Cut the first panel of fabric as long as the height of the room, plus 2 inches. Roll out the fabric on a long table, face up. Measure the height of the room from floor to ceiling. Set the plumb bob at this point and snap a chalk line to mark the edge for the first panel of fabric. Measure out along the ceiling from the corner a distance equal to the width of the material, less about 1/4 inch. Start in the least prominent corner of the room - behind the door, for example. If you want to edge the wall with ribbon at floor and ceiling, calculate footage and add at least 2 yards. If the fabric has a repeating pattern, it must be matched on adjacent panels, like wallpaper add at least 2 yards to your total. Figure the number of wall-height strips you'll need to cover the walls, and calculate yardage accordingly.
WALL TREATMENTS HOW TO
In the next section, you will learn how to cover a wall in fabric.įor more information on do-it-yourself home improvement projects, try the following links:Ĭhoose fabric as wide as possible. Stucco is only one of the many options available to you to refurbish your walls. Clean up with water and liquid detergent. Pick up the dropcloths and remove the masking tape after the stucco is dry. Let the paint dry at least 8 hours, according to the manufacturer's instructions. Use the same technique to paint the walls, starting at a corner and working around the room, spreading and then texturing as you go. To reach tight spots, cut a loop-textured roller cover in half and work with a 3-inch roller or, if you're troweling the paint on, use a putty knife. Paint the ceiling first, again spreading paint in small areas and texturing it as you go paint corners and edges first and then fill in the main area.
When you've decided on a texture and perfected your technique, apply paint to the surfaces to be stuccoed. In general, the thicker the paint you use, the coarser the texture you can produce and the worse damage you can cover. You can brush it into waves or curves with a stiff brush, or make random cross-hatching with a metal comb, or blob it with a sponge for a bark texture, wind sturdy cord around a roller and roll up and down the already applied paint. As you finish applying an area of paint, go back and texture it further to produce different effects. The paint will start to set up as you work, depending on the humidity in a heated room, this can take as little as 15 minutes. Try using a roller for a uniform stippled effect, a trowel for a random texture, a stiff brush for a rough look. Before starting to paint, experiment with the paint on a piece of scrap plywood or hardboard until you know how to get the effect you want. Spread thick stucco paint with a roller and a special loop-textured roller cover, or with a trowel. Spread lightly textured paint with a roller, using the type of roller cover recommended by the manufacturer. If the spackling compound has shrunk or cracked, apply more compound to smooth the patched areas let dry completely. Let the patched areas dry completely, at least 8 hours. Fill large cracks and deep gouges with spackling compound, pressing it in firmly and smoothing it with a putty knife or paint scraper. Small cracks will be filled in by the paint. If the room is very dirty or greasy, clean the surfaces to be stuccoed with a solution of strong household detergent and hot water rinse and let dry completely. Protect light fixtures, woodwork, and faceplates with masking tape. Move any remaining furniture together in the middle of the room and cover it with plastic dropcloths cover the floor with dropcloths and fasten them to the baseboards with masking tape. If you're stuccoing clean walls, with no large open cracks, leave the furniture in the room if you're stuccoing the ceiling or the surfaces require preparation, move it out. Sometimes stucco paint covers only about 25 square feet per gallon can.īefore starting to work, prepare the surfaces to be stuccoed. Read the paint label carefully and buy generously the worse the wall, the more paint you'll need. Heavy stucco paints can be applied with a trowel or a roller choose this type to cover really bad walls. Lightly textured paints are mixed with sand and other small aggregates they hide minor flaws but not major ones.
WALL TREATMENTS CRACKED
Choose textured or stucco paint, depending on how badly cracked the walls and ceiling are.
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