How to make a paste for wallpaper and crafts on your own: let's look at it in order

Moisture resistant composition

When you are going to glue wallpaper in a room where there is a high level of humidity. If you glue the wallpaper in the bathroom, then you don't have to worry that after a while they will come off, since this glue is highly moisture resistant.

Granular joiner's glue

To get it, you need to take regular wood glue and send it into water until it swells. Now you need to pour it into a bowl of linseed oil and wait until the mass becomes gelatinous.

Getting homemade glue is easy even at home. In addition to the fact that the composition is of high quality, it does not require much effort and money. All components used can be found at home. Also, a homemade product is considered absolutely harmless, because it contains only natural ingredients. If you use the presented recipes, then the result will please you.

How to choose wallpaper glue

On September 26, 1876, Fritz Henkel founded Henkel & Cie in the German city of Aachen. Since then, the history of one of the world's largest manufacturers of household chemicals and wallpaper glue began.

In 1953, Methylane wallpaper glue was developed, with which almost everyone who has ever done repairs is familiar today. A large selection of adhesives is produced under the Methylane line for working with different types of wallpaper.

Hermetic and moisture-proof packaging with high barrier and protective properties reliably retains the properties of the glue until it is opened. Additionally, holographic logos are applied to the packaging, by which it is easy to distinguish the original from a fake.

Also for the Russian market was released a line of glue under the brand name "Moment". In our own laboratory, the properties of the glue, as well as its packaging, are thoroughly tested. The company's specialists are constantly working to improve the formulas and qualities of the compositions.

For all types of wallpaper, Henkel has a high-quality, reliable glue in the assortment.

In stores you can buy:

• For all types of paper wallpaper - Moment Classic (cooking time is only 3 minutes, it can be diluted even in cold water without lumps and odor).
• For any vinyl wallpaper - Moment Vinyl with a new reinforced formula that will help you achieve a long-lasting effect.
• For felt, tufting and textile wallpaper - Moment Extra (due to the reinforced additives in the composition, it can be used for gluing any kind of heavy wallpaper).
• For non-woven - special glue Moment Non-woven (applied immediately to the wall and removed dry).

Before using the composition, be sure to read the manufacturer's instructions and dilute the mixture according to the specified recommendations.

It is quite difficult for one person to glue wallpaper. It is advisable to involve an assistant in the process.

It is better to free the room as much as possible. Make sure there are no drafts into the room.

We dilute the glue, cut and apply

rules

1. You can get a high-quality result when gluing wallpaper if the walls are carefully prepared. Inspect them carefully and remove all unnecessary, cracks and delamination are sealed with putty.
2. Be sure to remove the old coating, treat all surfaces with a damp sponge. This is necessary to remove dust and traces of old glue.
3. After drying, wallpaper glue or a special primer is applied to the walls.
4. The next step is cutting the wallpaper. It is better to prepare all the stripes at once, numbering them from the inside out, so as not to confuse the drawing.
5. Each type of roll materials is glued in its own way. If the canvases need to be impregnated, note the time - it should be approximately the same. Otherwise, they can get wet and, as a result, tear.
6. We glue paper wallpaper with our own hands as follows: the stripes are laid on the floor with the wrong side up, with the help of a roller and a brush, an adhesive composition is applied to them, the edges are smeared especially carefully. For impregnation, the top and bottom of the canvas are pulled to the middle and folded.
7. Regardless of whether we glue non-woven wallpaper with our own hands or any others, you need to make vertical markings on the wall. It will help to glue the first canvas as smoothly as possible. As a rule, the wallpaper is glued from the window, in this case the joints are not so noticeable. The strips attached to the wall are gently smoothed out with a dry cloth or roller.
8. We glue vinyl wallpaper with our own hands, but we only use a professional tool. A small roller is provided for the joints, with the help of which the places of possible delamination are processed. If small wrinkles appear during the pasting process, they do not need to be corrected, they will disappear when dried. But air bubbles must be removed. This is done like this: the canvas is neatly torn off, glued again and carefully smoothed. The strips are applied end-to-end or overlapped with the first.

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Basic recipes and instructions

You can make a homemade adhesive from simple products and inexpensive chemicals sold at any pharmacy or home improvement store. The preparation of homemade glue takes a minimum of money and time.

Flour

Wallpaper glue has been prepared from flour for several decades. Over such a long period, the recipe has been modified and improved more than once. True, the main components of each composition are flour and water.

