Plaster wall machine
The contents
- Preparatory work
- Commissioning of equipment
- The coating solution
- Works for leveling surfaces
- Pruning of the solution formed on the surface
Technical progress allows to simplify the implementation of many jobs related to the repair. These include plaster machine. With this technique, the plaster is significantly reduced time and labor in the production of these works.
Do not forget that when the plaster by machine reduces the material consumption, since the use of the machine allows you to make the plaster more uniform layer than for manual work.
The equipment and its specifications ↑
Machine plaster walls is done with a device that allows you to perform a large amount of work, and it can be not only the walls but also the ceilings, flooring. In addition, the use of this equipment can be used and for exterior.
Virtually the entire process of plastering walls machine is automated, from mixing with appropriate proportions and ending with the application of this mixture on the wall. The master can only control the flow of the mixture through the hose, moving it in a horizontal direction and keeping uniform the flow of the plaster. The movement should be smooth and polished.
Equipment for machine plaster includes the following elements:
- motor power of about 1 kW;
- capacity for kneading the mixture which, calculated on 200-250 l of the finished composition;
- the hose that supplies plaster mix under pressure;
- the device for air supply, discharge the pressure in the hose.
The process of plastering walls machine ↑
The plaster walls of the machine is as follows: first, the machine prepares the plaster mix according to the program and the specified proportions. As a result, without much effort you can get good promisenew rich in oxygen and is ready for further application of the mixture. And then begins the process of applying plaster on the wall.
Preparatory work ↑
Before applying the plaster, thoroughly clean the coated surface from various types of flows and contaminants, residues of the solution and protruding elements, to eliminate the corrosive manifestations. It is also recommended to fight off the vertical and horizontal level. This is done using a level and plumb.
Commissioning of equipment ↑
At start-up and adjustment of machines for plastering it is necessary to observe the recommendations given by the manufacturer. After the installation is delivered and mounted in place of the plastering work, it is necessary to connect the electricity and water supply. Then in a special container for the preparation of the mixture to fill dry ingredients and add water. This manual labor ends, ready mix machine will prepare their own, based on the specified settings.
The coating solution ↑
When applying the plaster on the wall of the machine should observe the following rules:
- The gun through which the feed solution should be kept, at arm’s length from the wall.
- After the position of the gun is fixed, you can open the valve for air supply.
- First and foremost, it is recommended to apply the plaster at the joints and corners, and only then proceed to plastering the whole wall.
- When applying mortar on the wall of hands movement should be smooth and uniform. Layer thickness varies depending on the speed of your hands.
Works for leveling surfaces ↑
After applying the mixture on the wall is necessary to eliminate all visual irregularities. This procedure should be done quickly, while the composition was not hardened and lost its ductility. As a rule, it is possible to work with plaster is on average 30 to 60 minutes. This time varies depending on the ingredients, which made the plaster. For leveling the walls, it is recommended to use such tools as the plastering trowel, rule, and spatula.
The alignment of the plastered walls to be carried out gradually, moving from one area to another. Yet grasped the solution in one area, move on to the next. The alignment angles start in the last turn.
Pruning of the solution formed on the surface ↑
The final stage of the plastering of the wall is cutting of the final solution. This procedure is performed by a rule that is shaped like a trapezoid. Pruning is performed after at least a quarter of an hour after leveling the wall. Pruning should be done before until the wall will not be smooth and perfectly flat. Remember that the wall is ready for cutting only when the total mass of the solution has seized, and the top layer more sensitive adhesion, that is reaching for the rule.
The advantages and disadvantages of the process ↑
We can distinguish several advantages over machine plaster from handmade:
- speed drawing – one of the main advantages. When machine plastering is not necessary to spend time kneading solution, since the machine is doing it yourself. According to most reviews, the speed of plastering in an automated manner is reduced in 2-3 times;
- the plaster on the wall by machine is more productive and economical way. So, unlike manual work with machine plastering material consumption is reduced three times;
- when applying the plaster with the use of special equipment increases the adhesion of coating material to the surface, as the plaster is fed under pressure.
- machine plaster helps to avoid the cost of a large number of not only time but also labor. As in the automated process of plaster eliminates the need for manual mixing, mix feeding, transfer of the solution from place to place.
Despite the fact that plastering wall machine has many advantages over manually, it has one very significant drawback: the cost of such a station for plastering large enough. Not every construction company can afford to purchase such a device. And to talk about the individual artists do not have to. Therefore, most of the services applying the plaster by machine provide large specialized companies.
The choice of compound for plaster ↑
Applying plaster by machine can be carried out on a variety of surfaces: masonry, concrete base, gypsum Board and other.
For plastering walls machine, you can apply different materials in finished form and in bulk state. They can be made on the basis of gypsum, and on the basis of sand and cement. In addition they contain special additives which improve the characteristics of the material such as viscosity, drying speed.
Generally, the gypsum compositions are used for the walls inside the premises, and mixtures of cement and sand is more suitable for exterior use, providing resistance to the environment.
Such compositions are suitable for work only with positive ambient temperatures, but not above 30°C. otherwise, their useful properties are lost, and to work with them becomes more difficult.
Conclusion ↑
In conclusion, it should be noted that whichever method of application you choose, do not forget about the practicality and feasibility of the work. Machine plaster is ideally used when working with large volumes. If you need to plaster a few square meters, it is better to perform it the manual way.
More about how to plaster walls by machine will help the following video tutorial