Wallpapering brush
The wallpapering brush is a painting tool that is also known under the name of wallpapering or wallpaper wiper. It is used to fix wallpaper strips to the wall.
construction
The body of a wallpapering brush is made of wood with bristles inserted into it. There are usually two different forms here. One model is similar to a kind of shoe brush, another to a broom. In addition, there are other similar models in various sizes and quality differences.
Differences in quality
With wallpapering brushes, the bristles are important and depend on the wallpaper or wall coverings to be processed. Brushes with plastic bristles are comparatively inexpensive, but badly processed bristles can scratch very badly if used carelessly.
The bristles can be glued in (embedded) or fixed with wire. Bristles can be made of nylon, horsehair or plastic. The bristles have a length of 2.8 cm (in the case of the shoe brush-like wallpapering brush) to 5 cm.
The wallpaper brushes have very different weights. Depending on the size and length of the wallpapering brush, the weight varies from approx. 350 g to over 500 g. Wallpaper brushes come in different shapes. The professional brushes are approx. 30 cm long and longer. Some wallpapering brushes have what is known as a mustache made of elongated bristle filaments at each end of the tool. This is an advantage to make it easier to press the wallpaper strips into corners and other areas that are difficult to access. The wallpapering brush is one of the various standard tools used by the wallpaperer / painter to apply the wallpaper / wall coverings. With the bristle tools, profiled wallpapers can also be processed well.
use
Individual strips of wallpaper are prepared for renovation or wallpapering work. You start with the cutting of the strips in order to then facilitate the even pasting of the wall or the individual strips of wallpaper. The wallpaper strips are aligned with the respective surface and fixed to the wall with the wallpaper brush and pressed on. The air pockets underneath mostly disappear when you brush them out with the wallpapering brush.
For this work there is also the pressure spatula and the pressure roller, but the substrate should always be really smooth (leveled). The wallpapering brush is the better solution because of its flexibility (the bristles). The pressure roller is the better choice for so-called photo wallpapers or very high-quality wall coverings, such as those made of natural materials.