Despite the fact that the material is called "Liquid Wallpaper" is actually no liquid. It is sold in dry form and is stirred to the consistency of plaster. Yes, and on the wallpaper he does not look like, rather on dense felt. Despite all this, these "wallpapers" are very popular, because they can be applied to almost any surface.

Material of liquid wallpaper

In Russia, liquid wallpaper began to be sold at that time when the paper finish had almost no competitors. But the paper is not for all surfaces conveniently glue, which you can not say about the liquid version. The material includes cellulose, silk and cotton, the color gives a safe water-based dye, and connects these all components of CMC adhesive. Sometimes, a marble or quartz church, colored flock, as well as a frequent component - sequins of mica are put into the wallpaper, and the frequent component - sequins are usually sold separately in the package and directly when finishing them can be added to the ground.

Liquid wallpapers are separated by the room only from the inside, most often they are used in apartments, because the material is considered environmentally friendly and natural. Designers recommend putting them in a children's room and in bedrooms, as they create comfort and harmony. And since the fibrous coating has good noise insulating properties, it is well suited for a living room or room, where there is a TV.

The original decoration of liquid wallpapers on the ceiling is made not many companies: in Russia it is Silk Plaster, which has more than a dozen names of this product, good quality and product reviews, as well as a decent price that the Turkish company Bayramyx offers a decent price, and the French company will fit the VIP interior Fibres de Cotex.

Pros and cons of liquid wallpapers

In front of other decorative wallpaper, liquid have a number of advantages:

1. To make them make a lot of space not required, unlike ordinary paper, which should be arranged on the floor and linse with glue.
2. Before applying does not need to be perfectly equal to the ceiling.
3. Working with the material is very comfortable, there is no extra dust and unpleasant odor. It is easy to apply it, there are no joints, easily fills the cracks in places where the ceiling is connected to the wall.
4. Liquid wallpaper is very convenient to separate colons, bright and other architectural details.
5. After the wallpaper is dried, the material still remains elastic and even during the shrinkage at home there will not appear cracked.
6. Due to its microporous structure, the liquid wallpaper is remarkably absorbed by the noise and keep warm with the surface of the wall "breathes", the greenhouse effect is not formed, there is no damp in the room.
7. Smells and dust material is not absorbed and in case of fire, it does not allocate poison gases.
8. You can repair a separate area without removing all the wallpapers. To do this, cut the damaged area, dilute the wallpaper and close the ceiling. The differences will not be noticeable.

Among the disadvantages of the ceiling finishes with liquid wallpaper, you can allocate such:

1. High cost compared to conventional wallpaper or stretch ceiling. Although every year on the liquid wallpaper for the ceiling, the price is becoming even lower, still afford such a finish may not have every medium-term family.
2. A slight variety of colors.
3. These wallpapers can not be washed and, despite the fact that they are considered moisture-proof, if you flood neighbors, they will be hopelessly spoiled.

Preparation of the ceiling under liquid wallpaper

Liquid wallpapers are good in that it is good to fall on any surface, be it brick, osb, cement, wood. They stick to the material well and do not dug out over time.

To be wallpaper for a long time, the ceiling material must comply with such requirements:

1. The ceiling must be durable and solid, it should not be sites that disappear or stagger.
2. When contacting with liquid wallpapers, the base should not give its color, as well as deteriorate from moisture, as it happens with metal items.
3. The base should have low moisture absorption.

Preparation under the application of liquid wallpapers on the ceiling is done in this way:

1. From the ceiling remove old wallpaper, putty, plaster, if there are old cracks, they need to sharpen them, it is possible to use and liquid wallpaper instead of putty, but then the repair will come to you more expensive.
2. For the strength of the ceiling, it needs to be projected to mass without color and deeply penetrating into the pores. The primer will not give moisture to get inside and strengthen the surface of the ceiling. It is best to use under liquid wallpaper primer, diluted 1: 3.
3. If there are metal elements on the ceiling, which can put yellow spots on the wallpaper, they need to be painted with water paint, which is resistant to dissolution.
4. The surface of the ceiling should be rough. If it is smooth, then it is applied to the primer with quartz dust. It is possible to use ordinary fine sand instead of quartz. On this surface, liquid wallpapers will be located smoothly, and on a smooth - stretching after the spatula.

