Putty and plaster - what's the difference?

How do you know what you need, plaster or putty?

The following natural question arises: what is the difference between plaster and putty? The answer is simple: plaster, this is so to say a fundamental base, with a coarser structure, which allows to correct significant skews of surfaces( from 1 to 5 cm).Moreover, when creating a significant plaster namet - from 2 cm and above - it is considered rational to use a special reinforcing mesh. Reticulated reinforcing skeletons contribute to the high-quality closure on the plastered surfaces of canals, shtrobs and furrows, preventing in advance possible cracking of the plaster.

For various finishing works the following types of nets are used:

• facade,
• plastering,
• painters.

Each type is divided into three types:

• serpentine - perfectly absorbing moisture lavsan mesh, obtained by thermal bonding of the fabric,
• redink - having a polypropylene nature of creation,
• glass fabric mesh - made of intertwined glass filaments later impregnated with a special composition.

And here after the plaster comes the turn of putty, the application of which allows you to bring the plastered surface to the ideal state. This material has a fine-grained structure, more homogeneous - that's what distinguishes plaster from plaster.

Plastering and puttying of walls - stages

When starting the task, try not to forget about the difference between plaster and putty and follow the following sequence of work:

1. Preliminarily prepare the walls, beating off what has cracked or completely fallen off;
2. do not forget to apply a primer and allow the layer to dry out;
3. we make plastering of the required thickness, we wait, when it dries, and again we ground;
4. gently apply a putty layer, which also needs to be dried;
5. if there are flaws, lightly rub with sandpaper and repeat shpaklevku;
6. after drying, rub the surface to the ideal condition;
7. we apply the final layer of the primer and wait for the complete drying of the plaster;
8. we carry out painting, wallpapering with wallpaper or applying decorative putty.

Decorative putties

Nowadays decorative plaster from putty is widely spread. Unlike paint, smooth putty mixes are applied with a spatula, in the style of "Venetian plaster" or by finishing under a stone, sometimes in the form of marble.

There are also types of textured decorative putty. The technology of their application is a little more complicated and interesting. When creating such a relief coating widely used toothed spatulas, structural rollers, brushes and others, capable of giving unusual shape and volume tools.

Carrying out any plaster and putty work requires not only the presence of some skills, but also the knowledge of the correct sequence of their implementation, and the quality of the decorative coatings obtained depends directly on the materials and mixtures that are qualified. Do not hesitate to ask advice from sales consultants or from specialists in this field, all this will help you in your endeavors.