Repair - it is time-consuming, requiring not only certain costs and the availability of free time, but also expertise.Therefore, it is often delayed indefinitely, as residents begin to feel that the completion will never come.It sets out the repair in your apartment, or some part of it, the owner must first become familiar with the techniques of the task.This is especially true of those people who for the first time holding a paint and putty knife, and do not know really what to do with them.Indeed, despite the apparent ease, in each case, there are secrets that can greatly facilitate and accelerate the process.
Many questions can arise when the turn to repair the walls in the apartment.It is important to know how to do the job, otherwise you'll have to redo it again and again until a satisfactory result.Here we will focus on such important preparatory stage as puttying walls.
Firstly, it is necessary to consider the types of fillers.On the shelves of hardware stores them quite a lot, and just right to get lost, but there are only two main categories that need to pay attention: dry mixture and cook.Both are based on the varnish, the composition may be slightly different for different manufacturers.There are special blends for smoothing the painted surfaces, as well as filler for plastics, which can cause the minimum layer (thinner than 1 mm).Also, be aware of the existence of mixtures for dry and wet rooms.When you purchase is necessary to pay special attention to this.
Pretreatment
spackling the walls is made in order to make them as much as possible the surface flat and smooth, and remove the factory curvature, if any.This will facilitate the follow-up to the walls: Decorative painting, paperhanging, etc.It is best to buy in the store ready-made, diluted mixture in the right proportions as to make it right the first time, not all turns out.You will also need two spatula, large and small (well-suited couple of 15 cm and 20-25 cm).Narrow better suited for fine workmanship and handling of problem areas, but with a wide fast.
principle: puttying walls
The first thing you need to get rid of the wall coverings if they are covered with wallpaper, need to carefully clean off the remains as possible.This is done to ensure that no pieces of paper stuck to the spatula and do not interfere with the process of applying the mixture.Upon completion of work the last layer is recommended to use the so-called "finishing" putty.Unlike conventional, it leaves no residue when touched, and glue on it, for example, wallpaper is much more convenient.
the presence of residues on the walls of the old putty or other poorly adhering coatings, they too should be removed.Otherwise, in the future, all of which can fall off, and do the works will be in vain.Furniture, of course, better to move to another room or move in advance, so as not to distract from the main case.
Now you can go to work.First, the primer is applied (roller).This is a simple process that does not take a lot of time (10-15 minutes on a medium-sized room).A few hours later, when it is completely dry, the surface is ready for spackling.It is best to apply the mixture into three layers: the first two uses ordinary putty, and for the latter, it is desirable to take the "finish".In that case, if the surface is very uneven, it may require more layers.In the process, we must try not to leave traces of the spatula (bands) on the walls.In fact, this is not an easy task, but a very important one.Especially when the turn comes to the last two layers.The thickness of the coating mixture should not be large.It is better if in the next layer will be a little look through the previous one.After drying the surface of the wall aligned sanding.
At this stage of luting walls completed.Before the start of further work will only apply primer and allow the surface to dry.Important: after the application thereof by hand sanding the surface and remove any found defects is no longer possible, so be careful.
