Clay finish plaster gallery

Application: The Tierrafino Clay plaster should be applied with a laying on trowel or a machine-sprayer at a thickness of 2-4 mm. Finish 1: coarse finish: After Tierrafino Clayfinish has stiffened up a bit, when only the outer 1 mm is still workable, the wall should be shaped with a moist sponge. By rubbing the wall in circular motions material is taken away where there is too much and left behind where there is less than in direct surrounding areas. Rub along with the wall with not too much force, pushing too hard will create dents in the surface. By repeating rubbing with a sponge the wall will become finer in texture, more and more small holes will be closed. However, because the wall is not trowelled down anymore there will remain a more or less coarse textured finish. Now let the wall/object dry. Finish 2: smooth finish: After Tierrafino Clayfinish has stiffened up a bit, when only the outer 1 mm is still workable, the wall should be shaped with a moist sponge. By rubbing the wall in circular motions material is taken away where there is too much and left behind where there is less than in direct surrounding areas. Rub along with the wall with not too much force, pushing too hard will create dents in the surface. After the shine of water has dissappeared from the surface, Tierrrafino clay plaster should be trowelled, polished with a plastic trowel. A metal trowel will leave stains from oxidation. When you press too hard with the plastic trowel onto a still too wet plaster, small or larger air bubbles will appear behind the plaster. Puncture this bubble with, preferably, a needle, and press the plaster back onto the substrate from all angles in the direction of the puncture. Now fill the puncture itself, if necessary. Now let the wall/object dry. Finishing Tierrafino clay plaster: When the wall has dried but not fully, when it is still overall equally moist, the wall must be gently wiped once more with a damp sponge and then brushed with a horse hair- or coconut-brush. When brushing to soon, stripe-marks will be left in the, still soft, Tierrafino Clayfinish. When brushing too late, the surface will be damaged by the brush, only clay and sand will be rubbed from the wall. When you are too late, you can solve the problem by wetting the wall with a plant spray prior to brushing the wall. Because of brushing the wall with a coconut-brush, the real shine of Tierrafino Clayfinish reveals itself. The surface will be hard and wipe proof after brushing when it is done intensively, by brushing too soft the wall will not be wipe proof. Another way of finishing the Tierrafino Clay plaster is to rub the wall in circles with your handpalm, before the Clay plaster has stiffened up. This doesn’t bring any harm to your handpalm.