White cement is: what is needed and how to plant

The cement used in the construction, repair everywhere. Recently it appeared on the market of its modification - white cement. What characteristics are inherent in what difference from the classical variant, and when to buy it?

Price and quality

White cement is attached by adding gypsum, diatomite, chalk. This affects the strength values. To a new kind of has all the basic features of the classic gray cement manufacturers have been forced to change their production technology.

Clinker - a substance extracted from clay, which is bound to have a part of, in this case purified from iron almost completely. The cost of the final product due to complexity of the technology, a little higher. But other parameters are optimized, so in some cases it is advantageous to buy white cement.

Areas of use of white cement

- Creating an ideal connecting joints between ceramic tiles;

- laying bricks - to improve the performance of aesthetics;

- production of reinforced concrete structures of various types (stairs, railings, etc.);

- the production of some types of tiles, artificial bricks;

- the creation of sculptures.

Main characteristics

On the package you can find the marking, select the type of white cement in accordance with the degree of strength, the hardening and shrinkage. It marked the figure by the letter "M" and a number.

Most resistant to water and frost - M400 and M500. M600 more sensitive, but takes less time to solidify.

Marked on the package and whiteness. To get the result, the corresponding plans and expectations, this figure is important to know. Some types of white cement to buy does not make sense, because the result will be worse than planned.

to distinguish between three grades.

- First, is the highest - the maximum degree of whiteness.

- The second is assigned cement with medium brightness values.

- In the third grade, they are minimal, there is the risk of cream-colored, gray or penumbra effect.

Food Regulations cement mixture

Ordinary cement mixed with sand, but in this case it does not fit, you can spoil everything. The grits have an admixture of clay. It also has a coloring property.

It is necessary to purchase an additional analogue sand - quartz sand or marble flour.

They will be able to prepare a solution, the results will meet expectations. The cost of silica sand is not great, marble flour is slightly more expensive.

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