Method for infiltrating a ceramic, artificial or natural stone surface
AssigneeCosentino Research & Development, S.L.
InventorJan Interwies
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Abstract
The object of the invention is a method for infiltrating a ceramic, artificial or natural stone surface, wherein a material forming a bond with valences on the surface is applied and mechanically rubbed onto the surface, whereby frictional heat is generated, wherein the material is used as a solution or suspension, and which comprises applying a hydrophobizing infiltration composition onto the surface to be coated, followed by rubbing it in until a homogeneous distribution and filling of the pores in the surface is achieved for improving the surface properties.
Claims20
Method for infiltrating a ceramic, artificial or natural stone surface, wherein a material forming a bond with valences on the surface is applied and rubbed onto the surface, whereby frictional heat is generated, wherein the material is a self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition and is used as a suspension, and the method comprises the following steps:
- (a) applying a self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition onto the surface of a ceramic, artificial or natural stone,
- (b) rubbing in the self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition until a homogeneous distribution and filling of the pores in the surface is achieved, whereby an excess of material of self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition remains on the surface,
- (c) drying the surface, and
- (d) abrading or polishing off excess of material of self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition remaining on the surface,
- whereby when the self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition reacts in the cavities present in the thus treated ceramic, artificial or natural stone, tridimensional grid or scaffold structures are formed, which increase the material density and increase the mechanical stability along the penetration depth of the infiltration composition,
- wherein the self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition comprises from 0.1 to 25% weight C1-4alkanol, and the self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition is used as an aqueous suspension, and
- wherein the ceramic, artificial or natural stone surface is the surface of a plate or slab of a size greater than 30×30 cm.
Ceramic, artificial or natural stone substrate, in particular a hydraulically, inorganically or resin-bound natural stone, quartz, ceramic, glass, and/or artificial stone agglomerate, obtained by a method for infiltrating a ceramic, artificial or natural stone surface, wherein a material forming a bond with valences on the surface is applied and rubbed onto the surface, whereby frictional heat is generated, wherein the material is a self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition and is used as a suspension, and the method comprises the following steps:
- (a) applying a self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition onto the surface of a ceramic, artificial or natural stone,
- (b) rubbing in the self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition until a homogeneous distribution and filling of the pores in the surface is achieved, whereby an excess of material of self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition remains on the surface,
- (c) drying the surface, and
- (d) abrading or polishing off excess of material of self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition remaining on the surface,
- whereby when the self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition reacts in the cavities present in the thus treated ceramic, artificial or natural stone, tridimensional grid or scaffold structures are formed, which increase the material density and increase the mechanical stability along the penetration depth of the infiltration composition,
- wherein the self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition comprises from 0.1 to 25% weight C1-4-alkanol, and the self-repelling hydrophobizing infiltration composition is used as an aqueous suspension, and
- wherein the ceramic, artificial or natural stone surface is the surface of a plate or slab of a size greater than 30×30 cm.
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