Waterproof Wallpaper for Wet Areas and Outdoor Walls
Showers, basin splashbacks and external walls are usually tiled or painted. LondonArt's GLASS, a printed fibreglass, puts a luxury wallpaper there instead: with the Blue Glass Finish it is waterproof and UV resistant.
“For wet spaces with flowing water, shower interiors, basin splashbacks and external walls.”
GLASS is woven from ultra-thin glass fibre, and LondonArt finishes it in one of two ways. The finish decides where it can go.
The White Glass Finish is very hard-wearing and washable, for kitchens and public areas that are cleaned often. The Blue Glass Finish kit adds a primer under the fibreglass, a waterproof glue and a sealant over the protective finish; it is waterproof and UV resistant, for wet spaces, shower interiors, basin splashbacks and external walls.
“The fibres obtained in this way maintain the chemical and physical properties of glass, even in fabric form.”
One fibreglass, two finishes
Both finishes use the same fibreglass, woven from glass fibre made by fusion at 1400 °C. The White Glass Finish makes it very hard-wearing and washable. The Blue Glass Finish makes it waterproof and UV resistant.
Choose by the wall: the White Glass Finish for kitchens and walls that are cleaned often; the Blue Glass Finish wherever water flows over the wall, behind a basin, or outside. We can advise on the one your wall needs.
Almost every LondonArt design can be printed on GLASS. Each design is printed to order on the material you choose, and GLASS comes with the White Glass Finish for kitchens and public spaces or the Blue Glass Finish for showers, splashbacks and external walls. The exceptions are the Tale Books collections (Kimono, Les Mille et une Nuits and Bon Voyage), the Unlimited rolls and the wall panels.
From LondonArt’s GLASS technical sheet and its descriptions of the two finishes. A dash marks a figure the documents do not state. GLASS is printed to order and cut to your wall’s height.
Kitchens, bathrooms and basin splashbacks
A kitchen wall is cleaned often and takes wear. LondonArt names kitchens for the White Glass Finish, which is very hard-wearing and can be cleaned and sanitised with ordinary household products.
Where water flows over the wall, as inside a shower or behind a basin, LondonArt specifies the Blue Glass Finish, which is waterproof.
Kitchens and busy walls: the White Glass Finish. Showers, splashbacks and external walls: the Blue Glass Finish. Damp interiors, on a Project II design: Zambaiti's Z Waterproof.
Damp interiors: Zambaiti's Z Waterproof
Zambaiti Parati, an Italian maker, also prints designs to the size of the wall on a backing chosen for the room, through its Zambaiti Contract brand; it calls the service Custom. One of those backings, Z Waterproof, is a fibreglass base “capable of decorating and waterproofing wall surfaces in humid environments”. Zambaiti recommends it for damp areas: bathrooms, showers, wellness centres, spas and gyms.
It is 100 per cent fibreglass, weighs 200 g/m² and is 95 cm wide, and Zambaiti's data sheet gives its reaction to fire as B-s1-d0. Zambaiti specifies three steps to hang it: a single-component adhesive suited to humid rooms, spread with a notched trowel; the backing; and a protective polyurethane finish for humid rooms.
Zambaiti offers it on the designs of its Project II collection, each of which “can be printed on four different substrates”, Z Waterproof among them. Zambaiti does not name exterior walls or basin splashbacks for Z Waterproof; for those walls, LondonArt names the Blue Glass Finish.
- Made of
- 100 per cent fibreglass
- Weight
- 200 g/m²
- Width
- 95 cm, printed to your wall's size
- Reaction to fire
- B-s1-d0
- For
- Bathrooms, showers, wellness centres, spas and gyms
External walls
LondonArt also names external walls for the Blue Glass Finish, which is waterproof and UV resistant, so a mural can continue from inside to an exterior feature wall or a courtyard.
Where each finish goes
Each use below is tagged with the finish that suits it: WHITE for the White Glass Finish, BLUE for the Blue Glass Finish, and Z WATERPROOF for Zambaiti's backing for damp interiors.
- KitchensWHITE
- HotelsWHITE
- OfficesWHITE
- RestaurantsWHITE
- Lobbies and corridorsWHITE
- Wet spaces with flowing waterBLUE
- Shower interiorsBLUE
- Basin splashbacksBLUE
- External wallsBLUE
The uses LondonArt names for each finish.
- Café and restaurant kitchensWHITE
- ShopsWHITE
- Bathrooms and ensuitesBLUE
- Powder-room splashbacksBLUE
- Courtyard wallsBLUE
Rooms that fit the same descriptions, suggested by Wall in Love.
- BathroomsZ WATERPROOF
- ShowersZ WATERPROOF
- Wellness centresZ WATERPROOF
- SpasZ WATERPROOF
- GymsZ WATERPROOF
The damp areas Zambaiti's data sheet names, on a Project II design.
Put a mural on a wet wall
A shower wall, a basin splashback, an external wall: GLASS with the Blue Glass Finish takes a made-to-measure design there. For a bathroom, a spa or a gym, Zambaiti's Z Waterproof takes a Project II design. Handle a sample, try a design on your own wall, or browse the range.
For a quieter room rather than a wet one, our guide to improving acoustics with wallpaper covers SOUNDPROOF, LondonArt's sound-absorbing vinyl.
