Wallpaper gluing on the ceiling is much more complicated than on the walls. The ceiling should be leveled and prepared for gluing. You should also clean it of old wallpaper.
First you need to cut the canvases of the required size, place them with the front side to the floor and apply a special wallpaper glue. Glue should be applied with a wide brush. Next, it is worth applying a control line on the ceiling, in places where there will be gluing. After the glue is absorbed slightly into the wallpaper, fold the wallpaper forty centimeters into the folds and carefully begin to glue the wallpaper to the ceiling on the folds. If the bubbles occur, you need to squeeze them with a soft rubber sponge or a fabric rag.
Next, we want to bring several practical advice that will help to master the wallpaper on the ceiling:
– When working, you need tools such as scissors (stationery knife), a roller for seams, a wide brush for applying glue.
Glue should be applied with a wide brush. Next, it is worth applying a control line on the ceiling, in places where there will be gluing. After the glue is absorbed slightly into the wallpaper, fold the wallpaper forty centimeters into the folds and carefully begin to glue the wallpaper to the ceiling on the folds. If the bubbles occur, you need to squeeze them with a soft rubber sponge or a fabric rag.
Next, we want to bring several practical advice that will help to master the wallpaper on the ceiling:
– When working, you need tools such as scissors (stationery knife), a roller for seams, a wide brush for applying glue.
– For folding in folds of the canvas, you can make a roller so as not to damage the canvas.
– Having attached one end of the canvas, the roller with folds must be held with the other hand. Clutching the canvas, it needs to be laid out so that the folds and bubbles do not appear.
– The seams must be applied very tightly to each other, smooth them with a roller.
– The wallpaper must be pressed into the corners of the dumb side
– In places where there are switches and sockets, you need to make incisions, along the contour
– A cross -shaped incision is made at the place of installation of the chandelier
After gluing wallpaper on the ceiling, ceiling skirting boards are also glued, as well as cornices.