How to properly glue fiberglass?

Today the construction market offers a variety of finishing materials. Most often, wallpaper is used to tidy up the wall surfaces. Of the many options presented, the most progressive and environmentally friendly finishing material is glass fiber used for decorating not only walls, but also the ceiling.

Before deciding on the choice of fiberglass, you must first understand the composition of this material and its features.

What is it - fiberglass? The name itself contains the answer to this question. The composition of this finishing material contains the same components that are used for the production of glass. Quartz sand, limestone and dolomite mineral are the basis of this finishing material.

During processing, these components are mixed and heated to a temperature equal to 1200C. The mass resulting from melting has a liquid consistency, from which the future base of the wallpaper, consisting of thin and light threads, is created. It is from them that the fiber is obtained, woven with the help of special machines.

Glass cloth wallpaper belongs to environmentally friendly materials, therefore, they can be glued in any room. Their fire safety and long service life (10-30 years) makes them an incredibly popular finishing material today.

Due to its incredible strength, the surface color can change at least 5, and for some brands even 20 times (this depends on the quality of the material itself).

Due to a special production technology, wallpaper is produced with a different texture, which affects the purpose of the material.

• Wallpaper with a smooth coating performs auxiliary functions: sealing the surface before facing with other finishing materials, hiding flaws in walls and ceilings, leveling the base before final finishing.
• Textured wallpapers are intended for basic interior decoration.

Thread thicknesses and weaves affect the final wallpaper pattern. Simple drawings in the form of rhombuses, Christmas trees, matting and checkerboard cells are created on ordinary machines. For complex, textured patterns, specialized equipment is used - jacquard looms.

Before purchasing this finishing material, you need to calculate the required amount of wallpaper.

The form of production of glass fiber is a roll. In order to correctly calculate the consumption, you need to know the width and length of the roll, as well as the area of ​​the glued surface. Today, manufacturers produce a variety of rolls in width and length. The most common width for glass fiber wallpaper is 1 m, less often specimens with a width of 0.5 m and 2 m are found.A cloth rolled into a roll can have a length of either 25 m or 50 m.

To calculate the amount of consumables for pasting walls, you first need to measure the perimeter of the room, excluding, in order to save, the width of the window and door. But there is an opinion that it is better to include these values ​​in the consumption for the stock.

Then you need to find out how many panels the roll is divided into. For this calculation, you will need to know the height of the ceiling, to which you need to add 5-10 cm for convenience. We divide the length of the web in a roll by the height with a small addition and we get the required number of canvases.

In addition to calculating the required amount of fiberglass, you need to know their density per 1 m2. Manufacturers produce products with different indicators, as a rule, high-quality specimens have a density of at least 100 g per 1 m2, but there are also denser products, where the indicator reaches 200 g per 1 m2.

This value affects the purpose of fiberglass. For pasting ceiling surfaces, most often less dense specimens are selected. For wallpaper intended for painting, the density value affects the multiplicity of color change: the lower it is, the fewer times the surface can be repainted.

Any repair work does not take place without surface preparation, and pasting walls or ceilings is no exception. Preparatory work is always carried out taking into account the characteristics of the base, but, regardless of the origin of the material, there is a single rule - this is the dismantling of old coatings that do not adhere well to the wall or ceiling.

• If you need to remove paper wallpaper, then they are moistened with water and removed from the surface with a spatula.
• The choice of paint removal method depends on the type of paint. Water and a sponge are enough to remove water-based paint, it is easily washed off. And cleaning oil, acrylic or alkyd paint is somewhat more difficult, you have to use either sandpaper, or, with a small surface area, clean it with abrasive power tools. But there is also an easier way of cleaning, which saves great time - this is the use of special washes. It is not necessary to completely remove the paint layer, if it adheres well, it is enough to give the surface a rough appearance, which will ensure good adhesion of glass fiber in the future.

• For whitewashed surfaces, the course of preparatory work can be carried out in two directions. If the lime adheres well to the ceiling, is applied in one layer and does not leave marks when wiped, then complete removal of the coating is not required. But most often the whitewashed surface has a thick layer of lime and frost-bitten areas, so the coating will have to be removed with a spatula and water and a sponge.
• Surface tiled with ceramic tiles, will have to be completely cleaned. It is not recommended to glue this type of wallpaper onto tiles. While this is theoretically possible, there is a high probability that the fiberglass wallpaper may come off such a surface, especially in high humidity environments. For good adhesion of the wallpaper to the surface, the tile must be beaten off.

• Any brushed surface, be it walls or ceiling, NSIf mold is found, it must be subjected to special treatment... For this stage of work, various fungicidal compositions are used, which can be selected at any hardware store.

