Content
- Main advantages and disadvantages
- Kinds of glowing wallpapers
- Luminescent wallpaper
- Fluorescent Wallpapers
- LED wallpaper
Habits of inventive manufacturers, familiar to all of us, are getting new and new forms. Not so long ago the market appeared luminous wallpaper and immediately attracted attention. Their name already suggests the main feature of the material: in daylight these wallpapers are not much different from paper or vinyl analogs, but in the evening they begin to radiate a soft pleasant light, creating a cozy atmosphere. The assortment of luminous wallpaper is growing every day, so before buying them, it does not stop to understand how to choose them, and then to paste.
Main advantages and disadvantages
Luminous wallpapers havea number of advantages, thanks to which the demand for them is constantly growing:
- excellentdecorative qualities- the main and most important plus of such finishes;
- fire safety. The coating during the manufacturing process is treated with special primers, which prevent the ignition and spread of the flame;
- high wear resistance. Most often, a polymer base based on non-woven fabric is used to manufacture the material, which perfectly resists mechanical damage. The paper base is not so durable, it is used to make luminous wallpaper much less often;
- antistatic and moisture resistance. The surface of the wallpaper can be cleaned even with a damp cloth, of course, if it is a non-woven fabric.
Among the minusescan only be called a price. It is not cosmic, but higher than, for example, acrylic or vinyl wallpaper.
Kinds of glowing wallpapers
Depending on the features of production, all luminous wallpapers can be divided intotwo kinds:
- luminescent;
- fluorescent.
Luminescent wallpaper
For the manufacture of such wallpapers usedphosphor paint, which includes phosphorus. The particles of matter accumulate energy during the day, giving it away in the evening, which is accompanied by a pleasant soft glow, which, as a rule, hasshade from green and blue to orange and yellow. Manufacturers say that such a paint is completely safe for human health, but on sale this type of wallpaper can be found less and less.
If you want to create a luminous wallpaper you can and with your own hands, and as a basis take flizeline wallpaper for painting. To do this, you need a special paint, suitable stencils and a little imagination.
Fluorescent Wallpapers
Such wallpaper is made by applying a pattern with multi-printing on a non-woven fabric based on polyester. Dyes andfluorescent powder, with which the image is formed, are absolutely safe for health. It turns out that during the day, fluorescent wallpaper looks like normal, and when lighting conditions change and in Depending on the presence of the corresponding illumination, a beautiful three-dimensional luminous drawing.
When the evening comes, the picture on these wallpaper gets slightly glowing outlines, but to the fullest extent the picture is revealed in the dark during the work of special luminescentBLB-lamps. From ordinary they are distinguished by the presence of black dust on the inside. Of course, the fact that fluorescent wallpaper requires the use of additional elements - this is a minus, but the disadvantage is not significant, because in the end it is possible to achieve an incredible effect. The picture on the wallpaper seems three-dimensional and can easily become a highlight of the interior. Lamps are recommended to be installed no closer than 1 m to the corner of the room.
Glowing wallpaper, whatever kind they are, recommenduse only in fairly spacious rooms, or to draw up with their help only one wall or a part of it. Otherwise, it will be impossible to fully enjoy the glow of the wallpaper, and the light from them will be too bright and irritable. Often luminous wallpapers are usedin entertainment establishments: nightclubs, cafes and restaurants.In living areassuch decoration is widely used: from bedrooms and living rooms to children's rooms.
LED wallpaper
For the first time the mention of LED wallpaper appeared in 2006. Today, this material refers, rather, topromising developments, but since it can also emit light, it is worth mentioning about it. A feature of this material is the use of LED chips, which are integrated into the base material. Thanks to them, landscapes and drawings depicted on wallpaper come to life and, moreover, become an additional source of illumination. After the advent of this technology, many major wallpaper manufacturers are interested in it and predict in the future is widely spread, but while LED wallpapers remain very expensive, and on sale they are not to find.
