Decorative plaster with your own hands from ordinary putty

Decorative plaster - durable and aesthetically attractive finishing material, with which you can change the space and give the will of your fantasy.
In decorative plaster, you can turn the usual putty, how to do it?

1

Putty and plaster: functions of compositions

To begin with, consider what a putty need is, and for what is plaster.
Putty is a pasty mass. The composition allows you to align various surfaces. It is divided into 2 types:

1. starting - eliminates the imperfections of surfaces
2. finishing - makes surfaces smooth.

• The next stage is painting or sticking wallpaper.
• The replacement process is preceded by plaster - basic processing of work surfaces.
• The putty has a fine-grained structure, plaster - larger.
• The layer of plaster is no more than 5 cm, putty - does not exceed 1 cm.

2

Transformation of putty in decorative plaster

Before starting work, we are determined with the choice of the desired type of pattern, buy the necessary materials and tools, we prepare the mixture.

Instruments

For work on plaster and subsequent putty prepare:

• pluckle
• capacity for making a solution
• putty knife
• master OK
• tool for stirring composition
• metal grater
• polyethylene to embody the desired pattern

3

Solution

The next stage is the measuring work, the calculation of the required amount of composition. Approximate consumption of mass can be found on the package. Average values: Package consumption when working with smooth walls per 1 m2 plaster is up to 9 kg.

For the manufacture of the powder filler solution take:

• water - 2 l
• pVA glue - 200 g
• dry putty - 6 kg

1. Fillers stir in water using a mixer of the construction, then, adding glue and again stirred to uniformity.
2. Walls of premises with normal humidity are separated by plaster or cement plaster, with elevated - mostly cement.

4

Preparation for plastering

1. Clean and align the surface. Recesses and other essential defects close up cement.
2. If the walls are unreliable, stick the plaster grid. If the status of the walls is normal, we skip this stage.
3. "Deep penetration" should be indicated on the primer.
4. We apply on the wall of a layer of putty in 1 mm. Then imperfections will not be on the surface.

5

Applying decorative plaster

• Scaled. We apply a putty on the wall (3-5 mm) and applied smears in the vertical direction. As a tool, use a 10-cp spatula.
• Cave. Splice and align the wall, make a lump from polyethylene and pressed to the surface. We remove the film in a day.
• Rock. In the upper corner. Tuck 0.5 m2 (0.3 cm), we apply the ironing of the metal to the wall. One side of the tool is raised.
  We carry out solid straight lines on putty.
• Brush. We put a putty on the wall, wait until the composition will dry out a bit, make any patterns with a wide brush. Mobile walls after complete drying.
• Venetian plaster. We recruit a little putty on the spatula, make various strokes on the wall. We leave for a day, then, grind large irregularities with a skin, upload the wall, dry.

We carry out painting in the selected color, then superficial (we ereate this layer with a damp cloth with protruding corners). It is possible to achieve interesting solutions using a stamp in the form of branches of trees, pieces of matter or foam rubber, you can also use ready-made stencils.

Armed with the necessary knowledge and proper instruments, you can proceed to the embodiment of your most interesting ideas.