Adding Wallpaper to a Brick Wall
The difficulties of concealing grouting and rough surfaces can be easily overcome. Lining paper will stretch over the rough spots and conceal them if applied correctly; Wallpaper that is heavy or embossed can complete the look.
This method can also be helpful for Walling Bricks made of cement. If you are building with brick or cement blocks and are aware that you want to wallpaper certain walls, ask your builders to apply the mortar so that you have a nice, flat surface instead of raking out the joints. The raw surface needs to be prepared before working with existing walls.
You'll need scissors, a soft brush for smoothing wallpaper onto the wall, a ruler, a plumb line, a razor for cutting, a trough, a sponge or foam paste applicator, a long table or bench, and tools for cutting.
After applying the paint sealer, a latex-based wallpaper liquid size is applied to dry out any moisture on the wall. Pre-pasted wallpaper lining that has been thoroughly soaked will just be enough to soften the size and firmly bond it to the wall, preventing any weakness when wallpaper is pasted over it.
You can apply the same principle by papering over rough-caste walls, which are walls that have been plastered and raked or scrolled upon when they were wet. The extremely rough and raised surface of your brick wall must be plastered over before applying wallpaper.
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The steps are as follows:
- The first step in working on an absorbent raw wall is to seal and size the Bricks Wall. It should be sealed with a paint sealer and allowed to dry overnight. After that, apply a latex-based wallpaper liquid size; This is especially effective when applied to surfaces that hold water. This needs about an hour to dry. If you have limited time, you can apply two coats with an hour between them rather than using overnight sealer.
- Use pre-pasted lining paper to apply. Soak it in a trough to soften and roll out to an arm's length. Fold over and back halfway to form pleats all the way to the end of the roll.
- While holding the top piece of paper in one hand and the pleats in the other, stretch the first pleat along the wall and flatten it with a sponge. Stretch and flatten the subsequent fold until the roll reaches its end.
- When wrapping paper around a corner, leave 25 millimeters (one inch) of overlap before "butting" the next strip of paper onto it.
- Repeat the soaking and folding steps by placing the subsequent roll of paper lining on top of the first roll, overlapping it by approximately 6 millimeters (a quarter of an inch). If you use paper on paper, the joins won't get too far into the grooves between the bricks.
- Allow the lining paper to dry overnight. As it does so, it will tighten and stretch out over rough patches and grooves in the Wall Bricks.
- Before applying wallpaper, cover the lining paper once more with the latex-based wallpaper liquid size to ensure that it has adhered to the wall and sealed properly.
- The kind of wallpaper used matters. It should be heavily natural weaved or embossed to prevent the design's imprint from being lost when it is pasted on.
- Hang the wallpaper of your choice vertically using the standard method.
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