The use of decorative finishing gypsum will help make your interior cozy and unique. Reasonable price, ease of work and an adequate range of textures and colors, close to natural stone, decorative stone can be used in the finishing of apartments and rooms.

Decorative stone in interior decoration

Decorative gypsum used in the decoration of the hall, kitchen, living room. You can lay out how the whole wall fully, and individual fragments. Stone is suitable for framing arches, doors, relevant in the design of the fireplace, well with photo wallpapers. Decorative stone reminiscent of an old masonry, and at the same time is a modern finishing material. If you have a small living room - it is better to lay the stone fragments, not oblitsovyvaya their entire surface to the wall. When large areas can be completely put one or two walls. It would seem - stone cold and austere, but it creates comfort.

Well look built-in shelves of plasterboard, plaster finished with a decorative stone.

Indispensable when you make a stone fireplace.

Stone is easy to install. The main thing - improvise on the fly. Of course, you should know what you want to see in the end, but what that strict regulations does not exist here. Decorative artificial stone different in texture, size and color. For walls commonly used medium-sized stone with a texture, small size. For registration of the arches can be used over rough brick with large texture. The color of the stone should be combined with the colors in the room.

Price decorative gypsum depends on the texture, thickness and color of the stone. Do not buy cheap stone - most likely - is substandard products. Gypsum from reputable companies is from 500 to 1500 rubles.

What glue is used with decorative stone on the basis of plaster

When working with gypsum stone used glue on a plaster base. Such glue quickly grasped, adhesive residue can be easily removed with a damp sponge. Use may be dry mixes ( "Plaster", "Perlfiks-Knauf") or ready-to-use adhesive (Monte alb). Suitable and ready adhesive based on acrylic polymers "Crazy Velcro."

The dry mixture is diluted with water, the proportions are indicated on the package. It is undesirable to use a cementitious adhesive. The surface of the porous gypsum, it well absorbs moisture, which is necessary for cement setting. Setting time of the cement glue is much greater than that of gypsum.

As pokleit stone with their hands

For laying of stone requires simple tools:

• level
• putty knife
• brush
• foam sponge
• stuslo
• pencil

If you use a dry mixture:

• capacity for the mixture
• mixer
• drill

The surface on which you are going to lay the tiles should be smooth. Using the plasters and fillers align wall powertrowel sand mesh, prime with. The stone itself is also desirable to be primed. The primer will help reduce the absorption of internal surface of the stone, and will remove the dust. Allow the primer to dry out - it is about an hour, despite some primer using. With the help of the level mark a pencil line on which you will go first row of tiles.

If you are working with a mixture of dry - then you need to cook the glue. Add water into a container according to the instruction, pour the mixture and mix well with a mixer. Water should be room temperature. Do not knead a lot of glue - gypsum adhesive to quickly grasp - you do not have time to develop it.

Determine which prioritization will be laid stone. If different sized stone - a series of large, medium and small tiles. In the second row are alternate change. If the same size stone - so for the beginning of the second row of the stone need to cut off a hacksaw to the top row of the seams do not coincide with the lower.

Encry the adhesive on the stone, remove the surplus, press the wall tightly. The glue can also be applied on the wall. Decorative gypsum stone is not perfectly smooth, so make sure that the top rows of the tiles do not run down horizontally. To do this, use special clins. Glue spoke immediately remove with a wet sponge.

In order for the angle to look beautiful, the tile must be trimmed with a stouch and hacksaws at an angle of 45 degrees. Usually glue, which protrudes along the edges of the stone when you press it to the wall, is enough to fill the seams. If the adhesive is not enough, you need to fill the seams by grouting for a stone, or use the glue to which the stone was placed .. The seams need to fill in carefully so that the glue did not hit the stone. In the store you will find special bags, or use the confectionery syringe.

Buying a stone in the store, buy paint under the color of the stone. This paint is squeezing the place where glue appears. After the final drying of the stone after laying, cover it with a water-based varnish or a special acrylic impregnation. It will protect the stone from damage and it will look better.

Review the video where it is shown how to glue decorative gypsum stone and feel free to achieve a business.