To give a boring interior an interesting look is possible with the use of stucco molding. Whoever at least once worked with plasticine, remembers its suppleness when creating original forms. The process of making decorative stucco is similar to working with plasticine. But the tremendous possibilities of the stucco material give rise to creativity and excite imagination.
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Return of stucco
More recently, stucco molding was considered a relic of the past, which did not fit perfectly into the idea of a modern interior. Nevertheless, the moldings forgotten for a while, as decorative material, confidently strives forward.
The stucco decoration completely lacks competition to enrich the interior as much as possible. Products from stucco molding allow you to select and favorably emphasize the variety of decorating options. Stucco is a relief embellishment (figured and ornamental), cast by special technology and recipe. These materials are plaster, papier-mâché, concrete and polyurethane.
Originally stucco was used on the exterior facades of buildings and for decorating castles, palaces and religious buildings. But the decorative moldings happily get along in the interior of a private house and a modern apartment. It is enough to feel the originality and refined taste of all the refined forms of remarkable material. Stucco returns, and we hope for a long time!
Stucco molding can be compared with a capricious fashionista, who meticulously tries on a new favors.
Styles of stucco: in all of you, darling, dresses are good
from classicism to modernity
For the decoration of ceilings and walls, stucco is used for four thousand years. The times of classicism and baroque in those days with characteristic curves and lines, molding softened semicircular outlines. The first products of stucco molding from gypsum were made by hand.
The striking similarity of borrowed half-fish and half-stars, fantastic birds and flowers on stucco molding fully corresponded to the architecture of classicism.
Products decorated and framed windows, fireplaces, ceilings and various arches in height. The dense and matt surface of the plaster molding creates an incredible light effect. Any transitions and chiaroscuros acquire a soft and gentle glow.
Decorative stucco of white color can be successfully combined with gentle pastel tones: pink, blue, and light green.
This possibility of perfect combination is an excellent platform for creating a wall, ceiling panel or plafond.
The flowering of artistic mastery led to decorative stuccoing to the effect of harmonizing living space. Now the wrong shape of the room can be safely straightened using the successful location of the stucco. Elements of stucco make it possible to hide engineering communications located in visible places from curious eyes.
Elements of stucco in the Art Nouveau style are no longer simply decorated with a crevice on the wall, but they are effectively framed with fireplaces, chimneys and shelves. But the most attractive is that stucco is good in all outfits, starting from the man-made gypsum shell and ending with polyurethane molding.
If you are not afraid of the creative process of creating stucco with your own hands, this video will tell you how to proceed when creating a stylish interior.
But the ready-made products of stucco from polyurethane became very popular.
What is the attractiveness of polyurethane stucco
For modern designers and designers, the appearance of polyurethane moldings marked a new era of creativity, well, of income, of course. This variety of finished products in the form of:
• curbs and pedestals
• ceiling sockets and cornices
• frame elements for door and window openings, furniture
• elements with a high relief ledge (pilasters, brackets, columns).
If you like a boring interior that is subject to regular exchange, the stucco is for you. Moldings and moldings made of polyurethane have strength and resistance to mechanical influences. The positive quality is the biological stability and economy of installation. Naturally, the question creeps in: "How to make stucco with one's own hand".
How to make stucco with your own hands
The general technology for creating stucco moldings and decor elements is one and consists of the following stages:
• creating and designing a sketch model
• Template and shape model production
• casting and finishing the element
• installation of stucco molding.
from sketch to shape: tips plasticine hedgehog
Initially, we design and create a sketch of the model. At this stage it is necessary to determine the pattern load lines. It is more preferable to use an ordinary clay to create a model, which can be transformed or changed during molding.
The model will be the basis for future casting. Mold for casting moldings can be made of metal and silicone.
Manufacturing a metal mold is a laborious process that requires certain skills. Therefore, make a mold of silicone or get ready. Let's say that when making a mold, it is necessary to remember that for large and bulky products it will be necessary to create a gypsum base. It is recommended to strengthen the layers of silicone in the places where the gypsum is loaded.
prepare the gypsum mixture
After the form is ready, we cultivate the gypsum to the consistency of thick sour cream. You can add a little cement and PVA glue to the mixture. Then slowly put the mixture into a mold, and distribute it in a groove without leaving voids and leveling the surface. The mold should be filled with a portion of gypsum to the edge of the base.
Do not add water if the level of the gypsum mixture is insufficient. Place the mold with gypsum in an inaccessible place. The gypsum mixture dries 2 days. After the final drying of the gypsum (gypsum starts to lighten), you can extract the model from the mold.
debugging to the original model
Now it is necessary to refine and refine the product. For this, grinders with nozzles and fillets are used. The qualitative model should not have unevenness or roughness, as well as shells and chips. For better adhesion to the surface on the back of the molding, mesh is applied.
how to install
Before starting the installation of stucco moldings and elements, it is necessary that the gypsum in the product is used to the habitat. Then prepare the surface for installation - level, clean and wipe.
If the element is small in size, then it is glued using a special glue or glue "Liquid nails".
For products with significant weight (cornices or ceiling cups), it is necessary to provide a fastening system for jointing. It is a system of pins and profiles, perfectly connected with each other.
Some useful tips for working with stucco are presented here.
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