Cotton plaster – healthy, environmentally friendly and a great DIY project
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 7:05 am
Cotton plaster is an ecological alternative for designing living spaces and can become a real highlight on the walls with mixed optical effects.
Due to its properties, cotton plaster is also called liquid wallpaper or seamless wallpaper and consists of cotton fibers and binding agents.
In Japan, liquid wallpaper has been used for several hundred years, but with valuable silk instead of cotton, and it is now attracting more and more attention here too. Builders and do-it-yourselfers in particular who want to build ecologically and value a healthy indoor climate are showing great interest in this wall covering. The fine plaster is particularly attractive for sanitary rooms such as bathrooms and toilets, as it is permeable to vapour diffusion and thus significantly reduces the risk of mould in these rooms.
Processing:
The seamless wallpaper is comparatively easy to algeria mobile database apply, making Wolcolor24 cotton plaster ideal for DIY enthusiasts and builders who want to put a certain amount of effort into their own four walls.
The cotton plaster can be applied to ceilings as well as walls, whether large or angled.
However, the surface should be well prepared before work begins. Old wallpaper or other wall coverings and especially old paint should be thoroughly removed, otherwise there is a risk that the paint will show through later. Old nails and screws should also be removed from the wall. In addition, the plaster can slip off if the wall does not have enough grip. Preparation can be done here, for example, with a special primer; an admixture of quartz sand would be ideal.
Due to its properties, cotton plaster is also called liquid wallpaper or seamless wallpaper and consists of cotton fibers and binding agents.
In Japan, liquid wallpaper has been used for several hundred years, but with valuable silk instead of cotton, and it is now attracting more and more attention here too. Builders and do-it-yourselfers in particular who want to build ecologically and value a healthy indoor climate are showing great interest in this wall covering. The fine plaster is particularly attractive for sanitary rooms such as bathrooms and toilets, as it is permeable to vapour diffusion and thus significantly reduces the risk of mould in these rooms.
Processing:
The seamless wallpaper is comparatively easy to algeria mobile database apply, making Wolcolor24 cotton plaster ideal for DIY enthusiasts and builders who want to put a certain amount of effort into their own four walls.
The cotton plaster can be applied to ceilings as well as walls, whether large or angled.
However, the surface should be well prepared before work begins. Old wallpaper or other wall coverings and especially old paint should be thoroughly removed, otherwise there is a risk that the paint will show through later. Old nails and screws should also be removed from the wall. In addition, the plaster can slip off if the wall does not have enough grip. Preparation can be done here, for example, with a special primer; an admixture of quartz sand would be ideal.