Painting walls in an apartment with textured paint - process features

Textured paint for walls in the interior + photo

When finishing from inside the room, that is, in house, you can create not just perfectly smooth and painted walls, but a beautiful embossed surface using textured paint. This material transforms the interior much better, adds original details to it. After we will consider the types of textured paintwork for walls, especially when choosing and applying.

Paint and varnish textured material is a viscous dense mass with a high density based on polymer and acrylic elements. The composition often contains substances that, when applied, seem to scratch the layer and create a beautiful relief surface.

It can be marble or granite chips, quartz sand, crushed gas silicate, as well as polymer fibers.

Textured paint - what is it

To make the textured paint more dense, modified starch is added to the textured paint. Different textures of paint are used for interior and exterior work, for finishing the facade, finishing the ceiling and walls. In fact, such a finishing material combines 2 functions at once - decorative putty and paint. For this reason, the repair will be reduced by at least 2 times, and most brands have components that make it possible to quickly dry a thick layer a couple of hours after application, and therefore you will not need to wait long.

Moreover, high-quality varieties of textured ink have the following advantages:

• There is no acetone or other solvents in their composition, and therefore a persistent pungent aroma will not appear during operation.
• Paintwork materials are made on the basis of harmless components, safe, and will not corrode if they come into contact with the skin of the hands.
• Very resistant to damage, durable.
• During application, small gaps and cracks can be filled in, leveling the surface.
• They are resistant to moisture, temperature extremes, the influence of bacteria and fungal colonies.

• Vapor permeable, due to which there will be air circulation in the room after repair work.
• Such compositions are fire safe.

Before deciding to decorate the walls inside the room with textured paint, you should remember certain disadvantages:

• Thick layers require a large consumption of material.
• If it is necessary to repaint the wall sections, the old layer must be removed.

Despite such shortcomings, this composition is very practical and popular when performing modern repairs.

Its main advantage for beginners in this business is ease of application. The process is easy and straightforward; no difficult construction tools are required. Most people are satisfied with the fact that the walls need to be putty before painting.

Details

What is the difference

In terms of consistency, textured paint can be much thicker than simple types used for interior and exterior decoration - oil, enamel and acrylic. For this reason, and when working with it, it is required to use slightly different tools, as well as application methods.

The structural component may also differ - if for simple varieties of paints the main task is to make smooth walls, but by means of textured ones, on the contrary, they achieve a relief surface.

The composition of textured type paints, in contrast to varieties, may include insoluble fine-grained elements that give waves, roughness or other volumetric effects when applied. The components of such brands are very diverse - from sand (natural) to complex polymers. Unlike other types of coloring materials, textured paint does not need to be applied in a perfectly leveled surface using a starting and finishing putty. Ideal smooth walls "under zero" are not needed, and this can also simplify work.

How to apply textured wall paint? To do this, you need not just a brush or roller, but other tools as well.

Characteristics and varieties

For interior wall decoration, several dozen types of textured paint are used. They differ in components, shades, purpose and types of textures. To begin with, it is important to consider the most popular textures:

1. "Mizuri". It is made on the basis of acrylic fillers and modified starch.

   Through it, you can make textured or flat surfaces with curved smooth lines. Due to the pigments, different shades can be obtained, and when dry, the surface will receive a glossy characteristic shine. A distinctive feature of the paint is that it is usually applied by hand, without an auxiliary tool.

2. "Marseilles wax" is a paint based on artificial wax fillers. After drying, the material looks like an aged stone with light and dark areas, and the surface becomes shiny.

   This grade is an excellent protection against evaporation and moisture, and it is used for different rooms, and the stone effect can add nobility and sophistication to the interior design.

3. Wet Silk is a decorative paint containing cotton sludge cellulose fibers as well as coloring polymer pigments that give different shades. The painted surface will not have such a volumetric relief as the same "Mizuri", but its appearance is incredibly beautiful. This texture from different brands can be with the effect of velor or velvet, which will bring sophistication to the interior, under the influence of light, patterns can sparkle like threads of silk, change their shade at different angles.
4. Atacama is another paint grade that contains quartz sand for a rough surface effect.

   Special fillers will give a metallic cold shine, and the feeling is created that the walls are covered with a steel sheet or an antique mirror, the look is very effective and original.

5. "Shagreen" is able to simulate the unevenness of the coating on metal, concrete or plaster. It looks a lot like sandpaper or orange peel. Depending on the ingredients, "craters" on the surface can be from a hundredth to a couple of millimeters wide.
6. "Relief" has solid particles, and it has a variety of effects - smudges, cracking, bark beetle, waves and others.

   To create the desired texture for paint, various methods of application are used, and the "relief" itself can be monochromatic or have 2-3 shades at once.

