Place tadelakt: the 4 essential steps

Place Tadelakt requires little technical knowledge, especially time. However, the errors quickly arrived with this Moroccan coating with very popular lime. Indeed, people tend to focus on the decorative aspect of the last layer and not to be attentive enough to the four main stages which precede the final phase of pose of Tadelakt. We return with you to the four essential steps to properly put your Tadelakt.

The second pass can be posed in the first price. This second layer will have to be applied by «tightening» a little more the morning concerning the gesture, nothing to change: always in arc of circles with small finishes in flat. After the plaster has started to dry, you can polish the coating with a pebble, as the Moroccan tradition wants, or with a plastic Taloche that you will find in a specialized store or on our e-shop. This will allow you to obtain a very aesthetic mirror effect.

How to make a Tadelakt?

To make a tadelakt, you must first make a coating made from Moroccan lime (traditionally Marrakech lime) by mixing 2 parts of lime in paste (powdered lime mixed with water until you get the consistency of a thick milk-shake and left maturation for several weeks) with 1 very fine sand share. Marble dust (used in Venetian plasters) is an excellent option, it adds plaster resistance and can be found in most pool supply stores.

How should you clean the Tadelakt walls?

In most cases, you will not need to use special cleaning products to clean your Tadelakt: a simple mixture of lukewarm water and a sponge will do the trick. However, if you are confronted with dirt and stubborn spots that do not want to move, add a little black soap to your water/sponge combination will generally be enough to do the work.

One of the reasons why it is so easy to clean the Tadelakt is that the surface is coated with black soap at the start, which gives the traditional Tadelakt buffing. This layer of soap has the additional advantage of making dirt very difficult to take on your Tadelakt surfaces, so that cleaning the Tadelakt is often just a question of passing a damp sponge on the surface.

Which supports to choose for Tadelakt?

Tadelakt can be applied to lime plasters, plasterboard, concrete blocks, concrete blocks, sand and cement, plaster plaster and certain ceramics. On these surfaces, you may need to apply a layer of casein.

What color of Tadelakt to choose?

This ancestral coating is found in many shades, for a convincing result in particular to see the shades of Tadelakt, the light colors are recommended. On the other hand, to find a Moroccan atmosphere, the «ocher» or red/orange tones will have a spectacular effect on the different surfaces such as the walls or the walls of the bathrooms.

What thickness for Tadelakt?

You can apply the Tadelakt with the preparation mortar on a thickness of 3 or 4 mm.

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