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What is microcement (1): What designers need to know about microcement

03 Dec 2020

& nbsp; The hottest word in the decoration industry this year is "micro-cement" & rdquo;  Designers want to know about micro-cement, what is micro-cement and what are the functions of micro-cement? What kind of decoration style is microcement suitable for?

  I want an expert to answer: Can microcement be used on walls, floors and ceilings? Microcement can be used both indoors and outdoors ?Micro-cement is really as hard as some micro-cement manufacturers and experts say, harder than ceramic tiles, and more wear-resistant than ceramic tiles? Can microcement really create many colors?

  Want to know: what are the advantages and disadvantages of microcement, is it a perfect decoration material ? What are the construction procedures of microcement? Is it complicated? Can I build it myself?

  These issues will be gradually discussed in this series of articles, and I hope that everyone will share what they have learned and continue to supplement and improve various knowledge of microcement .

  The naming of microcement

  When the product appeared at the German building materials exhibition, it caused a sensation throughout Europe. It broke the visual boundaries of traditional decorative materials with its industrial style and cold personality, minimalist fashion and seamless connection of wall and floor integration.

  At that time, there was no official category name for this type of product in the world, and several companies around the world that newly developed this type of product were their own Take their own product names such as PanDOMO in Germany, Simontin in China, MicroMemento in Spain, TOPCIMENT, etc. So there are various translations or names on the market called nano-cement and Taikoo cement.

  After several years of mutual communication between manufacturers and manufacturers, most manufacturers gradually prefixed with MICRO Each nickname to name their own product name. The category name of this kind of product is also gradually used to be called MicroCement, which literally translates as microcement in Chinese.

  Composition of Microcement

  Microcement refers to a decorative material containing ultra-fine particles of cement components. It has various advantages of wall and floor materials. It can decorate walls and floors. It is a high-performance, durable and highly wear-resistant finish. Unique minimalist style, varied LOFT decorative effect, highly wear-resistant, impermeable and waterproof finishing material with super strong adhesive performance.   

< span style="font-family: Song Ti">  The composition of microcement materials: Portland cement, gypsum, high alumina cement, polymer Polymer, quartz sand, various modified additives. Usually composed of two components. Divided into dry powder part and slurry part.

  Composition of Microcement Coating

< p>  The composition of the microcement coating is complex, usually consisting of a base interface agent, a microcement layer, a coating interface agent and a wear-resistant protective layer. It is also common practice to load fiberglass mesh in the coating. The material of microcement involves three different industries and professional knowledge: dry powder decorative mortar, cement-based polymer slurry, and wear-resistant polymer material. Technology, equipment and knowledge of the three spans of dry powder decorative mortar, architectural coatings and floor materials are required. High requirements on the manufacturer's technical equipment.

  Evolution history of microcement

  The most common building material, the cement mortar mixed with cement, sand and water has high hardness, rough surface and plastic shape. The cement gray is classic and durable, showing a cold, tough and rough style. In addition to satisfying architectural functions, it permeates the effect of decoration that is completely different from wood, stone, glass, metal, etc. Cement, along with glass and iron, is known as the three elements of modern architecture. The master architect Le Corbusier directly used concrete as a decorative material to create a transformation of concrete from a building structure material to a building structure and decoration material. Concrete and fair-faced concrete have gradually become a trend in modern architectural decoration.

  From the 18th century to the present, cement as a decorative material element has gradually gone through the ordinary concrete mortar---decorative concrete mortar---clear water concrete ---The stage of concrete stucco (finishing mortar), the birth of microcement marks a new stage of microcement stage evolved from the stage of concrete plaster.

  Ordinary concrete, decorative concrete, fair-faced concrete and concrete plaster (finishing mortar) are directly mixed with cement aggregate additives and water become. It presents the most original decorative style of cement, which is cold, tough, rough and cement gray. Lacks finesse, softness and warmth. The cold, hard and rough style limits the application of decorative concrete in more occasions, and the rich expressiveness of cement gray and cement is the love of many architects and interior designers.

  The research and development personnel combined the chilled cement with the polymer elastic emulsion to develop a wonderful micro-cement. Micro-cement softens the cold, hard and rough feeling of decorative cement in the visual and tactile sense, forming a more delicate and better tactile sense. In terms of performance, micro-cement improves the performance of decorative cement such as compressive, flexural, seepage, cracking, and wear resistance. It extends the use range of decorative cement, giving architects, designers and users more choices.