Natural Stone Paints

For those who like to surround themselves with everything natural, today it is not at all necessary to spend large amounts of money on the purchase of expensive, but naughty in the installation of materials. The modern market of building materials offers consumers a wide range of paints and coatings, which have almost all the characteristics inherent in natural materials.

Content:

• Material application
• Finishing surfaces
• Stone-based decorative paints
• Properties and qualities of paints with a stone effect
• Benefits of using stone effect paints
• Paint Technology

Modest budget owners may like stone imitation paint, which can adequately create the illusion of a natural finish. At the same time, such an imitation may be so believable that it will not differ from the original either visually or tactilely.

Paint with the effect of natural stone appeared on the market not so long ago, but has already managed to gain immense popularity among repair specialists due to the fact that it has become a fairly easy and reliable way to give the appearance of a stone structure to various surfaces.

Paint for walls with a stone effect is highly reliable. It forms a solid surface, resistant to mechanical and physical effects, as well as other possible loads. Using decorative materials, you can create walls that look like a rough cave stone or the elegant and beautiful marble stone of palaces.

Material application

Paint with the effect of stone, can be used for finishing works of various types and has been successfully used on a variety of objects of apartments, houses and even personal plots. This material can be used for a variety of purposes:

• it is perfect not only for interior work, but also for facade decoration or, if necessary, decorating the most diverse elements of the site;
• it’s good to lie on the walls of various types;
• for finishing the floor, and thanks to its excellent strength characteristics, do not crack or spoil for many years, even in the most passable places;
• at painting stairs;
• as a decor for a kitchen apron;
• decorate different elements of furniture;
• will give a rather original appearance to the fence, gazebo, flowerbed and even a path in the garden;
• a fireplace or stove decorated with stone paint will look solid and respectable;
• a very good solution is the design of concrete and even stone tiles. Thanks to the use of such paint, the surface of these materials acquires a very rich, solid and expensive appearance.

Finishing surfaces

The composition of the stone coating is developed by specialists, taking into account maximum compatibility with most popular building materials, among which are:

• various types of plastered surfaces;
• various surfaces of concrete and foam concrete;
• composite materials;
• plastic materials;
• tree;
• drywall;
• glass surfaces;
• tile surfaces;
• metal;
• ceramics;
• polyurethane.

In some cases, when creating landscape design it is necessary paint gravel or other material that remains after construction.

Stone-based decorative paints

Paints and coatings that belong to this variety can quite successfully and fully imitate materials such as marble, granite, as well as other types of stone finishes. When using them, there is no need to apply complex application methods. In addition, these stone imitations can almost always be used with other varieties of paints.

Examples of high-quality and effective coatings include paints:

1. Decorative varnish Sherwin Williams Faux Impressions Crackle. Used to easily create the effect of cracks;
2. Faux Impressions Dimensional Basecoat decorative coatings are innovative materials that have excellent adhesion and adhesion to any surface on which they are applied. The undoubted advantage of such paint is extremely light application, which can be performed even with a simple roller or trowel;
3. Latex type glizal Sherwin Williams Faux Impressions Latex Glaze can be used to create surfaces with color and texture effects. Often used to work with the internal surfaces of walls, doors, various decorative elements or furniture.
4. A decorative coating with the effect of Quartz Stone (Faux Impressions Quartz Stone) is an innovative material that has a shiny texture, which, unlike similar coatings that competitors use, can be very easily applied using a roller.
5. Faux Impressions Metallic decorative coatings are paints with a stone effect that has a metallic sheen.
6. Decorative coatings that imitate Venetian plaster.
7. Texture coatings that mimic the look of natural stone, etc.

Properties and qualities of paints with a stone effect

All coatings and paints that mimic stone have their own characteristics. For example, this is the increased resistance of such materials to various influences. It is worth paying attention to the fact that such coatings are often intended not only for internal, but also for external work.

Accordingly, any kind of such paint will differ not only in excellent adhesion, but also in excellent protective properties. It greatly facilitates the use of such paints the ability to quickly and easily work on their own.

Benefits of using stone effect paints

Such paints have excellent strength characteristics and abrasion resistance, as well as any mechanical influences. They are water resistant, but at the same time, all contaminants from their surface can be very easily washed off with water.

The ultraviolet rays have absolutely no effect on the quality and color of such a coating, it does not fade and does not change its color scheme.

Using paint under the stone, you can quite successfully hide various defects of the base. The paint does not leave spots and can even play the role of a protective layer throughout the entire time of its use.

In addition, giving preference to such a coating, you can get a fairly wide range of decorative possibilities, thanks to the variety of textures and colors presented by modern manufacturers. The composition of any such paint is frost-resistant, environmentally friendly and has an acceptable cost.

Paint Technology

Those who have decided to draw their own objects with such paint can guaranteedly get the necessary colors, textures and even blotches that can often be found on natural stone.

In order to create such an imitation of the surface of artificial stone, which even a professional cannot distinguish from natural, it is necessary to follow some recommendations for application.

First of all, the surface on which the paint will be applied must be thoroughly cleaned and washed. Concrete or plaster, which contains cement, is best rinsed under pressure with water from a hose.In order to ensure maximum adhesion to the surface, it is best to pre-sand it.

Walls and floors that have been exposed to moisture must be thoroughly dried for at least 72 hours. After complete drying, a primer mixture is required.

At the last stage of the work, paint is applied, into which glitter can be added if desired for maximum decorative effect. Last but not least, a dried layer of paint is varnished.

To create a solid, beautiful and modern interior, it is not at all necessary to use expensive and difficult to apply materials.

The long-standing desire to get an interior or exterior made of stone can be easily realized with the help of affordable paints that imitate this natural material in a high-quality and complete way.