Preparation of mixes

Buy liquid wallpapers is only half the right, the main thing is to make them right:

1. Shake a powder package several times, so lumps will break up, and then the wallpaper will be well stuffed.
2. Prepare the wallpaper stirring container, it can be a small bath, basin, bucket. The dishes are chosen on the basis of volumes: one packaging of wallpapers will require a capacity of 8 liters. The depth should be small - 30 cm, and the shape of the round, then it will work conveniently. By the way, the capacity after work will not be thrown away, the mixture is well flushed.
3. Take the clean water of a comfortable temperature, because the mixture will have to stir. On the quality of the material itself, the water temperature does not affect, but it is desirable that it be about 30 degrees, so comfortable stirring.
4. Liquid wallpapers can be stirred by packing at a time or several immediately, but the more product, the more difficult to wash it. Several packets are stirred together if they are from different batches to achieve a homogeneous shade.
5. One packet of powder, as a rule, use five liters of water, but the detailed instructions are written on the packaging. To obtain the necessary consistency, the water is added everything at once, and pour 100 ml. The mixture should be similar to thick cream.
6. The mixture needs to be kneaded only with your hands, the metal devices are not recommended for this. What a mixture of liquid wallpapers on the ceiling can be seen in the photo.

Finishing with liquid wallpaper

Liquid wallpapers on the ceiling are applied using a spatula. It should be either steel, or glass. The tool must slide gently. The one who causes the wallpaper should stand comfortably on the table or a ladder, not rising on the socks and not bend, the level of wallpaper should be approximately opposite the eyes. The spatula must be kept a little at an angle so that the mixture lay down towards the tool movement.

It is not necessary to put pressure on the spatula, liquid wallpaper is not plaster, they should immediately remain loose, not smooth. Mass should not be contrary to otherwise the consumption of the material will be more. Experts compare the process of applying wallpaper on the surface of the ceiling with sputtering of fish caviar on a crust of bread, if the knife is stronger than the knife burst, if not crushing, the layer will turn out to be thick, the same with liquid wallpaper, you need to catch the middle of the middle.

One packaging mass usually grabs 4 mq. In this case, the thickness of the coating is 2 mm. The material consumption will increase if there are angles and irregularities. If the consumption of material is much more, you need to carefully analyze your work and find an error. Applying wallpapers to the first plot, you need to look attentively, whether there are no bugs on it, there is no ceiling on it. At this stage, all errors are even easy to fix.

In order for the ceiling there was no joints, you need to not stop in the applying of the corner and to the angle. Sew coating is needed at room temperature. Usually in a couple of days, the coating completely dries.

Since liquid wallpaper is not very resistant to moisture, then acrylic varnish are often applied on top. Looks like after decoration, the ceiling with liquid wallpaper can be viewed in the photo.

Repair of wallpaper

Sometimes it takes a ceiling not a full repair, but a partial, for example, when replacing the wiring. In this case, you need to perform a number of actions:

1. With the help of a pulverizer, it is moistened with clean water the necessary section of the ceiling.
2. The spatula remove the liquid wallpaper into a separate container.
3. After repair work, it is necessary to put a putty on the seams, and the ceiling to be projected into two layers, each layer dry well.
4. The pulverizer applies water to the edges of liquid wallpaper.
5. Those wallpapers that removed into the container, dilute with water until there is a mass similar to the dough, it must be applied to the repairs. The edges of the old and new coating must be pulled out. After drying, the ceiling will look homogeneous.

How to apply liquid wallpaper can be seen on the video. It is worth a little spending time and it will be nice to see the ceiling.