Bright autumn fallen leaves, sea surf, gave a couple of snow-white seashells, and all this is under your feet! "Fantastic?", - you ask uncertainly. No, these are self-leveling 3D floors made by themselves.
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From street art to the bulk floor in your apartment
New-fashioned and creative technology, borrowed in neighboring Europe, are stylish, liquid 3D floors. The basis for the manufacture of this type of flooring was the work of artists working in the style of 3D. The creative style of street art has won more and more fans who have seen the perspective of such drawings in a literal and figurative sense.
If we consider images at a certain angle, the picture becomes voluminous and excites the human imagination.
Until the moment the "picture has come to life" in your apartment, you will have to work hard. The process of manufacturing a bulk 3D floor is incredibly expensive and time-consuming. With bare hands on the move to take and master the technology is difficult enough, and for an apartment such a floor is suitable in rare cases, except for a living room, bathroom or kitchen.
The technology of manufacturing a bulk 3D floor
The complexity of the technology lies in the long process of layer-by-layer application of polymer compounds based on epoxy resins:
- originally a colored polymer composition creates a common background
- a special volumetric pattern or ornament is applied
- the surface is finally poured with a transparent polymer coating.
The preparation of a bulk 3D floor begins with a preliminary preparation of the base. Such floors are manufactured using the same available technology as all the existing floors. After the preparation of the base, a fillet is made: cuts are made in the wall at the height of the plinth parallel to the floor. The width and depth of the cut is 5 mm. Priming and dedusting of cuts and joints, and also borders with a floor is made. The spatula is applied with an epoxy resin solution. Thus, the first part of the floor is poured. Then the second cut is made in parallel with the fillet, it is also primed and dusted and filled with a mixture.
First, an equalizing layer is applied, which after grinding is ground to an ideal surface.
Next, using the selected color epoxy polymer, a basic general background of the coating is created. The surface of the floor is poured with a thin polymer layer up to 5 mm thick.
For bulk floors 3D there are two types of liquid coatings: one-component and two-component. One-component coatings are designed for the installation of a flat base, designed for subsequent work. The finished mixture is applied in a thin layer and leveled with a squeegee.
To eliminate bubbles, a needle roller is used. Two-component mixtures create a decorative finish coat, so the components: epoxy resin and hardener. Fine sand quartz sand and decorative color additives are added to the resin. The finished solution is mixed until uniform and poured onto the base, then evenly distributed and rolled by a roller.
The dull process of complete drying of the base layer is at least 24 hours. After that, the sheet with the 3D image is stacked. Before you order a picture with a three-dimensional image, you need to choose the right floor design and choose the best way to lay the picture.
What do you need to remember when creating 3d floors with your own hands?
Use and use this technology in a room for which emphasis is placed on design and design. It can be an entrance hall, a living room, a bathroom, but not residential, much less a bedroom. In order to visually increase the effect of volumetric perception of a three-dimensional image, it is preferable to have a picture along the length of the decorated room.
The filling 3D floor is monolithic in design, so the effect of depth is created, and the image from any angle should look the same. Look great pictures on the base layer of "natural" colors: blue, green, blue.
Materials for 3D floor or what are made of clouds
For the manufacture of the drawing, the following variants of the device or materials for the 3d floor exist:
- thin vinyl film
- banner fabric with high-quality thermal printing applied
- manual drawing of a drawing with the help of acrylic or polyamide paints.
Banner fabric or cloth is a PVC sheet. But not a simple fabric, but a cloth whose performance characteristics are reinforced by reinforcement with a polyester thread. The total thickness of the filling floor together with the picture is about 400 mm. The sheet with the image is carefully glued, eliminating the formation of air bubbles.
In addition to the main picture in the style of the picture, small objects, attractive sequins or fluorescent decor elements can be arranged. Acrylic self-leveling 3D floors are decorated with chips, glitters or flocks. Glitter is a special glitter. Such sequins can be made from:
- finely chopped polyethylene terephthalate film of various configurations
- aluminum foil
- glass crumbs
- synthetic crumbs and fibers coated with metal oxides.
All this shining "treasure" creates stunning effects. For example, decorating with glitters and flocks is done when applying a second layer of varnish or enamel.
And these are the most glitterers and flocks scattered on the surface is not chaotic, as it may seem at first glance, but according to the strict implementation of the instruction. They are thrown up and gradually settle, creating a uniform distribution over the floor surface.
Such decor elements are quite diverse in colors and images. With the design of liquid 3D floors, there is a wealth of know-how and nuances that a mere mortal can simply not guess.
Therefore, the only correct solution is to provide work to qualified specialists. Moreover, professionals do it admirably. Only after such strokes are the final pouring of the finish coat of varnish.
What is the lack of bulk 3D flooring? The reproduced picture on the floor will be for a long time, until your grandchildren ask: "Grandfather, and when we paint the floor again." Therefore, before making a fill of this type of floor, it does not stop to think about whether it is worth it to invent at all.
If you decide on the device of this type of coverage, then look at how the filling of the 3D floor is done by professionals.
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