Finishing the facade with bark beetle

Beetles bark beetles are considered dangerous pests, but the wood that is exhausted by these insects has a rather original texture. Designers saw in it a good way to diversify the appearance of the conventional plaster wall and began to give the finishing finish a furrowed shape. This immediately appealed not only to the owners of high-rise apartment buildings, but also to the owners of private houses.

Options for finishing the facade of the house with bark beetle

Decorative grooves are created in this kind of plaster with the help of pebbles, which can be of different fractions. Note that fine-grained inclusions are used mainly in indoor spaces, it is better to use coarse-grained granules from 2 mm to 3.5 mm from the outside.

Finishing an office building or a private house with a bark beetle can be of two types - plaster on gypsum or acrylic basis. Note that it's easier to work with gypsum, but acrylic always looked gorgeous. By the way, acrylic plasters are delivered ready in closed buckets, the worker only has to give the solution the right color. Gypsum varieties of bark beetle are sold in bags with already filled in with pebbles of the required degree of granularity.

What is good for finishing the facade with plaster bark beetle?

Unlike tiles, decorative bricks , stone or panels, this plaster does not increase the load on the walls and foundation, and it is not more difficult to work with this type of finishing than with conventional compounds. The bark beetle does not lend itself to burning, it well withstands precipitation and ultraviolet radiation, no dangerous substances from the surface of the treated walls stand out. In addition, such plaster can withstand mild strokes, cleaning with a rag, sponge or vacuum cleaner. If you finish the facade with a bark beetle without preliminary tinting, then the painting can be done at the end with the usual compounds for external walls. It is best to use spray guns or for a small area to take brushes, the roller can not qualitatively fill the paint with numerous curly furrows on the facade of the building.