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I’m interested in tricking out the interior of a remodel house in an eccentric area of town. Client wants mediterranean/European sculpted molding for ceiling/wall areas. I’ve seen articles where this urethane stuff is put up with glue and is easy to install. I’ve only been able to find one source for this architectural stuff and it was outrageously priced at about $8-22 a foot! We have several rooms in the 24×60 foot range with lots of soffits and in/out corners as well as bends/curves. Local HomeDepot and HomeBase carry smaller scale bits and pieces only and it is very expensive indeed!
Interestingly, I saw some guys installing large scale molding that looked like everyday white packing foam (dense, brittle) although sculpted to look like cast concrete or plaster on a building roofline using thinset! Is this for real? Did these guys know what they were doing? I stopped to chat with the workers but we had a language barrier problem.
Thanks in advance!
Does any one have alternate sources for this stuff and experience with the applications you could share?
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Yes it is expensive! Last one we put up was 12 per foot. It is easy to work with, especially in old houses where walls are not straight. We bought through a local supplier. There are several catalogues for mail order. Outwater Plastics comes to mind.
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Espanto:
I had some in my hands yesterday. It was an extruded rigid insulation board w/ a cementious finish w/ the urethane coating. Warning: the stuff is made with Urethane and burns incredibly well.
Try DRIANGLE, Inc. 416-663-9414
Driangle was originally only manuf. in Canada but recently has been either shipped, or produced, in the US and distrubuted as compatible w/ Dryvit (EIFS). I think Dryvit might own them now and they are plugging it as better than the Urethanes because it doesn't want to burn as readily. It too is an extruded shape and I suppose cut w/ a hot wire for incredible accuracy. It, Driangle, is very light so it doesn't add any weight and it has a smooth hard shell finish about an 1/8" thick that is paintable, or you can leave it uncoated (I believe) if the piece is continuous. I do think you need to seal it w/ something clear if you leave it colorless (grey-ish) concrete looking.
If you wish, contact Contour Products, Inc. 913-321-4114 (they are a Dryvit Distributor in Kansas City that reps this stuff).
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I'm interested in tricking out the interior of a remodel house in an eccentric area of town. Client wants mediterranean/European sculpted molding for ceiling/wall areas. I've seen articles where this urethane stuff is put up with glue and is easy to install. I've only been able to find one source for this architectural stuff and it was outrageously priced at about $8-22 a foot! We have several rooms in the 24x60 foot range with lots of soffits and in/out corners as well as bends/curves. Local HomeDepot and HomeBase carry smaller scale bits and pieces only and it is very expensive indeed!
Interestingly, I saw some guys installing large scale molding that looked like everyday white packing foam (dense, brittle) although sculpted to look like cast concrete or plaster on a building roofline using thinset! Is this for real? Did these guys know what they were doing? I stopped to chat with the workers but we had a language barrier problem.
Thanks in advance!
Does any one have alternate sources for this stuff and experience with the applications you could share?