The direction of preparatory work for wallpapering depends on the type of surface. Ceilings and walls can be made of different materials: concrete, brick, drywall, OSB board, plywood. If desired, you can even paste over the stove with glass wallpaper, having properly prepared the surface, because any of their types will withstand significant heating without losing their functions.

• For concrete and plastered surfaces no special preparatory work is required, it is enough just to level the imbalances in level with a putty and prime.
• Plywood and drywall will have to prepare for wallpapering.This is especially true for the joints between the sheets and the protruding caps of the screws. The gypsum plasterboard surface must be puttyed, otherwise there is a risk, when changing the wallpaper, to tear them off along with the base material. Then a primer is made.
• For OSB boards preparatory activities are also required. The joints between the slabs are leveled using a serpyanka, and then putty. For better adhesion of wallpaper with OSB boards, a primer and putty are produced if there are large chips. The final stage in the preparation of this material is the final priming.

Fiberglass wallpaper, like other types of coverings, has a front and back side. For ordinary wallpaper, the front side is located on top, while for glass wallpaper the opposite is true: in the upper part of the roll, the seamy side, and the front side is hidden inside.

Surface priming is the final stage of the preparatory work. You should not neglect it, because a high-quality primer will provide reliable adhesion of glass fiber to the surface.

Various means can be used as primers, since today manufacturers produce special formulations that are selected based on the location of the preparatory work. When wallpapering, formulations suitable for interior use are a suitable option.

PVA glue is also suitable for priming the surface, the main thing is to dilute it correctly. The optimal proportion is 1: 10. The priming process must be done twice. First, the first coat of primer is applied, after which you need to wait a certain time for the surface to dry completely and apply the second coat.

The step-by-step instructions for gluing glass wallpaper do not differ much from cladding with conventional types, but there is one significant difference: the glue is applied not to the seamy side of the canvas, as with ordinary wallpaper, but to the surface to be pasted.

• The gluing process itself begins with cutting the canvases. required length. You need to work with them carefully, using gloves to protect the skin of your hands, as the canvas pricks a little. After painting, this effect disappears.
• The first canvas must be glued as evenly as possible, using a plumb line for this purpose. In order to avoid the formation of air spaces under the cloths, smoothing should be carried out from the central part to the edges of the cloth using a spatula or other suitable means. The excess parts of the blade are cut off using a clerical knife and a ruler (spatula).
• It will be easier to glue the second and subsequent canvases., if the first sheet was laid strictly vertically (for a wall). It is necessary to arrange the subsequent stripes end-to-end, while combining the pattern. It is worth remembering that you cannot smooth the joints with a roller, there is a risk of damaging the pattern. Gluing canvases in the corners is a little more difficult than in a straight line, but subject to certain rules, you can easily cope with this task.

• You need to glue the inner corner carefully, the canvas from one wall to another is wound up no more than 2 cm, and the excess is cut off. The next canvas is overlapped. But you can retreat by 4 cm, stick the next strip in the same way and, stepping back 2 cm, cut off the excess.
• To finish the outer corner, the canvas must be brought to the other side by 8-10 cm. The next strip is glued to the surface with an overlap, observing the pattern. The gap should be no more than 3 cm.The excess from both strips is cut off, and the joint under the canvases is coated with an adhesive.

• In order to glue the places with the located switches and sockets, regardless of which room is being renovated, it is necessary to take precautions: turn off the power supply during the work and remove the external parts of these devices. These places should be pasted over with wallpaper: the canvas is cut with a cross, its excess is removed, the edges of the surface are smeared, and the strip itself is pressed tightly.

For painting surfaces with this finishing material, compositions with a base on water are best suited, these are water-based and water-dispersible paints. In addition, you can buy paints specially formulated for glass wallpaper.

• Before applying the first layer, it is necessary to prepare the surface, namely, to apply a primer. As a primer, you can use a composition prepared for painting, but you will need to dilute it 1: 1. This approach will help to reduce the consumption of the main dye and prepare the surface for the main painting as efficiently as possible.
• The first layer can be applied only after the wallpaper is completely dry. The second layer of the composition is applied after 15-20 hours, this is how much time is required for the coating to dry.
• For even application of the layer, it is best to use a roller with a long handle.

Glass fiber for a number of reasons are unique finishing materials. They look great in any room and on any surface.

Their resistance to changes in temperature and humidity allows the use of this finishing material in the bathroom. Partial or complete wall decoration of the toilet looks no less attractive than tiling. Glass fiber does not lag behind the tiles in practicality: they can be washed, and, if desired, even repainted.

Pasting the ceiling or walls in a living room allows you to easily select furniture of different styles, because the embossed pattern on the surface of the wallpaper is laconic, and you can choose a color for any interior.

Not every material is suitable for pasting window slopes, and fiberglass wallpaper is not only very practical, but also an element of decor that has a particular impact on the interior of the room as a whole.

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