ᐅ Which materials are suitable for installing non-woven wallpaper on drywall?

Hello everyone,

In my new build, I have gypsum fiber walls and drywall ceilings. These have been skim-coated, and now I want to apply non-woven wallpaper / painter’s fleece. I’m wondering what the best layering method is to prevent the skim coat from showing through?

At the moment, my plan is:

Primer (sealer)
Non-woven wallpaper, 150 g/m² (4.9 oz/yd²)
Silicate paint (1–2 coats)

There are also pigmented primers and pigmented non-woven wallpapers available. The latter comes with a significant additional cost. According to a friend, pigmented primer is pointless for new builds and only necessary for “used” walls.

What are your thoughts?

Hi,
When you glue and paint fiberglass wallpaper, a primer sealer is sufficient. The paint will cover it anyway.
If you are applying wallpaper, you should use a wallpaper primer underneath to create a uniform surface; otherwise, the adhesive might show through since you won't be painting over it.

Dust particles between the painter's fleece and the wall became clearly visible in our case. Otherwise, painter's fleece can conceal quite a bit, depending on its basis weight. We only applied a thin layer of adhesive beforehand, as recommended by the adhesive manufacturer.

It will definitely be paintable fleece. There is the “standard” version with 150 grams and the better one with 180 grams, which is pre-pigmented.

@World-e
What weight did yours have? Painted once or twice?

Originally, I wanted to use silicate paint to maintain the breathability of my walls. But now I have read that this wouldn’t work properly with paintable fleece and that fiberglass fleece should be used instead. Or can I still use emulsion paint?

Reini1234 schrieb:

What weight did yours have? Painted once or twice?

We used the Variovlies V130 from Erfurt, so 130g/m² (4.3 oz/sq ft). Then we applied two coats of Keim Innostar. Using Keim Biosil on painting fleece didn’t work as well. Whether it really makes a big difference to use silicone dispersion or pure dispersion paint is questionable. You should just use good quality paint.