What paint to paint wallpaper

If you decide to glue the wallpaper, you may have heard that they can be painted. There are several options for applying paint on the wallpaper, which are determined by the choice of the paint itself. Of course, before starting to paint, you should find out what wallpaper you can paint and what paint to choose for a particular type of wallpaper. For this reason, let's look at how to paint the wallpaper.

Types of wallpaper and paint

The market offers three types of wallpaper that can be painted:

• glass wallpaper
• paper,
• non-woven.

Выбор краски напрямую зависит от типа купленных вами обоев. Например, если вы решили приобрести glass wallpaper то лучшим вариантом будет краска двух типов: на основе алкида и воды. Покрашенные обои будут иметь качественную и долговечную пленку. Соответственно, эта краска устойчива по отношению к жидкости и влаге. Более того, эту краску можно будет мыть любыми моющими средствами в случае загрязнения обоев.

The film formed from paint has one big disadvantage - it is not able to pass through moisture / air. Also, after applying several layers of paint, there is a risk that the structure of the wallpaper may be slightly smoothed out. Alkyd paint is not recommended for residential use!

If the walls are painted in a private house, the best option would be water-dispersion paint. It is environmentally friendly and safe for humans. Acrylic paint based on latex is also very popular. It dries out within five minutes, however, only after three days does it acquire all its best properties.

If you have purchased non-woven wallpaper, then for them it is necessary to use only water-dispersion paint. However, there is one drawback. This paint is made only in white. For this reason, in order to achieve the desired color you will need to zakolerovat it. It is very important to correctly calculate the paint consumption, because if you don’t have enough for one room, you cannot make the paint with exactly the same color, although you can use the services of building stores that have special tinting machines. The choice of color is selected using a computer, which facilitates the selection of color. This paint should be applied to the wall with a spray gun or roller. There is another option for painting the walls for wallpaper. Initially, a layer of paint is applied to the wall, and then non-woven wallpapers are glued on - preference is given to thinner ones. Accordingly, through them the paint will gleam with a matte shade, and give a very original effect.

Important paint selection requirements

The choice of paint should be done very carefully. Indeed, in addition to decorative, it performs a protective function. As mentioned above, they are selected based on the type of wallpaper selected. So, when choosing a paint should take into account some of its features, namely resistance to:

• environmental exposure
• the effects of light
• mechanical stress
• detergents.

It is also important how much time is needed for the complete drying of the paint, as well as its environmental friendliness.

The paint can be made on the basis of latex, alkyd based or white spirit. Separately, it is necessary to say about alkyd and latex paints.

Latex paints. Paints on this basis are very popular because they dry quickly enough, and most importantly, they are environmentally friendly. It does not emit any harmful odors when applied to wallpaper, it is quite stable and keeps well on the surface of the walls. The resulting film perfectly protects the surface of the walls from the appearance of harmful fungi and mold.

Alkyd paints. This paint is less popular. Unlike latex paint, it dries longer. However, such paints have their advantages. For example, when applying paint on the surface of the wallpaper does not leave traces of a brush or roller. Also alkyd paint is much more expensive than latex. True, it has a pungent toxic smell, for this reason it is less popular.

An important factor in the choice of paint is the presence of gloss. Accordingly, the paint is divided into several categories:

• полуmatt
• matt
• glossy.

As a rule, gloss paint is used less frequently in order to paint the walls. In most cases, it is used to highlight certain items. As for the matte paint, it is completely devoid of gloss. This type of paint will perfectly hide all the flaws that can appear on the wall through the wallpaper. This paint is most often painted wallpaper in the hallway and in the kitchen.

If we talk about the most popular types of paints, here are some of them:

• Tikkurila is one of the best, but at the same time expensive colors that can be used for wallpaper.
• Dulux Trade Supermatt this type of paint has the perfect combination of price and quality. The end result is guaranteed to satisfy you.
• Dulux - Diamond Matt according to the majority, has the best technical characteristics.
• Beckers, unlike its counterparts, has high reliability and is durable enough.

So, we looked at how you can paint the wallpaper. When choosing paint, pay attention to its main technical characteristics, because you can complete your repair on a positive note!

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