Self-leveling bulk floor, step-by-step instructions, photos and video

Owners of apartments today can, based on personal aesthetic tastes and financial opportunities, choose the option of finishing the floor in the apartment. Everyone knows the classic variations - linoleum, parquet, laminate, tile. However, lovers of fashion trends will not disregard a fairly new technology that is rapidly gaining popularity - a bulk floor with a pattern.

Introducing patterned floor technology

Many are interested in what and how beautiful bulk floors with a pattern are made of.

Such floors differ not only in their external design, but also in the chemical composition of the mixtures. They are:

• Methyl methacrylate. They have the highest strength among bulk floors and are characterized by durability. The basis for them is a mixture of methyl methacrylate resins.
• Epoxy mixes. They are also not afraid of the load of both chemical and mechanical nature. Also, this type of floor with a pattern is characterized by ease of care and hygiene.
• Polyurethane Distinctive features of this type of flooring are high wear resistance and resistance to moisture, steam, various acids. Compared to other compounds, such mixtures dry faster, but are afraid of temperature changes.
• Cement-acrylic mixes. They are created using the “liquid component” and construction mixtures. The main advantage of such a floor with a pattern is the budget cost.

The cost of work

To make your floor unique, effective and practical, only the price can interfere. In Moscow, 1 square. m of bulk floor with a pattern will cost 5,000–7,000 rubles, in St. Petersburg - 4,500–6,500 rubles, and in a large area, the cost of a meter will be lower than in a small room.

You can reduce the cost of organizing a floor with a three-dimensional pattern if you install it yourself. To do this, you need to read the instructions and pay attention to the choice of a key component of such a flooring - 3D images.

Floor pattern selection

Step-by-step instructions for creating a do-it-yourself floor covering will help create a unique picture on the floor (video). The first thing to do is select the original image for it.

• The actual solution for the living room may be the image of the city square or meadow of flowers.
• The decoration of the kitchen can be a monophonic floor, variations with images of wildlife or geometric shapes.

• Floor in the bathroom it’s better to design them with images of the corresponding subject - the water world and everything connected with it will fit perfectly into the overall style.

• A suitable pattern for the bedroom floor can be a well-known picture or a simple, but unique ornament.

• There are a lot of options for decorating the floor of the children's room, the most popular are cartoon characters, space-themed drawings, sports-oriented ones and others.

Instructions for self-creation of a floor with a picture

The answer to the question of how to make a bulk floor with your own hands will be a step-by-step instruction. During the installation of flooring, you will need this set of tools:

• a grinder or a grinder equipped with a diamond disk with a diameter of up to 18 cm;
• a vacuum cleaner;
• construction mixer or drill for preparing mixtures;
• spatulas of various shapes, the presence of a flat and serrated is mandatory;
• rollers - needle and fur;
• flat brush;
• shoes with spikes - kraskostoy;
• mixture for leveling;
• work clothes, respirator, cotton and rubber gloves;
• transparent topcoat;
• varnish to protect the surface with a pattern;
• solvent - will help to cope with pollution of tools.

When the accessories are prepared, you can proceed to work on creating a floor with a picture, and it is important to carry out all the steps in stages.

Preparing the base for the 3D floor

The base before arranging the bulk floor with a picture is prepared in the standard way:

• The concrete base for the floor needs to be treated with a grinder, if the protrusions are noticeable, they must be eliminated with a perforator.
• Cracks and chips that may be in the base must be filled with a mixture of epoxy resin or cement.
• The surface should be thoroughly cleaned of dust, debris, oil stains.
• Then apply a high-quality roller or brush to the surface. deep penetration primer.
• When the first coat of primer dries, apply the second and also wait for it to dry completely.

Work on the base layer of the floor with a picture

At this stage, the basic floor mixture is prepared, which should be perfectly even.

• A damping tape will act as a dividing structural element, which should be fixed around the perimeter of the room.
• Using a level or level, you need to install beacons. They should be fixed as evenly and accurately as possible.
• For three-dimensional floors with a picture, a special solution is needed. It consists of a building mixture and water, which must be mixed in a proportion of 25 kg to 6 liters. It’s possible that less fluid will be needed, so you don’t need to rush to add a lot of water, the resulting mixture should be viscous. Excess fluid can lead to the fact that the finished coating will not be too durable and high quality.
• The finished mixture must be applied to the finished mixture.
• Using a T-rail, you need to level the mixture on the surface.
• The needle roller should remove air bubbles.

As a result, you should get a perfectly even base layer, for this it is regularly necessary to monitor the state of the coating level.

• After this, you need to leave the mixture to dry for several hours, the room should be free of drafts and bright lighting.

Drawing

At this stage of creating a floor with a picture, various options are possible.

• Draw drawings should be directly on the base layer. If the artist’s skills are not available, but you want to create a 3D floor in an original way, it is better to use the services of a specialist.
• A more traditional option is also available - choose the picture you like and then print it on banner cloth or vinyl film. Its dimensions should slightly exceed the area of ​​the base.

When creating a drawing, it should be taken into account that an image drawn with polymer or acrylic paints can last longer because it is not afraid of the sun's rays.

• You can add sophistication to the design through the use of additional decorative elements - sand, marble chips, sparkles.

The paint used for the drawing must be given time to dry well.

Finish layer

Applying a transparent protective layer is a crucial step in working with a bulk floor with a pattern.

• You need to prepare the mixture to create a transparent layer. To do this, knead Elacor-ED.
• The finished mixture should be carefully applied to the surface, the layer thickness should be at least 3 mm. When leveling the mixture, it is necessary to simultaneously eliminate air bubbles.

• Next, go through the mixture with a needle roller. Continue to work until the mixture begins to thicken. It usually takes between 15-30 minutes. At this stage, you need to act in studded shoes, so as not to damage the coating.
• The floor covered with plastic wrap should dry, it will take 24–48 hours.
• The final stage is the application of varnish. He will be able to provide surface protection, as well as make it more attractive. You can use varnishes with anti-slip effect.

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