The decision to prepare the walls for painting yourself can come to everyone's mind. Not everyone knows the work plan. Let's look at all the points:
Before painting, decorating the walls with a putty is simply necessary, as the result of your conscientious work will be visible to the smallest detail.
- Clean the wall from the old material completely. If you started repair, then everything must be disposed of under zero. In addition, the application of paint to the old material is fraught with sad consequences: mixing of dirt, pronounced irregularities, not a quality appearance.
- All areas that were previously soiled should also be well cleaned and sanded to a level surface.
- After complete cleaning of the wall, use a primer. This is necessary to ensure that the puttying of the walls for painting does not end with the shedding of new material on the floor.
- Using any mixture for plaster, install six-millimeter iron beacons for the level of the workplace. Wait for the material to freeze.
The preparation phase is complete. Now get acquainted with the technology of puttying the walls with your own hands.
To begin with, you will need a starting plaster and a plaster mesh, which must be secured to the work area. Grid is needed to ensure that during the drying of the material on the surface there are no cracks.
The first layer of plaster is best accepted when it is as if rubbed into the wall and then a second layer is applied, thicker than the established levels. This is necessary for a more accurate and easy alignment in the subsequent work.
Moistened in water, the rule is carried out on the applied (rolled in) plaster to stretch it over the surface. We focus on the lighthouses. In this process, under the tools can "get out" irregularities, cracks, holes. They need to be sealed with the same material that you just removed and again ironed. The action does not stop until the wall is level. As often as possible, moisten the work surface. After the thinner passes the puttying of concrete walls, the faster the plaster layer dries up and complicates the stretching.
The way of puttying clay walls is not much different from concrete walls, but it is better to use gypsum plaster.
But the main types of putty for walls, information about which you might need in the near future
Starting putty
The name speaks for itself. This shpaklevku used at the beginning of the whole process. Used shpaklevka for rough finishing of internal and external walls of buildings, processing slopes.
Finishing putty
Diluted identically starting, used in the same areas, but has a granular filler for better alignment of the work area.
Waterproofing putty
Used when there is a need to protect the premises from wet environments. This kind of putty for walls contains not additives favorable for human health, therefore professionals strongly recommend reading the instruction and the content of putty.
Decorative putties give the walls aesthetic appearance due to various possible textures.