7. Liquid wallpaper (silk plaster) is a material for interior decoration. The composition contains cellulose fibers and polymers, which give a velvet special effect on the wall. Mostly light shades are used.

Please note that paints with one texture or another can be used for outdoor work - for the facade of a building and small architectural forms.

They must be waterproof and frost-resistant. To do this, it is important to look at the packaging in advance; facade and water-dispersion brands are suitable here. Moreover, there are universal varieties that are suitable for both outdoor and indoor types of work.

Depending on the base, textured materials can be as follows in composition:

1. Acrylic varieties have high plasticity, they are made on the basis of water and without solvents. Their advantage is harmlessness, lack of aroma, as well as the ability to use both at home and outdoors.

   The disadvantages include relatively weak protection from the sun's rays.

2. Vinyl compounds that are protected from external influences, and they are also widely used for facade work. Due to their high plasticity, it is rather difficult to obtain volumetric textures from them, and the material adheres perfectly to any surfaces.
3. Silicate paints contain liquid glass in the composition, due to which they create a protective film when dried. For this reason, they are widely used for outdoor decoration, and a high consumption can be distinguished from the minuses.

4. Silicone compounds are used for indoor and outdoor use, they are very resistant and plate.
5. Mineral textured paint for walls in the interior based on cement is vapor-permeable and resistant to moisture, but very sensitive to temperature extremes. For this reason, they are not recommended for outdoor use.

Any of the varieties described above for external / internal decoration have a large number of texture options and different palettes, and the choice will depend on the tastes of the owner.

Color palette

"Mizuri" and relief views have a wide range of shades - from snow-white to dark burgundy.

"Marseilles wax" is available in beige, wood-like or brown.The surface texture, which is treated with paint "Atacama", comes with a noble metallic luster (like silver or gold). Textures such as "Shagreen" can be light or silvery black. The Wet Silk paint can have a rich color palette - burgundy, green, dark blue, brown and others.

TOP manufacturers

Manufacturer Аmоurсоlоr make textured coatings of the highest quality, resistant to wear.

Buyers are presented with 3 product options:

• Tactite, which has a suede surface or mosaic.
• Perlata with pearl shine.
• Essenta with a large number of semitones.

All paints are made on the basis of water, that is, they are environmentally friendly. There is also a domestic manufacturer, "Lakra", which offers paints with different textures - "Misuri", embossed, "wet silk" and others.

You can buy all high quality products at competitive prices. The company from the Russian Federation VGT has been producing paints and varnishes since 1992. You will have the opportunity to buy different types of textured paints - interior and exterior, crack-resistant and water-based. The products are ideal for temperate climates and have received many positive reviews. In the video you will find a master class from VGT on applying textured paintwork materials "Travertine".

The French manufacturer Blancolour supplies many types of resistant materials for wall decoration. Among them are Essuubbles paint (translucent), Tradimurs (silk based on cellulose fibers), as well as Effets Platre Cires with the effect of waxed plaster and others. Paints with texture from the manufacturer Сlаvel have an unusual range of colors that imitate brocade, silk and velvet on the walls. There are different types of designs, from modern to antique. The composition uses environmentally friendly components.

What is important to consider when choosing

Textured paints for walls like silk, velvet are ideal for a living room, bedroom or hall, and the choice will depend on the rest interior details and owner preferences. For the ceiling of living rooms in an apartment, it is important to use not the most embossed views, but ideally light colors. In a room with high humidity, for a bathroom, you should choose a water dispersion or waterproof paint. In the kitchen, where there is a high chance of contamination, a washable variety of these coatings will be relevant. For work on facades, buy appropriate grades with resistance to negative weather conditions.

Sun fading acrylics should not be applied, but rather vinyl grades.

Subtleties in application

It is not difficult to make the right finish with your own hands using such material. Even novices in the construction business can do such work, and the walls that need to be covered with textured paintwork do not need an ideal finishing putty, but large irregularities and cracks will need to be eliminated. For this, you can use a cement mortar or epoxy putty.After that, it is important to clean the surface of dust, and then prime it with an acrylic primer with deep penetration.

It is worth working with rubberized or rubber gloves. Despite the fact that most of these paints do not have a harmful effect on the skin, it will not be superfluous to protect your hands. Before painting, it is required to protect floors and furniture from dirt, for example, cover them with polyethylene film.

Indoor paint can be applied to walls in different ways. a terry roller with a large pile thickness is a familiar tool for simple paints, it is also convenient for applying not the most thick textured compositions.

For working convenience, in order not to make a stepladder, you can put it on a long fishing rod, which is sold in building markets. It is quite enough for the height of an ordinary city apartment. if the consistency is thicker, you can apply everything with a spatula.