The original wallpaper was made by drawing and printing various patterns on paper. It has a certain decorative effect, but it is only used for local decoration in high-level places such as the royal court. The real large-scale decoration materials entered home life in the late 1970s and 1980s. Throughout the 1980 s, foam wallpaper became popular, and "foaming" was also called screen relief foaming. It refers to adding foaming agent to raw materials, supplemented by high temperature in the production process, so that the foaming agent can complete a process similar to "fermentation" Therefore, the wallpaper produced will have a concave-convex feeling and a soft touch. The advantage of this wallpaper is its strong three-dimensional sense, which can increase the sense of space in the room. But the disadvantages are also obvious: not wear-resistant, easy to scratch, easy to be polluted. Foamed wallpaper has been gradually eliminated, but it can still be seen on the ceiling of some rooms. By the end of 1980s, with the development of plastic industry, a substitute for foam wallpaper-adhesive wallpaper appeared. This kind of wallpaper does not foam, so the texture is hard, which greatly improves the shortcomings of foamed wallpaper. Waterproof and moisture-proof, durable, beautifully printed and embossed, you can show various patterns and patterns on the wallpaper at will, and its color expression and practicality have created a brand-new page in the development of wallpaper.
The use rate of adhesive wallpaper in the world accounts for about 70%. At the beginning of the introduction of rubber wallpaper, silky wallpaper with shiny texture was very popular. Later, with the change of fashion trend in home improvement industry, matte wallpaper (fabric wallpaper) gradually led the trend. Wallpapers are more and more expressive of colors and patterns, and are widely welcomed by consumers. Major manufacturers have launched fierce competition for this. From the late 1990s to the early 20th century, wallpaper with a sense of cloth became popular. It is predicted that from 2002, with the growth of human demand for leisure, comfort and environmental protection, green and natural products will be accepted, and consumers' demand for paper wallpaper will further increase. At present, the penetration rate of Japanese and Russian wallpaper is close to 100%, and that of European and American countries is also 50%-60%, while that of China is less than 1%! With the development of China's economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, I believe that wallpaper, as a necessity, will definitely fly into the homes of ordinary people!