Decorative stucco in the Loft style

Nowadays, when everyone wants to highlight their home and make it not like the others, decorative stucco in the Loft style has become very popular. She will immediately arrange the room in the chosen style, and you just have to add details. In this article, we will talk about this type of building material and deal with the nuances of working with it.

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Loft style. Beauty or untidiness?

The word "loft" in translation from English means "attic" or "apartment upstairs." Such an interior uses as few partitions as possible, functional and simple furniture, a minimum of decor, large window openings and cool shades of flowers. People of creative professions or young people who strive for innovative solutions prefer this style.

The room design style, which is quite popular today, at the dawn of its inception was characteristic of the haven of unrecognized artists and bohemians. Entire communities of people of art occupied abandoned industrial buildings that were not intended for housing. Today, designers are doing everything they can to achieve the effect of battered old walls and rusted metal. For this, Loft plaster is often used.

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Decorative stucco in the Loft style. Technical information

Such plaster will make the surface of the walls similar to the texture of concrete, brick, raw metal. That is, you will not need to wait for the natural aging of materials, a special mixture will help you achieve the main idea of ​​the style. In addition, the material is quite practical to use. Consider its main technical features:

• Moisture resistance. Under the influence of moisture, the plaster does not change its characteristics. This makes it possible to use building materials not only indoors, but also outside, in vestibules and corridors, bathrooms and kitchens.
• Strength. Loft decorative plaster is resistant to mechanical stress, so it is very practical to use it in places that are visited by a large number of people. Even with prolonged use, chips and cracks do not form on the coating, it does not wear out and does not fade under sunlight.
• Hygiene Plaster care is quite simple - with a damp rag or sponge and the usual household cleaning products.

Important! Complex contaminants can be removed with sandpaper. This will not do any harm to the interior.

• Ecological properties. The composition includes only safe materials, so you can be sure that the mixture does not harm human health either at the stage of preparing the batch and plastering, or in the process of life with such walls.

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How does loft style wall plastering work?

• First of all, it is necessary to prepare the surface of the walls. To do this, remove the old wall covering, drips and dirt.
• All the irregularities of the wall must be covered, smoothed, cracked. Thus, the surface is made smooth and even.
• After all cleaning procedures, the wall is left for 12-24 hours until completely dry.
• Microcement on the surface of the walls must be applied in several stages, the first of which is the preparation of the solution.The ingredients indicated by the manufacturer on the packaging are mixed until a homogeneous consistency, after which the solution should be infused for 15 minutes.
• The next stage is the primer of the walls. For better adhesion of plaster and walls, the surface must be coated with a special composition.
• Apply the first coat, then finish. The procedures are performed with a metal spatula.
• Immediately after the finishing plaster, use a plastic spatula to create patterns. The mixture on the walls should be still raw, otherwise the reliefs will not work.

Important! At this stage, the presence of an assistant will be very helpful. In this case, one - performs plastering, and the other - creates the necessary effect.

• Optionally, you can remove all irregularities and roughness from the surface. This is done only after the material has completely dried.

Important! Many refuse this stage of work, as the effect of “uninhabitedness” and antiquity is lost.

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Popular brands

The most famous brand of decorative stucco in the Loft style is San Marco. The Italian manufacturer offers quality materials that create picturesque panels, sculptured relief coatings that can emphasize the exclusivity of the interior.

The plastic material in the Loft style of the San Marco brand is able to give the walls almost any look:

• Marble
• Stone;
• Tree;
• Aged over the years surface;
• Sand;
• Travertine;
• Skin;
• Clays

The main advantages of San Marco plaster are:

• No unpleasant odor.
• Environmentally friendly composition, completely safe for humans.
• A wide range of colors and textures.
• The structure of the material allows the walls to “breathe”.
• Seamlessness.
• The material makes it easy to repair damaged areas.
• Easy to clean treated surfaces.

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Useful recommendations for working with stucco in the Loft style:

• Some materials after application to the walls are able to change their color. This factor depends on the manufacturer, therefore, before choosing a particular plaster, read the reviews about it so that after repair the color of the walls does not come as a surprise.
• Creating a concrete surface, you should not strive to make a perfectly smooth wall without flaws. Each plate has chips and scratches, so such reliefs will give the interior more naturalness.

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Loft style is now quite popular, it does not require special zeal for its creation. Thanks to decorative stucco in the Loft style, you can easily realize this idea on the surfaces of the walls, and it will be much easier to do this than to wallpaper. Choose high-quality materials, then nothing will threaten your health, repairs will be carried out quickly and easily, and wall care will be minimized.