Closing Walls with Stone Paste / Ornamental

Various outboard stone / ornamental available in the market. How to install the outboard stone / ornamental are as follows;
1) Begin the installation by determining the mounting pattern.
Average installation or uneven (forward-backward) depending on taste. If you want to put up with an uneven surface pattern, determine the pattern and height of the stone with another stone.

2) Make sure the size of the stones in the size of which will be plastered wall. If it takes a special size, cut natural stone using stone or ceramic cutting tools.

3) To put a stone on the wall, pour cement into the back of the stone. Pour carefully so as not to contaminate the liquid cement front. If there is residual water or cement mortar attached to the front, immediately clean.

4) In contrast to installing floor tiles, natural stone installation without grout will be more attractive. If you want to connect a stone effect, avoid mortar to fill in gaps between stones.

5) After all of the stone installed, wait a day or two to dry cement and stone clinging. Afterwards, clean the walls with spray water on the rock wall to dust and dirt disappear. If dibutukan, use a wire brush to dislodge stubborn dirt.

 

Stone outboard / ornamental have large pores that readily absorbs water. Exposed stone water will continuously mossy and moldy. Two things can make the stone look beautiful no longer. To overcome this, it is necessary dicoating paste stones / paint. Coating just one of the efforts to prevent stone outboard / inlaid in the walls of houses damaged by the adverse effects of water and climate change. Although it looks easy, coating process should not be done haphazardly.

Coating should be done periodically, a minimum once a year. Choice of liquid coatings must be adjusted to the characteristics of the stone. Not everything fits applied to all natural stone. Stone with high poritasitas more suitable dicoating with lower chemical solution. Kinds of hard rocks and andesite stone, more appropriate to use a glossy coating. Conversely, rocks with high porosity matched with matte finish coating.