Argildéco Textured Wall Finish - Old World Europe Look With Comfortable Feel

The eco-friendly wall covering Argildéco provides a warm, natural, "old world Europe" look and feel to interior walls. Using different techniques, this finish gives a personal touch with texture effects, including raw, smooth, and washed sponge. The clay absorbs humidity and sound to make rooms more appealing and comfortable.

Since there are no VOCs in Argildéco, people can breathe easily during application and sleep in that room the same night. Argildéco may not always require wall surface preparation, though applying the acrylic primer with sand would create a stronger bond with the wall.

Online, we offer Argildéco in 55lb. buckets as well as a sample kit in two different sizes for people outside our area to try it out. You can also view the Argildéco application video to see how easy it is to mix and apply.

For anyone in the Chicago area who would like to experience applying Argildéco and how a room feels with it on the wall, we also have a showroom in Plainfield, Illinois. There we offer ideas, tips and plenty of samples for the various applications of each of our natural wall coatings.

For more information, call 877-764-DEFI, visit our showroom, or see www.EarthFriendlyWalls.com.

Product and Application Details:

We offer 18 authentic color variations (see the chart below) using natural pigments such as Sienna, Puisaye Ochre and Iron Oxides.
Argildéco is remarkably easy to use and can be applied to most standard untreated surfaces of mortar, cement and plaster.
Argildéco is for indoor use only (it would wash off in the rain).
Preparation is as easy as adding water, stirring well and letting stand for 30 minutes before application with a stainless trowel or putty knife (use stainless steel tools).
There is a long, open working time, making it great for DIY projects. Should you make a mistake, just moisten Argildéco to start over again.
Coating thickness can vary from 1 mm up to 15mm.
Unused Argildéco should be fully dried, and broken up, before sealing the container. When you want to use it again, you can add the water to recover the required consistency.
Give a personal touch to your walls: you can give them texture with straw, flax, hemp, seashells, mother-of-pearl or mica inlays, and the surface can have a raw, steel, scraped or sponged finish.
One 25kg (55lb) bucket can cover approximately 150 square feet in thin layers, making the cost about $0.80 per square foot.

Standard color options (Pigments are available to adjust these for more personalization):

Sand	Earth	Green	Red	Orange Earth	Yellow
Brown Earth	Blue	Light Yellow	Yellow Ochre	Sienna	Salmon
Landes Sand	Raw Earth	Red Earth	White	Light Grey	Dark Grey

Argildéco project feature in The Paint Dealer:

Laying it on Thick
Project: 401 Decorative Coatings

The Paint Dealer's Jerry Rabushka, together with Chris Schaerer, applied Argildéco on a living room wall and wrote about the project in the April 2009 issue. Click on the cover image to read the article and to pick up a few tips.

"...Argildéco is a unique product capable of great results; but it takes some talent and planning to use. If you’re selling it to first-time faux finishers, make sure they promise to practice with it first before applying it to a high-profile wall. After that you’re only limited by your imagination..."

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