Wallpaper wall cladding made of plasterboard
Covering an ugly wall with plasterboard is in most cases a lot easier than tearing down the wall and rebuilding it. But a finished wall cladding made of plasterboard is also anything but attractive, it looks like a shell. Simply painting the absorbent plasterboard will definitely end in an ugly disaster. Wallpapering, on the other hand, is usually the more visually appealing solution. In order for the result to be really satisfactory, however, you need to make a few preparations.
At the sight of the finished Wall cladding made of plasterboard, you will certainly want to conceal the panels. However, it is not enough to simply use emulsion paint and a paint roller. Wallpapering is the better alternative. But here, too, you have to pay attention to a few things, because the absorbent Rigips panels can cause nasty surprises.
Wall cladding made of plasterboard - this is how you hide flaws
Naturally, narrow joints remain where the plasterboard panels of the wall cladding meet. Unfortunately, your wish to be able to conceal the joints by simply wallpapering over them will not come true. In most cases the joints will remain visible as a depression.
You have probably attached the wall cladding to a substructure with screws. This left indentations in the plasterboard, which you shouldn't simply wallpaper over.
- Therefore, seal the joints and recesses with filler. Apply this with a spatula and press the mass properly into the indentations. Especially when concealing the joints, it does not make sense to only apply the filler to the surface, as it will not stick to the plasterboard in this way.
- It doesn't matter if you can't pull the damp filler completely smooth. Let the filled-in depressions dry out and then sand off the excess by hand with fine sandpaper, which you wrap around a sanding block.
- If the filler has shrunk from drying, slight indentations are still visible. Carefully remove the sanding dust and fill again. Then let the mass dry again and sand it off.
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The next step in preparation is to prime the panels
- Rigips panels are very absorbent. This has the disadvantage that products with a liquid consistency - such as wallpaper paste, for example - do not remain on the surface, but penetrate the material very quickly. The adhesive effect of the paste is reduced to a minimum and the wallpaper cannot adhere properly to the wall covering.
- This is why you need to prime the panels before you can start wallpapering. The primer blocks the surface and prevents the paste from being sucked in.
- Applying the water-like primer is quick and easy. The best way to do this is to use the large wallpapering brush that you will use later to apply the wallpaper paste.
Ready to wallpaper the wall
- Now you've done everything you can to start wallpapering. The wall is smoothly filled and no longer absorbs the wallpaper paste.
- Now you can cover your wall covering - like any normal wall - with woodchip or design wallpaper. After the work is done, nobody will look at the wall to see what is hidden behind the wallpaper.
