
3. Bubbles and rollers
Wallpaper is not smoothed to make it stick faster. This is to get rid of air bubbles. Rollers and special plastic scrapers can help in this regard. But the main thing is not the tool - you need to work from the center to the edge.
4. Direction
It is necessary to take this moment into account, especially if the wallpaper is glued with an overlap. In this case, you need to start gluing from the wall to the window, then the joints will not be so noticeable.
5. Fresh air
One mistake is often made. All the vents and windows in the apartment are closed. It is impossible to work in such an atmosphere, there is not enough air, the humidity is off the scale. But in fact, the wallpaper is afraid only of a draft. Periodically, you can safely open a window or vent for 5-10 minutes.
