So what is put in decorative stone plaster?
Usually a stone is associated with something monumental, unshakable, and the closest notions are a cob, a rock, and then suddenly a decorative and at the same time stone plaster. What is so special made of such plaster? Intrigue? Undoubtedly. But there is nothing secret in the composition - the main component of decorative plaster, stone crumb, is a fairly crushed( in flour) cast decorative stone , not suitable for any other needs.
In addition, decorative plaster under the stone contains a lot of different ingredients, which suggests that invented it by someone who liked to school "pohimichit."Well, indeed, you can not remember everything: mica - 10% of the mass of cement, quartz sand, calcareous dough, marble flour. Direct culinary recipe of some kind. And taking into account the presence of portland cement, pigments, stone crumbs in the composition - alchemically, in general, with the only difference that the result will be a pleasant surface for the eyes of the wall, and not its ruins as a result of the explosion of reagents.
But, however, back to the finish. Do you want a very decorative surface with picturesque irregularities, so as not to be distinguished from a natural rock? There is nothing easier to get such a plaster, the stone crumb should be coarse, as far as possible. If you are a supporter of moderation, then you will also need decorative plaster pebble, but already with a crumb of medium grain. You can also achieve different degrees of granularity with the help of grout, but the main thing is not to overdo it. If you go further, to even smoother walls, then you can not use the crumb at all, and the plaster stone flower will also come down.
Plaster - imitation stone to complete identity
Imagine that you are driving through the countryside, for example, with a view to breathe fresh air away from the city, and suddenly on a hillock meters below 100 meters you see a pretty farmhouse. More precisely, the estate. Or even, perhaps, the castle in miniature. Well, what definition can you give a two-story mansion, built of granite, and so that the joints are not visible. It's as if the house is entirely made of rock.
We come closer and observe that there are really no joints, the walls are a homogeneous stone surface or. .. a surface under a stone. And really, it's just an imitation of a stone made with plaster. And this can be discerned only by approaching the building closely. That's it, and it should be done with decorative plastering under the stone, so that with the element of surprise, and even better so that in general the stone can not be distinguished. A place of joints "granite slabs" can be artificially reproduced.
Plaster - stone crumb sets the style of finish
In general, even the construction of cellular blocks can end up looking no worse than the Greek palace of Zappeion or the same medieval castle. It all depends on what kind of rock the stone was put into. Suppose you need an ancient Roman marble villa, with a courtyard, a fountain and so on. Well, the fountain and the courtyard for him - all this is achievable easily, and in various variations, depending on the genius of the architect. But where to get so much marble to build a villa, as well as the means to buy this marble? And here it is very useful decorative stone stucco, in which the main component will be marble chips, in addition to marble flour, of course.
Well, a medieval castle, here everything is simple. It is enough to use decorative plaster, the stone crumb in which includes granite and quartz formations, and now beautiful, and, most importantly, in warm tones, the walls of the building are elevated to a fair height with a granite-quartz monolith. Similarly, volcanic glass can also be used, which, however, will be a rather expensive treat, and slate rocks, to puzzle any geologist who will not be lucky enough to come to your house.
And the most pleasant thing in such plaster is its fragility. No, correctly applied decorative stone plaster can keep on the surface of the wall for years , it is durable and moisture-proof, but still it is not a real stone, from which the house is built once and for all. A lock made of granite slabs can get bored with its owner so that it will be wrapped around it with a cloth and will be aggregated by a tree so as not to see the disgusted granite, and the plaster with granite chips can one day be removed and replaced with another variant of stone imitation. After all, it's so cool every three or four years to change the entourage of your house and live in an ancient Greek manor, then in a Spanish mansion. Try it, you will like it.