How to glue decorative stone

gypsum decorative rock is able to give your interior a cosiness and originality. Reasonable price, ease of operation, a sufficient selection of colors and textures that are similar to those of natural stone, allows the use of decorative stone for decoration of apartments and other premises destination.

Decorative stone for interior decoration

Gypsum decorative stone used for finishing the corridors, kitchens and living rooms. You can lay out and the wall completely, and its fragments. This stone is perfect for framing doors and arches, is appropriate for the design of the fireplace and well combined with photo wallpapers. Decorative stone is similar to the old masonry and, nevertheless, it is a modern finishing material. If the room you have a small, it is best to lay the stone fragments and coat them completely wall surface. When large areas can be laid completely one or two walls. The stone feels cold and austere, but creates comfort.

Looks good built-in shelves of plasterboard, which are finished with decorative plaster stone. This stone is indispensable in the design of the fireplace.

The stone fits easily. The main thing - to improvise during operation. Of course, you need to imagine what you would like to eventually see, but no strict rules is not here. Artificial decorative stone is different in color, texture, size. For the walls are commonly used medium-sized stone texture and small size. A clearance for the arch may be used a coarser brick having a large texture. Stone color should be in harmony with the overall scale of the room.

Cost decorative stone plaster determined texture, thickness and color of the stone. should not buy cheap stone, because it is most likely low-quality products. Stone plaster on really established companies worth 500 rubles.

What glue is used to work with artificial stone, gypsum-based

To work with gypsum stone used glue, also created on the basis of plaster. This type of glue quickly grasped, and it is easy to remove adhesive residue with a wet sponge. You can apply dry mixes (such as "Plaster" or "Perlfiks-Knauf") or ready to use adhesive (Monte alb). Suitable also ready glue that is based on acrylic polymers, called "Crazy Velcro."

The dry mixture was diluted with water to the specified on the packaging. It is undesirable to use adhesive based on cement. Gypsum has a porous surface, an absorbent wicking required for cement setting. In cement glue setting time much more than that of gypsum.

How to glue gypsum own hands

For laying of stone need simple tools: trowel, levelBrushes, miter box, a sponge and a pencil. In the case of dry mixture - a mixer tank for the mixture and a drill.

The surface on which the tile is laid must be smooth. With the help of putty and plaster to align the wall, wipe sand mesh and primed. The stone itself is also better primed. Primer helps to reduce the absorption of internal surface of the stone, as well as to remove the dust. It is necessary to give a first coat to dry, it will take hours, depending on the type of primer. With the help of the level it should be noted in pencil line of the first row of tiles.

If you use dry mixture, it is necessary to prepare the adhesive, which in a container filled with water according to the instructions, fill the mixture and mix thoroughly with a mixer. Water should be at room temperature. We should not get mixed up a lot of glue, because He quickly grasped, and you do not have time to develop it.

You need to decide to what prioritization will be laid stone. If he is of different sizes, it is necessary to alternate the large tiles with medium and small. In the 2nd row prioritization should be changed. When the size of one stone for the beginning of the 2nd series of this stone should be cut off a hacksaw, so that the seams on the top row are not aligned with those in the bottom.

Grebonchatym spatula necessary glue to put on a stone, remove any excess and press tightly against the wall. Clay can also be put on the wall. Gypsum decorative stone does not have perfect flatness, for sure, to the upper rows of tiles do not run away horizontally. A special wedges used for this purpose. Speaking glue ought to immediately remove with a damp sponge.

The angle looked beautiful, it is necessary to trim the tiles using a handsaw and miter box at an angle of 45 degrees. Clay, acting on the edges of the stone when it is pressed against the wall, is usually enough to fill the joints. When the glue is not enough, you have to fill grout joints for stone or apply adhesive to which a stone was laid. Seams need to be filled carefully in order to avoid getting glue on the stone. In the shop there are special bags, you can also use a confectionery syringe.

Generally, this material can be glued using any composition: PVA glue, or installation of water-acrylic compositions, mastics. The main thing - to handle this carefully before primer or a mixture of gypsum plaster base. Then applied by trowel adhesive and cement mortar.

Stone plaster is applied so that excess glue from under him squeezed. adhesive solution dries quickly because better cover the area immediately minor - 1 sq. m. It is necessary to look to the adhesive on the front side did not get, and maintain the evenness of the series. Although it is possible and a small curvature, which imitates any surface.

Buying stone in the store, you have to buy once and paint the color of the stone. She followed paint over the places where the glue extends. When completely dry after laying stone, it is necessary to cover the water-based lacquer or acrylic impregnated, protected from rock damage and improving its appearance.