Why Natural Clay Plaster ?

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  1. Pleasant smell
    • We use water as a solvent for clay plaster, so there is no unpleasant smell unless the product has deteriorated.
    • Due to the daily high temperature in Malaysia, the product will deteriorate quickly, we added little preservatives to prevent the product quickly deterioration.
  2. Aesthetic Beauty
    • The finished texture and colour depending on the raw materials and the application techniques used. It presents a non-sheen finish that’s very matt.
  3. Improve indoor air quality
    • Clay acts as a passive ozone removal material, it can help to improve indoor air quality and effectively control indoor pollution  (Lagouin et al., 2021).
  4. High hygroscopicity
    • Due to the high hygroscopicity of the clay minerals, earth-based materials are able to absorb and desorb humidity faster and to a greater extent than any other building material  (Lagouin et al., 2021).
  5. Sound absorption
    • Clay based plaster have sound absorption performance because of its high pore volume  (Randazzo et al., 2016).
  6. No fading problem
    • The finish colour is the natural colour of the clay (Santos et al., 2019), therefore the colour will never fade.
  7. Reversible and reuse
    • Clay act as a binder for the sand grain skeleton, and earthen plasters are easily reversible once the clay particles are water-soluble  (Santos et al., 2019; Lagouin et al., 2021).
    • No artificial adhesives added, it can reversible once water-soluble. Therefore, repairs are generally simple to undertake.
  8. Low environmental impact
    • Clay plasters show a low environmental impact in comparison with plasters based on current binders, it can reduce environmental impact  (Santos et al., 2019; Jiang et al., 2020).
    • Natural clay plasters are breathable, non-toxic, release no volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the atmosphere and are 100% biodegradable (Jiang et al., 2020).

References

  1. Jiang, Y., Phelipot-Mardele, A., Collet, F., Lanos, C., Lemke, M., Ansell, M., . . . Lawrence, M. (2020). Moisture buffer, fire resistance and insulation potential of novel bio-clay plaster. Construction and Building Materials, Volume 244, 118385. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118353
  2. Lagouin, M., Laborel-Préneron, A., Magniont, C., Geoffroy, S., & Aubert, J. (2021). Effects of organic admixtures on the fresh and mechanical properties of earth-based plasters. Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 41, 102379. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102379
  3. Randazzo, L., Montana, G., Hein, A., Castiglia, A., Rodonò, G., & Donato, D. I. (2016). Moisture absorption, thermal conductivity and noise mitigation of clay based plasters: The influence of mineralogical and textural characteristics. Applied Clay Science, Volumes 132–133, 498-507. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2016.07.021
  4. Santos, T., Faria, P., & Silva, V. (2019). Can an earth plaster be efficient when applied on different masonries? Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 23, 314-323. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.02.011