Tadelakt

The Tadelakt is a Enduit with the lime shining and impermeable which can be as well used in interior as in outside. It is the traditional coating of the hammams and bathrooms of the Riad and the palates of the Morocco. It with the characteristic to be “shoed” with a roller of river and to be treated with the Soft soap to acquire its final aspect.

Tadelakt, has an aspect soft and fine with undulations due to the work of the roller what confers great decorative capacities to him. Its impermeability makes it possible to possibly use it to make bath-tubs and wash-hand basins.

Tadelakt is generally carried out with Chaux of Marrakech on the only one way. Indeed the lime of Marrakech allows a more consequent thickness thanks to its very rudimentary manufacture. The incuits and limes of cookings of this lime act as load to the coating. The installation of Tadelakt is a meticulous operation and requires a strenuous work which is not with the range of the handyman. Marocains master craftsmen is called “Maalem” and follows a formation lasting of long years in order to control the technique. Tadelakt remains a fragile mortar with the blows which requires a regular maintenance. Each glare must be imperatively repaired under penalty of seeing water infiltrating in the support. The final improvements are always visible.

The interest of the public for Tadelakt, following the many articles published in the reviews of decoration and the passion of the international jet set for Marrakech, pushed the industrialists to create modern materials which are connected in Tadelakt.

So certain manufacturers condition Moroccan lime (Kreidezeit, Tierrafino Stone), their installation and their maintenance requires a thorough knowledge of Tadelakt.

New products, directly resulting from the lime of Marrakech approach esthetic and technical qualities Tadelakt origin without however equalizing it, while offering a facility of installation (Tadelakt Perfectino, TierraAzul), e.a.

Other products are primarily hybrid mixtures of cements and limes, some combine products of synthesis with cements in order to obtain one hangs and a fast resistance. If the installation is facilitated, the esthetic result moves away from Tadelakt to approach the Stuc. These modern materials owe for the majority being protected from moisture by varnished in order to avoid the increase on the surfaces of salts limestones (efflorescence). Tadelakt is sealed off with a particular natural soap, containing olive oil.

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