Tools
- Polterka, which can be completely different depending on their direct purpose. Available in all possible widths and lengths. Needed for application and leveling of the mortar, as well as for grouting the finished mixture of plaster;
- Scoop blade, which is used to pour, mix the solution. Also it is used for leveling and cutting the solution;
- Special bucket with a volume of about 1 liter, designed for finishing works. It is used for the most accurate dosage of solutions and for applying the material to the surface;
- Lighthouses are necessary in order to correctly and accurately mark the level of future plaster;
- Rules, which represent a kind of aluminum rails of different cross-section and length. They are used for leveling the solution along beacons, pulling out cornices, finishing slopes.
The field of how all the accompanying tools were prepared, the rules for plastering walls necessarily include surface preparation. It is necessary to ensure that the layer of plaster is laid flat and for a long time fixed on the wall.
Surface preparation
First, the surface is cleaned from dust, dirt, old paint, bituminous and grease stains. In this case, grease stains and bitumen deposits are removed manually by mechanical means. Humidification of the surface is also done.
If the surface is too smooth, a slight roughness is created for better adhesion of the solution. On wooden or cinder-block walls, incisions are made which are covered with a rabbit or arborex with a cell size of no more than 5 cm. On the brick walls, the joints can be slightly widened to a depth of about 1 cm.
The thin rods define the plane of the proposed works. They serve as a kind of bar. Flooring is covered with polyethylene film so that the falling mixture from the surface does not stain the floor covering.
Technique of plastering walls
After finishing the preparatory work, proceed to the very plaster walls. Apply it by smearing or splashing. The last method should be used at first, because it requires a certain practice. Prepare the mortar for the plaster. The mixture is diluted with water in accordance with the instructions on the packaging. The most commonly used cement-sand mixture in the proportion of 1: 3 .If you get too liquid solution, you should put a dry brick in it. In just a few minutes, the brick takes away all the excess moisture.
. At the corners of the walls, dissolution marks are made on the estimated thickness of the planned plaster. These rules are attached to the rule and begin to apply the solution( throw) on the space between them and the wall. Having made one such a beacon on the one hand, they begin to do the other on the other side of the same angle.
At the next stage of work, exactly the same beacons are made with an interval of about 1 meter, but at the entire height of the wall. The space between the beacons is also thrown by the solution. After this, the alignment is carried out using a semitrack or rule. Their edges pass through the nearest lighthouses.
At the final stage, after a few hours, the plastering of the plaster is done. This process should be carried out when the plaster has not yet hardened, but is also not in a liquid-viscous state. For grouting use a grater, which is tightly pressed against the wall and in a circular motion counter-clockwise produce work. Pressing should be carried out with varying strength, depending on the irregularities. Where the basins are weaker, where the mounds are stronger.
Of course, the best way to show the process of special video clips. The technology of plaster walls, video for a correct understanding of which you can look on our website online, does not present difficulties.
