How to make a bas-relief on the walls using a stencil

1. What is the bas-relief

Since ancient times, people made out the walls of their homes with various patterns.It could be a wood carving or stone.The most exquisite decoration was considered a relief.

Bas - a three-dimensional image on the wall.It allows you to arrange the room in any style and any color.

In order to make his own hands using special stencils designed for decorative plaster.Templates are made of transparent plastic, after which these bore holes in a pattern.

stencil can be purchased at any hardware store, choose your favorite pattern.Also it can be made to order in the shop or to make independently, but you first need to determine the pattern.

stencil used to apply on a flat surface an additional layer of the wall, which will serve as the speaker pattern.

If the image appears more than half, it is called high relief, and if less, then it is a bas-relief.

2. How to make a mask for self-bas

To make a stencil for plaster, you need to prepare the following materials:

• Figure for the pattern;
• Plastic;
• Pencil;
• Scotch.

Step 1. You need to select a pattern to be transferred to the stencil.You can draw your own, or to find a suitable image on the internet and print it.If the selected pattern was too large, it can be glued in parts with tape.

Step 2. Select the material to be more durable for making stencil.It is best suitable plastic.

Step 3. To transfer the selected pattern on the plastic, it is necessary to use carbon paper.If the plastic is transparent, the pattern can be put under him, then cut around the contour.To during the transfer pattern is not moved, it must be secured with tape.

Step 4. stencil cut out so that it does not remain a burr and slices as pattern may be damaged.cutting lines should be clear and smooth.

3. How to make a bas-relief with the help of a stencil

To make the relief using a stencil, with no skills and experience in such work, it is necessary to examine all the details and features of its use.

For starters, you can practice on a small gypsum board, and then proceed to finish the walls.

Preparations

Before starting work on the wall should be done counting.It is necessary to pattern could be uniformly applied to the surface.Stencil for the bas-reliefs is used only once, so you should immediately prepare several templates with pattern.

mount stencil

To fix the template on the wall, you can use different adhesive elements that should be attached to the back of the stencil.It may be adhesive or masking tape, which is very useful in such work.

After the adhesive is applied to the pattern, it is applied to the wall and to hold until it is firmly secured.

Primer

wall surface primer is optional process, but will not be superfluous.When dealing with sealer is always recommended to use the primer, so it should be covered with a solution of one part of the wall, which will be attached bas-relief.

Once primed, the wall should be well dry.

Application bas

For application volume pattern is recommended to use a fine-grained putty.It looks like a viscous paste and is ideally passes the share of such work.

Fillers can be purchased ready-made or self-dissolve the dry mixture with water to the desired consistency.

putty is applied to the stencil, covering it completely.Each layer of the solution should be well compacted.

template Removing a bas

To remove a template from the bas-relief should be only when the plaster has dried and hardened.

To remove the stencil from the wall, it is necessary to smoothly pull over and slowly slowly separated.

If the pattern has turned out not enough flat, after complete drying of the edges can be sanded with sandpaper.

For a more complete understanding of how to apply the plaster on the stencil, you can see a video tutorial in the next tab.

4. Decorating bas

Furnish bas-relief can be considered as over after the state was removed stencil.

To use the colors to make the design patterns more effectively, it can be made into different colors.To paint roller tray and need a foam nozzle.

So, take roll and dip it in the paint.Now paint the stencil should be, without touching its base.For painting, you can use one or several different colors.If you use the first darker tone, and then light, leaving the dark and light middle path, you can achieve good results and make the design even more beautiful.

Note that painted bas-relief is only when it is completely dry and hardened.Covering paint it is recommended that only a day after the plaster.

To make a pattern on the wall surround the original, it can be covered with pearl or gold paint.It will also look good on the bas-relief silverfish or chafer.To apply this pattern to paint, need to thin brush and fantasy.

may be used and the aerosol paint, but only in case an integral stencil, and is not broken in pieces.