Microcement Spa, Steam Shower, Floors, Walls and Ceilings -
Our most comprehensive Microcement application video to date, showing the entire process and all preparations for #Microcement on floors, Steam showers and around a hot tub. Products available on www.5starfinishes.com and shop.5starfinishes.ca/.
Video includes a list of days and what we achieved each day to successfully complete this microcement spa and fireplace project on time and within budget.
1 Unload, Prime and floor waterproofing and prime mesh and basecoat fireplaces. The fireplace application video was also a part of this project.
2 Base coat ceiling first coat and Basecoat half the walls. Apply finish base layer to fireplaces. Apply second layer waterproofing to shower areas and floor.
3 Basecoat ceiling second coat and finish first basecoat on walls and first coat fireplace
4 Base all walls second coat and mesh floor first and finish one fireplace with Concrete look medium
5 Apply to walls first coat top and floor second coat base and seal fireplace upstairs stain shield
6 Ceiling first topcoat, replace all tape around floor, second fireplace second topcoat, floor first topcoat finish, cut floor protection and lay out to relax for final protection after finished
7 Protect floor and mask around for floors back 2mm, ceiling second topcoat and half walls second topcoat and seal fireplace and silicone both fireplaces
8 Apply final topcoat to walls, demask and vacuum and remask back for poly seal, apply final layer of topcoat on floor
9 Sand all edges and floor etc., vacuum and clean, Seal poly seal 50 50 plus one undiluted poly seal and Seal with poly wb one layer and remove all masking
10 Seal Hi wear
11 Silicone, final clean, break down site, protect floor
This entire project required 5 people for three days, and then 3 people for the remaining days, and only two people for the last two days. Total project start to finish was 11 days, and we did one spa and two fireplaces.
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Loving the Microcement look. Would you be able to explain where access to all the shower/bath plumbing is? With tiled projects it’s easy enough to tile off the access point but I’m unsure how it would work with Microcement
@5starfinishesltd693
4 ай бұрын
Usually these areas are hidden in a tub surround below the tub etc and the entrance door is simply plastered all the same and then installed for a seamless finish with only the edged outline showing same as it would be for a tile. I don’t see any difference at all.
Hey guys. Looking to make an order right away to put it on the shower wall. My floor is tile. I’m worried about the connection between wall and floor. Obviously I use kerdi membrane usually when everything is tile but is there a different strategy in this case? Would love a second layer of defence unless it isn’t necessary
@5starfinishesltd693
12 сағат бұрын
Hi James. If your floor is tile we recommend using the Kerdi system many are familiar with and wrapping the membrane up the walls or wall only around 6 inches. Once the tile is installed and grouted then finish the wall either hardi board, dens, or blue board with fast set and tape in with angles etc etc, and bring to level 4 finish. Then prime with our leplex primer and apply the Ardex 8 9 system overlapping the Kerdi and bringing it to the tile floor. Then the Microcement layers start to build up and overlap over the tile and finally the sealers are also brought just a little over everything again. Once the sealers are dry a small bead of color matched mapei silicone sanded or unsanded should be applied. I have never heard of or seen an issue if you do this correctly. In any and all circumstances Microcement should be applied up to and sealed over stone not the other way around.
what colour is this?
@5starfinishesltd693
4 ай бұрын
This is Color 21 on the Microcement chart. The golden hue of the sand brings a warmth to the plain white color. It’s a 5% titanium dioxide tint strength which isn’t white enough to mask the sandy undertones.