First

The composition of wallpaper flour glue includes the following ingredients:

• 4-5 st. tablespoons of flour;
• 1 liter of liquid.

How to cook:

• pour all the flour into a bowl;
• pour flour with 0.5 liter of cold water and stir;
• pour the remaining 0.5 liters of liquid into a saucepan, put on fire and bring to a boil;
• introduce the flour mixture into hot water in a thin stream;
• mix the composition, then bring to a boil again and remove from the stove;
• cool the mass.

Second

An adhesive is prepared from flour according to this recipe:

• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
• 1 liter of water.

How to cook:

• pour flour into a saucepan;
• pour cold water;
• stir the mass;
• put the saucepan on low heat;
• with constant stirring, bring the powdery mass to a boil;
• remove from the stove and cool.

Third

Flour glue is prepared from the following products:

• 5 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
• 1 liter of liquid;
• 50 ml of PVA glue.

How to cook:

• pour the flour with cold water;
• put a saucepan with the mass on the fire;
• simmer until boiling;
• cool the mass;
• add PVA glue to the cold mixture and mix thoroughly.

From starch

Composition:

• 1-3 st. spoons of starch;
• 1 liter of water;
• 45 ml of PVA glue.

You can weld the adhesive like this:

• pour starch with 0.5 l of water at room temperature;
• mix the mass;
• add 0.5 liters of boiling water to the mixture;
• put the mass on fire and bring to a boil;
• Cool the mixture and add PVA.

PVA

Purchased PVA glue is added in a small amount to a homemade adhesive made from flour or starch. This additive improves the quality and adhesive characteristics of the home glue. You can make your own PVA paste.

Composition:

• 105 g flour;
• 25 g of ethyl alcohol;
• 5-10 g of photographic gelatin;
• 7 g glycerin;
• 1 liter of water.

How to cook:

• pour gelatin overnight with 100 ml of water;
• Dissolve flour in 100 ml of liquid until smooth;
• add 800 ml of water to the gelatinous mass and put the mass in a water bath;
• add the powdery mixture to the warm loose gelatin;
• with constant stirring, bring the mass to a boil;
• remove the mixture from the stove;
• add alcohol and glycerin.

Carpenter

To prepare the carpentry paste, you need to buy dry ingredients. Granules or briquettes are sold at any hardware store. On the packaging they say: a substance for the preparation of wood glue.

Before preparing homemade paste, the semi-finished product must be crushed into powder, soaked in water at room temperature. The granules are completely filled with the cooled boiled liquid and left for 11-12 hours. The swollen mass is heated in a water bath, brought to a boil and cooled. For 100 grams of granules, take 105 ml of liquid. In the process of preparing the paste in a water bath, hot water is added to the mixture to make the mass more liquid.

Universal paste

For wallpapering walls, you can make a universal paste of syndeticon. His recipe appeared at the end of the 19th century. Such glue can replace an expensive commercial product. It is prepared from wood glue (125 g), sugar (125 g), hydrated lime (35 g) and water (495 ml).

First, the sugar is dissolved in the liquid. Then lime is added. The mixture is boiled over low heat for an hour. The clear solution is cooled, pieces of wood glue are poured over it. Then the mass is boiled again in a water bath until the wood glue is completely dissolved. The mixture is constantly stirred and not brought to a boil.

Dextrin based

The paste is made from dextrin. This substance can be ordered online or made yourself from starch. However, a homemade product will not fully have all the qualities of dextrin. But it is suitable for preparing an adhesive solution for wallpaper.

Homemade dextrin is prepared like this:

• Pour 100 g of starch on a baking sheet and put in a warm oven;
• the substance is slowly dried for 1.5 hours at a temperature of 70 to 160 degrees;
• dried yellow starch is poured into 0.5 liters of cold water and stirred quickly;
• add 30 ml of glycerin.

At home, you can make excellent moisture resistant glue. The composition of such a sticky mass includes wood glue and drying oil (linseed oil). Respect the proportions - 4: 1. A little drying oil is poured into hot joiner's glue and the mass is thoroughly mixed.

DIY wallpaper glue

The word "paste" is unfamiliar to many today, but if you ask your parents, they will tell you that no one thought to buy wallpaper glue in a store in their youth.

Why are we throwing money away today if we can just weld the glue with our own hands? Of course, you think that something will turn out wrong, because the manufacturer knows better, but this is not so. A lot of necessary and unnecessary things are added to wallpaper glue today in industrial conditions, but the technology itself is as old as the world and as simple as (what is the easiest for you?). So, there are some recipes for making paste. They, of course, do not include any confused components, do not follow the latest technologies in the world of repair, but a father or mother, grandmother or grandfather will now show you with his hand at the wallpaper and tell you that we are telling the truth.

