How to calculate quantity of liquid wall-paper

How to calculate quantity of liquid wall-paper

The decorative plaster better known under the name "liquid wall-paper" wins popularity among designers. The rooms issued with its help look is fresh and it is non-standard therefore admirers at this finishing material become more and more.

It is required to you

  • - operation manual.

Instruction

1. If desired it is possible to put liquid wall-paper and independently with certain skills of stucco work. To get to work, it is necessary to gain necessary amount of material. Cost liquid both is quite high therefore exact calculation it is possible to avoid unnecessary expenses. At the same time it is important that there was enough bought quantity of wall-paper for finishing of one room, otherwise there can be difficulties with selection in color.

2. To calculate necessary quantity of liquid wall-paper, it is necessary to make measurements of walls and to calculate the total area which needs to be trimmed with this material. Calculation of the area of wall is made on formula: A*B=S, where And – wall length, In – width. In the beginning the total area of wall is defined, then it is necessary to subtract the areas of window and door openings which do not need to be closed wall-paper from it. However it is optional, it is possible to get wall-paper with stock subsequently to have opportunity to repair the damaged or polluted sites.

3. The area of ceiling is determined by similar formula: length is multiplied by width. If indoors there are decorative elements, for measurement of their area geometrical formulas are also used. After all measurements it is necessary to put the areas of all walls and to define the scheme of work: when choosing two and more flowers and the difficult drawing of decorative finishing it is necessary to calculate separately the area of walls for which identical wall-paper will be necessary and to apply on walls with line pencil on which there will pass the limit of colors.

4. Liquid wall-paper is on sale in bags on 10 kg. As a rule, all necessary information on consumption of material is specified on packing – it is necessary to read attentively the instruction for preparation of liquid wall-paper for work. For receiving original shade it is necessary to mix several components. Exit of ready material depends on quality of filler, but on average from one bag 4-4.5 sq.m. of ready material turn out.

5. Contents of packages mix up in volume capacity, then are filled in with warm water and carefully mix up hands. In the course of endurance wall-paper has to bulk up. Ready material represents the slippery sticky weight which is convenient for pounding on wall surface trowel or the palette.

6. Preparation of wall-paper for work will require not less than 10-12 hours, depending on their characteristic. If wall-paper compound, it is impossible to divide them into parts, it is necessary to mix packages completely – it will provide the necessary quality and uniform distribution of components.

7. Beginning to apply wall-paper on wall, it is necessary to try to complete the work without breaks that transitions were not visible. Drawing thickness in each case is individual, but through too thin layer the wall will appear through, in this case the decorative effect of finishing will decrease.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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