Description
Colours:
Traditional monocomonnent microcement colour pallet:
Mixing ClaudiCemento pigments with ClaudiCemento microcement mortar:
TRADITINAL MONOCOMPONENT MICROCMENT
Adding a pigment to ClaudiCemento Microcement mortar:
- Shake the pigment bottle for about 30 -45 seconds to make sure that all of the concentrated pigment at the bottom, is coming up and mixing with all of the liquefiers.
- The pigment needs to be dissolved in water* before we add it to the microcement mortar:
Option 1 – mixing the pigment with 20 kg microcement bucket = using the entire bottle of pigment:
- Pour the entire pigment from the bottle into a clean container with a small amount of water to create a Pigment Mix.
- Pour a bit of water into the used bottle of pigment, shake it and add it to the pigment mix to ensure that all pigment was used.
- Add the Pigment Mix to the microcement mortar, mix it throughout to avoid uneven colouring of the microcement mortar, then continue to follow the steps re microcement mortar mixing with water as per installation guidance.
Option 2 – mixing the pigment with 10 kg or 15kg microcement bucket etc. = not using the entire bottle of pigment.
How to calculate the correct amount of pigment per 1 kg of microcement:
Weight of the Pigment is always written on a bottle.
Calculation is as follows:
Weight of the pigment ( as written on the bottle ) divided by 20 = the amount of pigment needed per 1 kg of microcement.
Example:
One bottle of Off – White pigment is 600gr.
600gr / 20 = 30gr
30 gr = the amount of pigment you need per 1 kg of microcement.
If you are using 15kg of microcement then you multiply the amount of pigment you need per 1 kg of microcement x 15
30gr x 15 = 450 gr
Note:
- To achieve lighter shade, add less of the pigment recommended dose.
- Using Microcement BASE as a finishing coat – due to the thick grain of Microcement BASE, the colour on microcement BASE always comes out darker. If you are using microcement base as a finishing coat and you wish to achieve a colour as on the microcement DECK samples then add 30% less of the pigment recommended dose.
Recommendations:
- Measured quantity of the pigment needs to be poured into a clean container – To get precise measuring, the pigment should be weighted on electronic scale measuring quantities between 0.1gr -500 gr.
- Pour the measured quantity of the pigment into a container, add a small amount of water to it to create a Pigment Mix.
- Pour a bit of water in the container where measured pigment was in, shake it and add it to the Pigment Mix to ensure that all pigment was used.
- Add the Pigment Mix to the microcement mortar, mix it throughout to avoid uneven colouring of the microcement mortar, then continue to the next step of installation – microcement mortar mixing with water as per installation guidance.
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