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The characteristic “washable wallpaper” is really a performance feature, a real designer, a real designer, a real designer, a real designer, you can. But precisely this quality should have any finishing material in the kitchen. Let's find out which types of wallpaper can be called washable.
Types and marking - customer reference
Washable wallpapers are: moisture-resistant
- - can be wiped only with a soft cloth, moderately dipped in water, and therefore their use is not recommended for the kitchen;
- washable - can be cleaned only with a rag or sponge using weak alkaline solutions. This will remove dust, light dirt, fresh stains, but not grease;
- super washable - allowed to wash with soap and water using a sponge;
- are super-abrasive and abrasion resistant - wear-resistant and moisture-resistant coatings that can be washed with a solution using not only sponges, but also brushes.
You can understand which category the roll you like is possible by the symbols on the packaging.
Also washable wallpapers are necessarily labeled by material type.
For the kitchen are suitable such types as:
- Foamed vinyl - with a pronounced volume texture, without embossing. Very light, but dense, and therefore easily glued, masking minor surface defects. They can be wiped, but very carefully and without the use of brushes.
- Flat vinyl is hot stamping vinyl. Varieties: "Compact Vinyl", "Super Wash", "Screen Printing"( pictured below).Their basis may also be paper or non-woven. The design of such coatings is a variety of imitations of fabric, leather, etc. Flat vinyl is excellent for washing, but does not “breathe” and glues only on smooth walls.
- . Relief vinyl .Embossed vinyl is produced by embossing a embossed layer. So you can imitate decorative plaster or any other surface pattern.
- Structural wallpaper for painting - non-woven wallpaper for painting. Excellent finishing material that breathes and washes, transfers up to 8 cycles of water-based paint.
- Glass is a coating for painting, consisting of fiberglass and having improved performance, so they are often used for finishing non-residential premises with high traffic. They are not afraid of moisture or friction, and in addition they are breathable. The basis for glass wall paper is most often paper, and they are usually painted with water-based acrylic paints. They are made in standard textures - rhombus, gunny, herringbone and so on. Keep in mind that glass wallpaper rolls into a roll face down.
The best and worst wallpapers for the kitchen
- The best choice for the kitchen: the so-called "solid" non-woven base vinyl wallpaper that "breathes" and serves for 15 years.
- The best washable wallpaper for painting: glass wallpaper - they are much stronger than non-woven.
- The worst choice for the kitchen: paper wallpaper is not the best choice for the kitchen, even if it is a “duplex”( two-layer paper) with a moisture resistant coating. After all, these canvases will not withstand a large number of wash cycles, in addition they burn out and serve only 5 years.
- Best base: non-woven - unlike paper backing, non-woven non-moisture is not afraid of moisture, does not shrink, does not deform, closes cracks up to 2 mm, soundproof, does not support burning, better tolerates wall movements of a building. And it is much easier to glue, since the strips will not stretch from the glue, which means that the drawing will be easier to join.
Custom Wallpapers - Cork and Metallized
There are other types of roll coatings that can be classified as:
- Metallized wallpaper is one of the most advanced materials. How do they differ from standard roll coatings? The base here is porous paper and aluminum foil coated with a protective layer and paint to ensure better durability. The protective layer also performs the function of the dielectric. Such coatings differ in their truly original appearance with a smooth or embossed surface.
- Cork is an eco-friendly cork oak bark coating. The basis of them is paper and non-woven. However, the color palette in this case is not too diverse - it is ocher, dark and light brown tones. Cork wallpapers are considered hypoallergenic and create a high-quality heat and sound insulation layer. How can they be washed? Wet sponges with detergent - moisture does not harm them, because a protective wax layer is applied to the material on top. By the way, these wallpapers can last about 20 years.
Three more nuances on pasting
- washable wallpaper Most washable coatings have a heavy weight( more than 120 g / m2), so choose the appropriate glue. In addition, even if the base is non-woven, the glue should be applied to the canvas and to the walls.
- Antiseptic glue with fungicides is needed for washable vinyl wallpapers.
- And most importantly - the glue for washable wallpaper for the kitchen should be moisture resistant.
About the correct pasting of the kitchen wallpaper, read here.
Read also:
- Kitchen wallpaper guide and designtips
- Decorating the walls in the kitchen with vinyl wallpaper - 6 steps from buying to gluing
- Photowall-paper for the kitchen - tricks and design ideaspasting
