10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TADELAKT

1. Tadelakt is an ancient plastering technique of Moroccan origin, used to create unique and highly prestigious finishes;
2. It is the original covering of the hammams, fountains, bathrooms of the riads and noble Moroccan palaces.
3. Original Tadelakt is exclusively obtained through a special lime, hand-made produced in kilns located near Marrakech;
4. Tadelakt lime is obtained by cooking impure limestone, in intermittent kins, fueled with olive wood and palm, for about thirty hours;
5. Tadelakt lime after leaving the kilns, it is slaked with a modest amount of water, sieved with a fine and bagged screen ready for use;
6. After arriving on site, Tadelakt lime is simply mixed with water, without any addition of sand, since it is composed of a part of incised limestone, that acts as aggregate;
7. It is applied by hand, with a wooden trowel, in a layer of about half a centimeter thick on a rustic and absorbent base;
8. After application, Tadelakt is polished with special river stones, treated and polished with black soap;
9. Tadelakt surfaces are perfectly waterproof and suitable for indoor and outdoor environments, even in direct contact with water;
10. Tadelakt is an expression of Moroccan material culture and must be proposed exclusively in respect of the peculiarities of the materials and in the observance of the original manufacturing techniques.