How to choose a glowing and neon wallpaper?

Every day, glowing wallpapers are becoming increasingly popular in the design of rooms. Preference is given to those who love the irregularity in the design of the walls and people who have children. If only recently this segment on the construction site was rarely met, today neon wallpapers can be found in the widest assortment in almost any hardware store.

However, it is not always the choice that people make when buying wallpaper in the bedroom, nursery or living room, is measured and informed. Luminous materials can be not only a highlight of the interior, but also a ridiculous element of decor, regularly “eye-catching”.

To avoid this, the choice of such paintings should be approached very seriously.

Called luminous wallpaper, which in the form of a pattern applied phosphor paint. The properties of this composition are that during the daytime, the trim pieces covered with it absorb sunlight and emit a very soft and unobtrusive glow at night. This is a very big help for families with small children, because if the child is afraid to fall asleep in complete darkness, the option with luminous wallpaper will be a good compromise.

Neon materials in the construction market are secretly divided into two categories:

• Conventional finishing materials coated with phosphor drawings. According to the manufacturers of such wallpaper, the paint does not contain phosphorus and is absolutely harmless to the health of others. As a rule, the color of the patterns emitted at night is green, blue and yellow-orange. Wallpaper from this category can be called relatively inexpensive.

• There is an even more expensive and absolutely harmless option for humans. finishing materials made by a special technology known only to the manufacturer. The only thing that can be said about the method of creating such wallpaper - the effect of glow is achieved by combining phosphor paint with fluorescent. Initially, the material is coated in the right places with fluorescent paint, and then sprinkled with all the thinnest layer of phosphor powder.

• Special LED Coatings appeared in stores relatively recently, so few people today are well versed in this type of neon wallpaper. They look very creative and suitable for the interior in a futuristic style. However, they should immediately be abandoned by those who are looking for a coating for walls or a ceiling in a bedroom, study or living room.

Whichever category of these finishing materials you choose, in any case, professionals advise using Wood's special lamps (also called BLB lamps or black lamps).They do not give visible light, but when the beam from such a lamp hits the paint, the glow becomes brighter and more interesting.

As a rule, such sources are fixed around the perimeter of the image, but you can do it pointwise at some special places that you want to attract attention to.

There are the following types of luminous canvases:

• Roll wallpaper designed for zoning. They are rarely used to finish the whole room. As a rule, using 1-2 rolls of such a coating can be visually separated from the rest of the room area to sleep. This is especially appropriate in a child’s room, when one room is at the same time a place for games, a working space for homework, and a seating area. If there is a need to more categorically separate one part of the room from another, you can stick a baguette around the neon trim.

• Genre wallpaper - a work of art. They are no longer sold in rolls, but in the form of canvases, which, like a mosaic, are assembled either into a complete picture with a certain plot, or into an abstract motif or ornament. It is on this variant that it is better to choose if it is also planned to accomplish the task of visually expanding space with the help of finishing materials. They are often used to finish the ceiling, because what can be more romantic than lying in bed at night and admiring the starry sky mysteriously flickering in the dark.

• Panoramic wallpaper fits well, usually in spacious interiors, and rooms with a small footage are unlikely to suit them. There are very often plot paintings, as well as natural abstractions, for example, the sea surface or cosmic depths. It should be noted that this type of luminous wallpaper belongs to the premium segment in the market of building materials, therefore, their choice should be treated as carefully as possible.

It is believed that this is a durable and unpretentious in the care of finishing materials. Special care such wallpaper does not require amenable to easy wet cleaning (you can wipe them with a damp cloth or a rag, but without detergents). In addition, they do not tarnish from old age and are not deformed. Pasting such wallpaper, you can not think about re-repair within 5 years.

It is also easy to glue such wallpapers. Most modern photoluminescent canvases are self-adhesive, and those that do not belong to them are very easily glued using the most common wallpaper glue.

The main thing is not to turn to dubious suppliers and take the goods only from reliable and reliable manufacturers. As a rule, non-woven wallpapers covered with luminous patterns are taken as a basis, so do not be afraid of problems with repairs - in this case, everything is done as usual.

Of course, the choice of decorated room depends solely on who makes the repair. But to create a harmonious interior, which later will only please the eye, and not cause discomfort, it is better to listen to the advice of designers.

The most successful locations for decorating luminous wallpaper are:

• Bedroom. HHere most often the ceiling is pasted over with neon wallpaper, creating the illusion of a starry sky, or they emit a small area at the head of the bed, or vice versa;

• Children's Neon wallpapers seem to be made for children, because what could be more amazing than a room in which magical princesses or incredible beauty flowers suddenly appear when the lights are turned off;

• Corridor. Very often the fluorescent ceiling can be a special highlight of the room, to which we rarely pay due attention;

• Living room. With the help of neon wallpaper, you can create an atmosphere that ideally continues the leading line of the interior. An urban landscape will suit the futuristic living room, and an oriental-style room will be elegantly complemented with monograms and ornaments softly glowing in the dark.

Before selecting such canvases you should ask yourself how quickly you will get tired of the chosen motive? Wouldn't a city shining in the dark or a bouquet of flowers make you and guests nervous?

The answer is simple: of course not, if you choose the picture correctly:

• Psychologists claim, based on years of research, that the human psyche responds most calmly to images of natural motifs. It is the stars, waves and birds that bother the human eye much more slowly, while, say, industrial landscapes, after a couple of months, begin to irritate a little. And it is certainly not recommended to glue wallpapers with the image of human figures - in the dark they can even look a bit creepy.

• If you doubt how successful your choice is, you can always turn your attention to removable luminous panoramas. This mobile option leaves you with the opportunity to change the decor and update the decoration of the room.

• We must not forget that neon wallpapers are not only an element of decor, but also a source of diffused light. Keep this in mind when choosing a shine color. Otherwise, he may enter into dissonance with the general style of the room.For example, a living room designed in soft and warm tones, plunging into a bluish glow with the light off, will cause a strange sensation in a person.

• In addition, remember this rule - wallpaper with an intense fluorescent pattern, which occupies a large area of ​​the canvas and attracts a lot of attention, it is better to glue into rooms with a minimum amount of furniture.

The following video is about how to choose glowing paint.