binders and fixers - COLOUR PIGMENTS

binders and fixers

Binders and fixers are natural glues or synthetic resins whose function is to bind together fillers or aggregates and to stick them together on different substrates according to their compatibility. There are different types of binders and fixers. Natural binders and fixers such as casein and synthetic binders and fixers such as acrylic or vinyl binders. Natural limes are part of natural binders such as air lime paste or powder and natural hydraulic lime (nhl3.5) or Roman hydraulic lime. They are not fixers because they do not add to mixtures. they are necessarily the main binder of the mixtures.

arabic gum in powder
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natural kordofan arabic gum in powder (the finest quality), extracted from an acacia in sudan, is used in the manufacture of watercolors, gouache, dry pastel and paper glue. It is also used in the composition of limewash as a binder and fixer. the dosage will be 10% maximum compared to the weight of lime

€4.95
white beeswax
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White beeswax in granules 100% natural, without additives or silicone or polyester, purified thanks to natural processes, allowing to obtain after its dilution and its drying a neutral color. It makes it possible to make candles or encaustics but also saponified wax, which is a wall wax that can be diluted with water and which makes it possible to embellish plaster, stucco, tadelakts or iron plaster walls while protecting them.
€5.50
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marrakech lime
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veritable marrakech lime ,  very used for the manufacture of Moroccan tadelakt and for all the interior or external coatings. the lime of marrakech is a very rustic lime and which contains impurities. It is it which gives the traditional style to the tadelakt. To carry out their tadelakt, the Morrocans use this lime of gray colour and granulous aspect, due to the cooking of the stone, the stone used and its sifting. it results from a career where the stone is charged in silica. sold in 25kg bags