Plastered walls of drywall under the wallpaper

After the cladding sheets of plasterboard finish is smooth and even.Therefore, those who are doing their own repairs in the apartment or house is often the question arises: Is the drywall putty should be under the wallpaper.It would seem sufficient to seal the seams and cap screws on and paper to paper and so perfectly glued.But as with any job, preparing the drywall under wallpapering has its own characteristics, which affect the quality of the final wall decor.

Why putty drywall under the wallpaper

Should I putty drywall under the wallpaper?There are at least two important reasons to perform this operation:

1. If the wallpaper is made in bright colors and have a small thickness, then through them, will clearly shine through the joints and any irregularities on the surface of the plasterboard.The result is the impression of carelessness, which can be avoided entirely Stopper drywall.
2. But the main reason that it is necessary to putty drywall under the wallpaper lies in the fact that any decoration on the walls may eventually get bored.This means that the former will have to remove the wallpaper, it is not so easy to do, if there is no filler layer underneath.Removing the old coating can be to such an extent damaging drywall sheets, otherwise you'll have to level or even change.So doubt about whether you need to fully putty drywall under the wallpaper should not appear at least to avoid unnecessary work in the future for replacement.

Fully putty walls under the wallpaper should be used if the surface of the thin wallpaper or ill-prepared.

How to choose putty

not have any policy recommendations which filler is best suited for drywall under the wallpaper.Special quality mixtures, such as fire resistance or frost, in this case, do not play any role, it is more important to pay attention to the appointment of putty and then, in what room it will be ispolzovatsya.Tak, plaster is more suitable for dry rooms, because it is afraid of the big changes in humidityand can crack.Therefore, for the bathroom or kitchen is better to use putty, cement based.

leveling mixture is good for joints, cracks and dents.It has a coarse texture, so as to finish is suitable only if the wallpaper has a greater material thickness and density.

Universal polymer filler can be used for leveling the surface, and for the final finish.It is suitable for facilities with any moisture.And its consumption is less than that of other types of fillings.

choosing a filler putty drywall under the wallpaper is better to give preference to the dry mixture, as it lasts longer and can be used in doses, mixing as much as needed.Typically, a manufacturer of fillings indicate on the package instructions for working with the mixture, and the necessary proportions, thus it is necessary to note that some of the fillings should be insisted.To obtain a homogeneous mass, it is desirable to use a mixer construction, but if not, then fit the special nozzle on the drill.

Surface preparation

Before starting putty plasterboard, it must be cleaned of dirt and dust, and carefully inspect for scratches, dents and deep protruding screws.This can help an ordinary wide spatula.Leading them on a plane plaster is easy to detect a variety of defects.

Underturned screws should pull your screwdriver, gently sinking their heads in the top layer of drywall.If there are screws, caps are too deeply entered the GFC body (more than half the thickness of the sheet), then they need to remove and tighten the new location, at a distance of at least 50 mm away from the old point of attachment.A smaller distance is not recommended because of the holes may be formed crack, which is likely to spread further, so this list will need to be replaced.

If gypsum boards at the joints do not have the factory bevel edge they certainly are cut at an angle of 45 degrees.It is necessary to putty deeply penetrated deep into the seam.Moreover, at the edges of the sheets should be no delamination of gypsum paper.If there is such a defect, who quit the board must be carefully trimmed with a knife and place primed.In more detail, as well as than to gloss over drywall joints.

After a visual inspection and detection of defects plasterboard wall must be primed.As best primer to use a mixture of a water-based, since they are impregnated cardboard layer only and do not cause deformation.The primer should be applied uniformly across the surface of the drywall, a thin layer.When it is completely dry, you can begin to advance Shpatlevanie.

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Pre Shpatlevanie

Pre putty drywall under the wallpaper with your own hands is aimed at leveling the surface and includes:

• grout andjoints;
• Shpatlevanie screws;
• Shpatlevanie angles;
• alignment of dents and other defects.

Fillers seams between sheets of gypsum and joints with walls, ceilings and floors should begin with the reinforcement tape stickers - serpyanku.It is important to stick it so close up the slot was in the middle of the tape.Now it is possible to apply putty.The work is conducted from top to bottom, it is convenient to use two spatula - narrow and wide.The first seam can be filled with the mixture, and the second to align it on the surface of longitudinal movements.Fillers do not need to feel sorry, because when dry it gives a significant shrinkage.The result should be completely filled with the seam without gaps and depressions noticeable.It is better if there is a slight excess putty - then it is possible to remove abrasive mesh.

putty is applied on the screws crosswise.So it completely fills the recess of the caps and fasteners hides its head.

When a plaster walls of drywall under the wallpaper is perhaps the most complex operation - it Shpatlevanie angles.For outside corner is often used perforated angle aluminum or, if the angle of the arched or curved, plastic.Get this profile is quite simple.To do this, you need to attach a corner to the place in which it is mounted.Make a pencil mark, and then incise the drywall along lines spaced approximately 3 mm from the marks when viewed from ugla.Posle it with a chisel to remove the cardboard to a depth slightly greater than the thickness of the corner.These recesses are filled with putty and then they pressed corner profile so that it was a little more deeply about the plane through the perforations sten.Vystupivshaya putty smoothed wide spatula with the addition of the mixture to get aligned with the plane of the sheet surface.Video of the puttying of walls and ceilings.

shpaklyuyut inner corners a bit more complicated.Firstly, as they are also reinforced seams serpyanku.Secondly, to bring the two adjacent sides evenly, they alternately shpatljujut - first one side, then, after complete drying of the first, second.It facilitates the work of a special trowel for corners, which can be easily found.

dents, deep scratches and other imperfections are sealed in a standard way.Moreover, if the filler will need to be applied in several layers, each subsequent layer is applied only when the previous dry.To evaluate how evenly puttied wall, you can use an ordinary building level.

finished preliminary Shpatlevanie walls of drywall, you need to wipe their sand mesh, clean and re-coat primer.

Final putty plasterboard

Finishing putty drywall under the wallpaper will provide flawless surface for further finishing.This stage will suit a wide spatula , and the mixture itself on density should be comparable with sour cream.

Putty is applied to broad sweeping movements, so that her coat was as evenly as possible and thinner.If you still can not avoid small sag, they later aligned sandpaper.The main thing here - accuracy, thoroughness and deliberation.

After drying topcoat, the surface is cleaned from dust and primed again.This will eliminate possible minor defects and prepare the walls of plasterboard for pasting wallpaper.