The corridor is a kind of visiting card at home. Not only is this the first room that guests and hosts enter when entering the house, it is also subject to more wear and tear. In order for the repair to last for a long time, and the walls are beautiful and well-groomed, you need to know how to properly paint the corridor and what materials to choose for this.
- Tools and materials for repair
- Training
- What color to choose
- Painting
- Patchwork Coloring
- Imitation stone color
For covering the walls of the corridor in the house, various water-based paints are perfectly suitable. Today, such materials are presented in a wide range of prices, which determines their quality, respectively. Most often, the paint is sold in white. However, you can add a special color scheme to it, which will give the paint the desired shade.Important! Experts advise to paint the walls in darker shades below, and switch to lighter ones at the top.
to contents ↑Tools and materials for repair
If a painting is chosen to repair the hallway, then a novice will be able to cope with this task. It is necessary to prepare:
- several rollers and brushes;
- container for paint, spatula small and large;
- primer and putty;
- water-based paint and color of the desired shade.
Water-dispersion paints are suitable for painting walls in the corridor, since they have good vapor permeability and are not afraid of water and moisture. Such materials include several types of water-dispersion compositions:
- Polyvinyl Acetate. This is the cheapest of such materials, which is characterized by poor resistance to humid environments, so they can only be used for decoration of dry rooms;
- Styrene butadiene. This material is highly resistant to moisture, but has limited light fastness. Therefore, this paint is used only for internal work. Important! Styrene-butadiene water-dispersion paints are not recommended for outdoor use, as they turn yellow when exposed to light.
- Acrylic These paints are more expensive than others, but their scope is the broadest, due to their quality characteristics. This material has high moisture and vapor permeability, dries quickly, retains color in all conditions and is not afraid of ultraviolet radiation. The paint is easy to apply to the surface, grasps well with the wall and allows you to even out small cracks up to 0.5 millimeters, so that an even, soft coating is formed.
It can also be used to decorate the corridor and alkyd enamel.Important! Alkyd enamel contains harmful organic components, so the room will stink strongly until the paint is completely dry.
The room will need to be constantly aired for 3-5 days, until the unpleasant odor disappears. You can buy odorless polyurethane paints on the market, but they are very expensive and not everyone can afford to buy them.
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Repair in the hallway is carried out in several steps:
- First, remove the old coating with a spatula; Advice! If wallpaper was pasted on the walls, before removal, you should moisten them with water and let stand for a couple of minutes. The paper will become wet and will be easier to peel off.
- Then they remove all debris and dust from the ceiling, walls and floor;
- All cracks and grooves on the surface are putty;
- Then everyone primers and proceeds to the finishing plaster, which completely level the surface;
- When the putty layer dries, it is sanded with fine sandpaper, wiped off from dust and an acrylic primer of deep penetration is applied. Now the hallway can be painted.
What color to choose
The size of the walls in the hallway is influenced by its size and degree of illumination. In a small and narrow corridor, which is lit only with a chandelier, it is better to choose light colors. White, gray, pale blue or light beige will suit well. Also for a small room it is worth coming up with a horizontal pattern that visually will expand the space.
Painting
Color is added to the white water-based paint and everything mixes well. If the paint is thick, you can add a little water. The composition will become more liquid, and it will be convenient to apply to the surface.
Advice! It is better to add color directly to all the paint so that the shade is the same over the entire surface and does not differ in tone.
A little paint is poured into a special container, where it is convenient to dip the roller, and proceed to painting the corridor. Apply the paint from top to bottom and make sure that all layers lay next to each other. The hallway looks beautifully in panels made with darker paint. It is necessary to choose a tone so that the overall picture looks harmonious. At the junction of light and dark paint, you can make a decorative edging.
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You can paint the walls in the corridor in the style of patchwork. For this you will need: a roller 10 cm long, a brush with a pile of 3 cm, narrow tape, masking cord and a long level.
- First you need to use a level and a broker to mark the walls into squares or rectangles of different or the same size. It all depends on the area of the entrance. If the room is small, then the figures should be small;
- Masking tape is glued along the marking line;
- Further, paint is applied to the marked squares. What color to choose for painting the wall, you need to decide in advance. You can use several different colors, both contrasting and the same in tone;
- After the paint is completely dry, the adhesive tape is carefully removed. The edging that remains after the tape can be painted in a darker tone below, turning into a lighter one at the top.
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Imitation stone color
You can also apply the technology of painting under natural stone. To do this, matte paint with a granular structure is selected. And what color will it be for the owners to choose, the main thing is that it looks like a shade of stone. First, a thick layer of paint is applied to the surface. Next, crumpled rags are taken into hands and all painted walls are pressed with it. Thus, it seems that the hallway is decorated with natural stone.
The harmoniously decorated corridor will be a great addition to the design of the entire room. Perfectly matching the colors of the hallway walls, you can not only visually expand the space, but also make it exclusive.