The first option for preparing a wallpaper dish called paste assumes the presence of components such as starch, water and boiling water. Yes, you are right, this is also water, which means, in fact, we have only two ingredients. Now you need to follow the algorithm, take potato flour, if you don't understand, then it is starch. We took starch, now fill it with water, not so much water is needed and not so little. In general - achieve a creamy mass, that is, pour water over the eye, stir until you get such a consistency mass. When everything is ready, we take boiling water in our hands, it must be poured into the "dish" slowly, do not rush, you can ruin the whole work. A thin stream should slowly pour into the wallpaper sour cream and create your first paste in your life. Here is such a repair romance. Okay, put the snot aside, let's go further down the list. You need to make sure that there are no lumps at all, stir the mass constantly, do not let it freeze with lumps. How do you know that the paste is ready? Very simple. You just need to see that the mass is now transparent, it should not have any clear color. Everything, you are at the goal, you can safely glue the wallpaper.

Consider the second method of making paste, and there is a second method, do not think that if there are only two ingredients in the recipe, then there is only one option. So, here starch is replaced by flour, as strange and perhaps surprising as it sounds. If you do not have sifted wheat, you can take rye flour, now pour it slowly into boiling water, you need to constantly stir the dish, heat it over low heat. Rotate the operation until all the flour is dissolved. Now everything is ready, you just have to glue the wallpaper correctly, and this is much more difficult than making a paste.

By the way, it is worth paying attention to the fact that the wallpaper needs to be glued very quickly, do not allow the glue to dry on them or on the wall before you apply the coating to the wall. Such a mistake will come out sideways for you when you walk on the walls with a spatula, rag or syringe, we are talking, of course, about bubbles

With the wrong algorithm or speed of wallpapering, such errors are simply inevitable. You must keep possible voids under the wallpaper to a minimum, otherwise it will be hard.

Now you know what a paste is, but there is one equally important piece of advice - consult a specialist before using it for repairs, because your wallpaper can be so ultra-modern and new that the paste technology will simply not suit them, bubbles will go. Before, besides paper wallpapers, there were no others, there was nothing to fear. Today, everything is more complicated - flesiline or vinyl, produced according to different technologies with bells and whistles and subtleties. That is why the wallpaper requires care, if you do not want to redo everything three hundred times later.

DIY wallpaper glue The word "paste" is unfamiliar to many today, but if you ask your parents, they will tell you that no one thought to buy wallpaper glue in a store in their youth.

PVA glue

The next adhesive that you can get yourself is called PVA glue. Many people believe that at the factory this composition for gluing wallpaper is made using some special technology. This opinion is erroneous, since it is realistic to make a similar composition at home and save money at the same time.

Factory packaging of PVA glue

This product is considered to be the most widespread today. In addition to gluing wallpaper, it is actively used in the office, construction. For this reason, PVA glue can be safely called unique. If you are interested in such a product, then it is worth considering the recipe according to which it is prepared:

• purified water - 1 l;
• photographic gelatin - 5 g, you can actually find it in a store that sells goods for cameras;
• glycerin sold in the pharmacy - 4 g;
• wheat flour from a grocery store - 100-150 g;
• alcohol - 20 ml.

The process of preparing PVA glue is conventionally divided into two stages. The first is the work done in advance, which involves a procedure for soaking gelatin. To do this, you need to take a glass of water and send the presented product there. The second stage is the preparation itself.

PVA glue for household use, for housework

When the gelatin has swollen (about a day), then the glue can be prepared:

Take distilled water and warm it up in a water bath. After that, it is worth sending gelatin there, stirring thoroughly with flour so that lumps do not form.
Set the resulting mixture in a container on fire, wait until it boils, but do not boil. When the mixture acquires a thick consistency, turns white, then constantly stir the wallpaper glue so that it has a homogeneous structure and was free of clots.
Now you can send glycerin and ethyl alcohol

At the same time, it is very important to stir the mixture all the time so that it acquires maximum density. It is necessary to stir for 10 minutes, so that you do not think that two stirring will be enough.
When the homemade glue has cooled down, it can be used to glue the canvases.

