Apply wallpaper to rough plaster

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You have moved into a new apartment with only rough plaster on the walls. Since you're a real wallpaper fan, you should find a way you can still beautify your room with wallpaper.

Wallpaper on rough plaster.
Wallpaper on rough plaster. © knipseline / Pixelio

What you need:

  • 1 x tarpaulin
  • 1 x filler
  • 1 x spatula
  • 1 x orbital sander
  • 1 x deep base
  • 1 x sandpaper
  • 1 x brush
  • 1 x wallpaper
  • 1 x mouthguard
  • 1 x spirit level
  • 1 x wallpaper paste
  • 1 x wallpaper knife
  • 1 x wallpaper brush
  • 1 x wallpapering table
  • 1 x stair ladder

You prepare the rough plaster

The following instructions will show you how you can stick wallpaper on your rough plaster without worrying about it falling down again within 24 hours.

  1. First of all, you can choose between two options. With the first option, you can fill in the indentations and joints in your rough plaster with filler and then sand it in. The second option is to sand off all of your rough plaster.
  2. Since you do not have great ventilation options in your apartment, you will be cleaning the rough plaster. To protect your room floors, lay the walls First of all, cover a large area in your apartment. Before you start filling the rough plaster, you should first brush all the walls that you want to cover with wallpaper with a deep primer. To brush Spread the deep primer over a large area on your walls and let it soak in properly.
  3. Then mix your filler and fill in all the indentations of your rough plaster. It is best to start in the lower left corner of the wall and then stop filling again at the upper right edge. Then let the filler soak in properly.

Put the wallpaper on the wall

  1. In the next step, the leveled areas of your rough plaster are sanded with an orbital sander. You can also use the spirit level to see if your wall stays straight. Then set up your wallpapering table and cut all of the wallpaper. After you have cut the wallpaper appropriately, you should soak it well with wallpaper paste and stick it to the wall.
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  3. In doing so, you should fold the wallpaper so that it can be easily pulled down when sticking it on. Use a wallpaper brush and a wallpaper knife to smooth the wallpaper and try - as best you can - to remove the air from under the wallpaper.
  4. Try not to fall below a room temperature of 20 degrees and avoid drafts in the room. So now you wallpaper one wall after the other and in the end you have made it, you have put wallpaper on rough plaster.

You should wear a face mask when sanding the filler.

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