Characteristics and types of silicates
The renovation sector includes various work phases and one of the most important is product research. Minerals, including silicates, are among the most used materials in the sector and in nature they constitute the outermost part of our planet: the earth’s crust.
What compositional characteristics do silicates have?
The structuring of the silicates is arranged in a tetrahedral structure, at the center of which there is a silicon ion and at the vertices there are four oxygen ions. The composition can essentially be of two types: isolated or linked together. There are multiple classifications that depend on the crystalline lattice of each silicate and the quantity and type of metals present in it: nesosilicates, sorosillicates, cyclosilicates, inosillicates, phyllosilicates and tectosilicates.
Our catalog and the different types of silicates
The study carried out in the laboratory by our top experts led to the finding of five main products composed of potassium silicate mineral finishes:
– Silifarbe: a specific product for external surfaces, but which can also be applied internally. Its characteristics present a high resistance to atmospheric agents, light and UV radiation
– Silifix: used for diluting Siligrund and Silifarbe silicate paints and is a binder based on silica sol and liquid potassium silicate.
– Siligrund: a material to be used specifically for grouting, to level out micro cracks and as a substrate on old plaster and old paint.
– Siliputz primer: paint that prevents the underlying primer from being visible and allows better workability of the subsequent finish with Siliputz.
– Siliputz: after the processing of the primer Siliputz is used as a colored mineral coating with which it is possible to meet the greater needs of color brilliance.