How to make form for artificial stone

How to make form for artificial stone

Natural materials for finishing and facing of rooms in the west of steel are popular in the 60th years. To us this mode has come, as always, later. The rough, raw stone, blocks, boulders admire us with the indestructibility, hardness. Constructions from natural stone stand centuries. Remember locks of 15-17 centuries. We go there to excursions, and once there lived people. However to construct locks long and difficult, and natural stone - heavy and expensive material. Besides, technologies today others. Remarkable way out is the artificial stone imitating natural covering.

It is required to you

  • - stone;
  • - transparent silicone in the bllena;
  • - panels from PVC;
  • - neblshy capacity;
  • - water;
  • - cleaning agent for ware;
  • - solid oil;
  • - soft brush;
  • - palette.

Instruction

1. The artificial facing stone can be bought ready prepared, and it is possible to arrange own production for the house purposes. And the form in which the cement slurry is filled in becomes the main tool in production of stone.

2. Such form has to in accuracy to the smallest particles repeat surface of natural stone, to be strong that it was possible to reuse it, flexible that the finished product was easily taken out. All these meet the requirements factory forms from polyurethane. But they are expensive to house use.

3. Do not despond, national handymen have thought up long ago way to make own form for otlivaniye of finishing stone. For this purpose it will be required: first, stone from which the form, secondly, universal transparent silicone in Soundal, Bau Master cylinder, thirdly, of the panel from PVC for timbering will be copied.

4. Mark the PVC panels by the stone size with allowance of 4 cm (height of stone of-3 cm, height to edge of 1 cm), cut off and stick together timbering "liquid nails" or "hot gun". Advise to use also plastic containers from under ice cream, but only the small size, and that will increase silicone consumption.

5. Take the small capacity (cup, basin, bowl), fill it with water and add to it means for washing of ware of Fairey. Water has to become soap.

6. From the inside grease stone and timbering with thick layer of solid oil. Squeeze out silicone from cylinder in ready form, take soft brush, dip it in soap solution and accurately stamp silicone layer.

7. If necessary squeeze out still silicone cylinder. Same operating procedure. Stamp silicone by means of soap solution and soft brush. The last layer needs to be stamped and leveled the palette, the wetted in the same solution with Fairey.

8. The filled form has to dry, stock up with patience, it is long process, drying speed - 1 cm a week. Then sort timbering, remove stone and wash up ready form the same soap solution with Fairey.

9. The form is ready. For one stone it is possible to make several forms, then work on production of facing will go quicker. Besides, the cement slurry can be painted in different colors, trying to obtain naturalness of natural coloring.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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