Homemade PVA glue

The second, no less popular and effective, is homemade
PVA glue. If you think that the glue is made at the factory according to some special
technology, you are mistaken, because exactly the same glue can be made at home
at home. Agree, this type of glue is one of the most common.
It is used as a stationery
sphere, and in the construction, that is, in fact, it can be called universal
glue. Well, it's time to move on to how to make it all the same. For this
would need:

1.Distilled
water in a volume of 1 liter;

2.Photographic
gelatin (can be purchased at any camera supply store) in quantity
5 grams;

3.Pharmacy
glycerin (4 grams is enough);

4. Wheat
flour, about 100-150 grams;

5.Ethyl
alcohol in a volume of 20 ml (can be bought at any pharmacy).

Conventionally, manufacturing can be divided into two stages:

Is a preliminary preparation, during which gelatin
need to be soaked in a glass of water;

- and the cooking process itself.

So, a day after the gelatin swells, you can
start making PVA.

∙
Place the distilled water in a water bath in a container. Further,
add gelatin to it, and stir with flour, stirred in a small
the amount of water (again, without lumps);

∙ Bring the mixed consistency to a boil, but not in any way
boil

Notice how the mixture becomes thick and white, like sour cream.
Stir it so that in the end the glue is homogeneous, without lumps.

∙ It remains to add only glycerin and ethyl alcohol.
Stir constantly and stir the mixture again so that it turns out as much as possible.
thick. The stirring time should be about 10 minutes, so do not
think that two stirring with a spoon will be enough. You can use glue
only after its complete cooling.

How to make wood glue with your own hands?

This glue is ideal for wood. Also, he
effectively glues paper and cardboard, other cellulose materials, and in
in some cases even plastic. However, for such glue, you need to highlight a couple
disadvantages:

- firstly, it is not stored for too long in liquid form and
perishable;

- and secondly, it has simply disgusting and harsh
a smell that you can only come to terms with.

Partially, this problem disappears if it is previously
boil and make a gelatinous mass. Then, its validity period increases, and
if necessary, you can cut off a piece of the required size, heat it over low heat, and
exploit. There are several recipes for making such glue. Most
elementary and affordable for you, we will describe below.

Way
first. Take regular wood glue. Grind it up and soak it in
water until it swells completely. So, it will soften, and become like
jelly. In the same condition, place it in a melting container, under
the name of the oilcloth. The easiest way to make such a container is from an ordinary
cans (condensed milk or canned pineapples). Ship
gelatinous mass in such a jar, and put it in a water bath (while
should be very low fire). Stir the warming mass with a wooden spoon,
or with a stick (for example, from sushi). You need to stir constantly, because in
in the event of burning, the mass will acquire a yellowish color, while losing
its adhesive qualities. After the mass turns into a liquid state, dilute it
vodka with the following ratio: 720 grams of glue needs 950 grams of vodka.
Then, for every 100 grams of glue, add 12 g of powdered alum.
The resulting homemade wood glue will have a high degree of adhesion.
and have excellent water repellency.

Method two.
in the same glue, mix wood glue and water in a ratio of 1 to 1. After
after the mixture starts to boil, it will thicken a little, and at this stage
it must be poured into a ceramic mortar, and rubbed with a pestle until a gelatinous
masses. Then, put the glue on a plate, cool, and cut into the required
pieces. If necessary, mix the glue with vodka in a different ratio -
720g (glue) / 360g (vodka). Bring the mixture to a boil, then cool and use.

Method three.
Boil a mixture of one liter of water, kilogram in a water bath
wood glue, and one liter of 9 percent table vinegar. After,
while stirring this consistency, gradually add a liter of vodka to it.

Method four. Dissolve wood glue with water
the ratio is one to one. Heat it in a water bath until
the mixture will not completely thicken. After, add one part of glycerin (equal to
part of the glue that was originally taken). Put on low heat and wait until
water does not evaporate completely. It remains only to put in a mold and dry
glue. Stir 1 to 1 with water before using.

Recommendations for preparation and storage of glue

To keep the glue as long as possible, follow our recommendations:

• Always store formulations in sealed containers. If the container does not close tightly, use one layer of aluminum foil and two layers of polyethylene as a lid gasket.
• If you use a solution from a jar, do not overflow it, as it will fall on the neck and the lid will stick tightly. Take a brush for convenience.
• Always sign formulations and keep them away from children and heat sources.
• If the recipe contains solvents or gasoline, use a respirator and gloves.
• Do not use containers in which the glue was prepared for storing food.
• Prepare and measure all the materials you need before starting to create the glue.
• Do not dilute the compositions with water, take drying oil or solvents for this.

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