What do you need: perfect repair or a quick solution of bored wallpaper question? In the first case, any savings affect the quality. However, in cosmetic repair, you can move away from the canons, having executed it quickly and effectively. To do this, you need just paint for the walls and one day off. Let’s see what professionals advise.

How to perform repairs in a hurry?

The easiest way of room upgrading with low cost is walls and ceiling repainting. Masters checked: acrylic paints for walls is the best assistants in quick and efficient repair. What are the advantages of paints?

• Interior paints by TRIORA completely cover the previous coatings, including colored patterns on wallpaper, random dirty spots and even children’s drawings with felt-tip pens.
• Economical consumption: you need about 1 liter of material for 8-10 m² of surface painting.
• The materials can be applied directly to the previous coverings without complicated preparation.
• Dries quickly and do not require a lot of your time for works.

Important! When you are calculating the duration of cosmetic repairs, be sure to check the drying time of the material. If the manufacturer has specified a time take-off, for example, 4-12 hours, be guided by the biggest indicators. It is better to sustain a full cycle than to correct deficiencies later.

How to paint the walls?

Start with the preparation.

• Look at your wallpapers. Glue places where the material is slightly peeled off, using PVA glue.
• If there are holes from the pictures or shelves, you need to buy a façade putty of small packing in addition to the paint. It is applied in one layer up to 3 mm. That is why it is possible to fill holes in the wall quickly. After the putty dries, polish it with a small flint-paper.
• Wipe the walls with a dry rag, removing dust and small dirt.
• Apply a paint-primer to the walls. You can prepare it by yourself, by diluting a part of the paint with 20% of pure water.

Why should the walls be primed if the repair is only cosmetic? Any material is applied evenly to the primed surface. In our case, priming with paint, ensure a better color distribution. In addition – primer holds all surfaces together better. You get an even color and a durable coating.

• After the primer has dried, apply undiluted paint in two layers.

How much paint do I need to buy?

Be sure to take into account all the works you are going to perform with this material. Such as:

• Priming the walls with diluted paint;
• Painting the walls with two layers of paint.

Now let’s count the consumption of the material.

• To obtain the necessary amount of primer, a part of the paint should be separated and diluted with 20% of water. You need 80-100 ml of such material for one m² of the surface.
• The consumption of interior paints by TRIORA in the finished state is about 100-150 ml per one m². Taking into account that you are going to apply the paint in 2 layers, multiply everything by 2.

The right amount of paint calculating is always relative. It cannot be calculated to trifles. Everything depends on the walls, the tools you paint with and the professionalism of workers. So as not to be mistaken, always consider with reserve.

Professionals assure that only one repair can be economical – cosmetic one. Now you know all its key points.