MATERIALS FOR
FINISHES
Finish given to the wall,enhance the exterior look of the structure.
Wall finishes(interiors) - quite delicate and need maintenance.
Now various types of wall finishes for the aesthetic purpose.
Concrete, masonry wall may be left exposed or plastered.
Wood or metal stud walls can support a variety of finishes.
INTRODUCTION
Flexible wall coverings
Plastered walls and gypsum board walls can be finished with a variety
of flexible wall covering.
Examples:
⁻ Wallpapers
⁻ Cloth/paper backed vinyl wall covering
⁻ Fabrics
⁻ Cork
Wallpapers
Wallpapers have a paper face and a paper back.
It is not commonly used in commercial design as it
is subject to soiling, abrasion and fading.
Cloth/Paper backed vinyl wall covering
Designed for serviceability and
durability.
It is flame resistant.
Easily cleaned and resistant to
fading and abrasion.
Fabrics
Fabrics like wool, linen, cotton, burlap and
grass cloth are used.
they require back coating as a barrier to
prevent adhesive from bleeding through
fabrics face and to improve dimensional
stability.
Cork
Cork from renewable bark of the
cork oak tree is used.
It is durable and resilient.
Accepts either wax or
polyurethane finishes
Posses excellent acoustical and
thermal rating.
Wood wall panels
Consists of a series of thin sheets
of wood framed together by
strips of wood.
The vertical strips are known as
stiles and the horizontal one as
rails.
Wood panels include solid lumber
panelling, wood veneer panelling
and plastic laminate faced wood
panelling.
Solid wood offers durability and
creates texture.
Plywood
Plywood is a wood panel product made by bonding veneers together under
heat and pressure, usually with the grain of adjacent plies at right angles to
each other.
Plywood core may be particleboard, medium density fibreboard (MDF), veneer
core or lumber core.
Cement Textured Finish:
This is a decorative finish and its mortar is prepared in
cement based material. It is applied faced plaster with a
trowel and after that it is coloured with paint.
Cement plastered Finish:
It is prepared in the form of mortar with cement, sand and
water in proper proportions and masonry manually to
achieve a smooth finish or sand faced finish.
CEMENT
Marble Powder Finish
This is a very smooth finish. The finish looks like Marble
flooring. This finish is obtained by marble powder, white
cement and water. It is applied manually.
Mosaic Tiles
Mosaic tiles are one of the most attractive wall
coverings.
The very small size of the tiles can create great
compositions by pieces with different hues.
Can also be used as wall decorative element and be
combined with ceramic tiles of more big size.
The size of the one glass tile is 10×10 mm and before
application these tiles are mounted on berg lass
sheet of 327 x 327 mm.
Mosaic tiles are more difficult to fix than usual
ceramic wall tiles but these glass tiles can create an
amazing energizing effect and give unlimited
creative freedom.
Glass Mosaic Finish
Glass mosaic tiles are small 1”x1” on a cloth
to get a workable size 12”x12” and this tile
with an adhesive on wall surfaces. It can also
be pasted on curved surfaces.
