Passed the time when the patterns were considered as an alternative way of decorating the walls. Adopting European fashion and lifestyle, and in our houses, flowers and curls are increasingly giving way to a single-colored dull surface of deep shade. At the same time, it does not matter at all whether such a shade belongs to a saturated dark palette or is a slightly noticeable halftone of white. It is important that this approach allows you to make the walls visually cleaner, and space - freer. You want to join this trend - start by choosing the right paint. Or not even from him: from the consideration of the question, are not the wallpaper with this variant of decoration an extra link.
Painting walls: with or without wallpaper?
So, you're going to paint the walls. Following simple logic and world experience, you will only need a primed clean wall and the actual paint. However, our post-Soviet realities are making their corrections in this process.
So, few people can boast perfectly flat walls in their homes. And, as a rule, they do not become even enough even after putting a fair layer of putty. In addition, if we are talking about concrete walls, then they are not distinguished by coziness and warmth, and therefore an extra layer of coating will be very handy. Well, from a purely decorative point of view, the wallpaper allows you to add a monochrome wall of any texture and visual depth.
Thus, wallpaper for painting - a very useful thing, which is not worth neglecting.
Choose the paint for painting the wallpaper
Having decided with the need for wallpaper and selecting a "substrate" that is appropriate in shape and pattern, it's time to start choosing the paint directly. And if the choice of shade is completely a matter of taste and general design, then the quality of the paint should directly depend on the characteristics of the selected main wallpaper. Consider the options.
- Paint for non-woven wallpaper .
- Paint for vinyl wallpaper .
- When you plan to paint a vinyl wallpaper, you first need to determine which type of wallpaper your wallpaper belongs to. In total, there are three types of vinyl coating: with a foamed top layer, kitchen and satin. Only the first type can be used for painting. He, like fleece, gives the opportunity to play with texture. The second and third types can in principle be painted, but they are unlikely to add spectacularity and beauty.
- Paint for liquid wallpaper .
Painting of non-woven wallpaper can be carried out up to 7 times. For this type of coating choose latex, water-based or acrylic paint. It should be noted that experts generally always recommend the paint foamed coating. This is due to the fact that the non-woven surface is beautiful, but very easily damaged. Staining, first, will strengthen and protect the wallpaper from external damage, and, secondly, will emphasize the deep game of the relief.
As for vinyl wallpapers , they can also be painted , though not as many times as non-woven. As a rule, only one (maximum 3) times. This is due to the fact that most of these wallpapers have a paper base, and paper wallpaper because of their fineness to paint at all is not allowed. That is, vinyl, as a material with medium characteristics, it is not supposed to be painted, but it is allowed. The paint in this case is mainly water-based.
It should be noted that liquid wallpaper is inherently a material of the future. They have increased sound and heat insulation properties, absolute ecological compatibility, allow walls to "breathe"
Thus, painting the wallpaper is a way of stylish and modern decoration, the nuances of which you are free to choose from a variety of options for textures, colors and effects.