Cosmetic repairs are carried out if you just need to update the home – to whitewash the ceilings, cross the wallpaper, if necessary, change windows, floors, doors … What do you need to know that even such repairs will pass quickly, without much cost, but made efficiently?
First you need to remove the old walls of the walls and ceiling. Driving and old paint from the ceiling can be removed with a spatula, having previously moistened with the ceiling with water so that the work is easier. The coating is removed in several stages and completely. The remains of whitewashing can lead to the formation of bubbles on the ceiling after painting or pasting with ceiling tiles.
Old wallpapers also need to be removed, and if they are poorly ripped off, then, as in the case of the ceiling, use water and a spatula. To make it easier to remove wallpaper, let them soak in water.
As for the coating of doors, window frames and platbands, it is removed only if there are cracks and damage to the coating. This can be done with a chemical or thermal way. Chemical – more expensive and long -term, it uses expensive flusors (special compounds for removing the coating). The thermal method consists in the heating of the coating using a building hair dryer and removal by a spatula or scraper.
When the surfaces are cleaned of the previous coating, plaster work is carried out. They level the surface in full or partially (depending on the surface or type of work) and ennoble it.
After plaster, a putty is applied, finally leveling the surface. This is a mandatory stage in updating the walls and ceiling, after which the primer is primed and cleaned. Then start painting or pasting. When staining the ceiling, it is recommended to apply the first layer with diluted paint, and after it dries to use the undisguised.
In some cases, cracks may occur during plastering work. The reasons for this are different: poor quality of the solution, too high content of binding substances, poor mixing of the solution, rapid drying under the influence of high temperatures or drafts. Therefore, the dosing of the astringent should be clear, mixing should be thorough, and after completion of work, you need to close all the windows and doors. It is also important to periodically moisten the surface, since plaster applied to too dry walls or ceiling may begin to exfoliate.
When all preparatory work is completed, they start painting or whitewashing the ceiling.
The ceiling is painted with a new roller with a pile of medium length, applying two or three layers, and each layer should dry. The last layer is applied towards the light, the previous one is across.
The whitewash is done with a brush or pneumatic spray gun in two or three layers. So that the brush strokes are invisible, the work is carried out in the same way as painting – across and in the direction of light.
Before pasting the wallpaper, you need to remove the remains of lime from the walls after whitewashing the ceiling. It is better to use special waterproof glue, which prevents the formation of the fungus and mold. The glue should easily be struck and not form lumps, but is selected from the type of wallpaper.
The glue is applied to the wallpaper with a roller or a brush, let the coating are saturated. The wallpaper leaned against the wall is ironed with a rag or sponge from the middle to the edges. During these works, you need to ensure that there are no drafts in the room, which can lead to poor gluing wallpaper.
The doors are first painted in the vertical direction, then in the horizontal, smearing the paint with a thin even layer. When painting window frames, cardboard shields are often used so as not to stain glass with paint. It is also possible for these purposes to use masking tape, which is easily removed from the surface and leaves no traces.