Format of the glowing wallpaper
Today, luminous wallpapers are on the market in several formats, so you can use them in rooms of any size and to implement a variety of interior designs. So, luminous wallpaper can be found in such types:
- single pattern.In size, such wallpaper, rather, resemble a large picture and suitable for small rooms, or for zoning space or highlighting individual sections of the room. So the pictures can have different sizes, the common format is, *, 6 m;
- roll wallpaper. In size fit other types of wallpaper, as a rule, they use as a rule a repeating abstract or geometric ornament that does not require fitting. Such wallpaper is often used for mounting on only one wall, but often such material is trimmed and all the walls in the room;
- genre wallpapersdiffer in the presence of a picture with a certain plot. Such material is used not only for the organization of the wall space, but also for the ceiling;
- panoramic wallpaperIs a material with an even larger and often fantasy picture. This finish is suitable only for spacious rooms, where you can view all the beauty of wallpaper. The size of the panoramic wallpaper can reach 3 * 5 m and more.
Often in a separate groupGlowing 3D wallpaper, which even during the day are pleased with a three-dimensional dimensional drawing, and in the evening, under certain lighting, it becomes even more realistic due to the glow.
Sticky luminous wallpaper
Installing the glowing wallpaper is not much more difficult than installing any other wallpaper. It all starts withpreparation of the foundation, and this stage should be given maximum attention, because the surface of the wall will depend on the finished result. First of all, you need to remove the old cover. Old wallpaper to facilitate dismantling can be slightly wet, and the paint can be tried with special solvents. Next, you need to carefully level the surface, getting rid of all the irregularities, followed by the priming process of the substrate to increase adhesion.
Cuttingfor some luminous wallpaper is not needed, since they are already cut into finished strips, which should only be properly placed on the wall. In this case, the installation is much like sticking photo wallpapers. If we are talking about roll-up luminous wallpaper, then before the cutting is done cutting. To do this, it is necessary to know the height of the ceiling and to measure it accurately in several points of the room. To the obtained value it is better to add 2-3 cm and begin to cut the canvases of a certain length. If the picture needs to be combined, the manufacturer on the package, as a rule, indicates the allowance necessary for the correct joining of the wallpaper.
For light-emitting wallpaper is quite suitableglue, designed for vinyl wallpaper, and even PVA. Cooking composition should be the way it is written on the package. Typically, the adhesive is applied to the wall, where a pre-prepared wallpaper sheet is applied, unless otherwise specified in the installation instructions. A strip of wallpaper is better to glue from the top down, gently smoothing the roller from the center to the edges. Glowing wallpapers are glued to butt.
Try not to overdo the application of glue, since after smoothing the roller, its excess can be on the front side of the material. Even if they are removed in a timely manner, these places can be noticeable by the light of the lamps, so it is necessary to act with extreme caution.
To facilitate the installation process, you can performmarking of walls. From the corner of the room or from a certain point from which glowing wallpaper will be mounted, a distance equal to the width of the canvas is laid. At this point, using a level, a strictly vertical line is drawn. You can draw such lines along the whole space of the wall, where the wallpaper will be glued, in order to mount the installation strictly according to them. Such a simple preparation will ensure maximum evenness when wallpapering. After the wallpaper is glued, there must not be drafts in the room during the day. Surfaces of the top and bottom are conveniently cut off with a spatula and a knife.
If you chose fluorescent wallpaper, now is the time to installspecialBLB-lamps. Their number directly depends on what area the wallpaper occupies: for 3 m2 of luminous wallpaper use one such lamp. If you decide to decorate the wall and ceiling lights with luminous wallpaper, then the calculation of the number of necessary lamps is somewhat different: for this it will be necessary to divide the area of the floor surface into three - the result obtained and will correspond to the number of necessary lamps.
In conclusion
Luminous wallpaper - this is unusual and quite simple in the installation of the decoration of the room, which will be her real highlight. You can use this decoration virtually in any room, decorate with such wallpaper all the walls or only individual parts - the space for imagination is huge. It is advisable to choose a quiet drawing so that it does not irritate the eyesight.
