Tadelakt

The granite pebble is the indispensable tool for the finishing of the tadelakt, it allows to smooth the coating and to make penetrate the black soap to make the coating completely waterproof.
Handcrafted, its dimensions can vary (3x3cm).

The granite pebble is the indispensable tool for the finishing of the tadelakt, it allows to smooth the coating and to make penetrate the black soap to make the coating completely waterproof.
Handcrafted, its dimensions can vary (+/-6x6cm).

Cedar wood float, large size, specially adapted to the lime of Marrakech. It is used to apply the lime on the support in order to realize a tadelakt.
Available in three sizes : small (about 10 cm), medium (about 20 cm) and large (about 28 cm).

Cedar wood float, medium size, specially adapted to the lime of Marrakech. It is used to apply the lime on the support in order to realize a tadelakt.
Available in three sizes : small (about 10 cm), medium (about 20 cm) and large (about 28 cm).

Cedar wood float, small size, specially adapted to the lime of Marrakech. It is used to apply the lime on the support in order to realize a tadelakt.
Available in three sizes : small (about 10 cm), medium (about 20 cm) and large (about 28 cm).

Cet ouvrage retrace l'histoire du tadelakt, évoque ses caractéristiques techniques et esthétiques et présente sa mise en œuvre, qui exige un véritable savoir-faire assorti d'une grande patience. Guidé par l'auteur, chaque lecteur pourra : analyser et préparer ses supports, choisir ses matériaux, identifier les outils nécessaires et le rôle spécifique de chacun d'entre eux, suivre pas à pas l'application du tadelakt en chantier ou sur objet, réaliser un sgraffitte et un zellige.

Auteur : Jamal Daddis.

Real lime of Marrakech mainly used for the realization of the Tadelakt. It can also be used in interior and exterior decorative coatings.
Basic ingredient of the Tadelakt* technique, its consumption is about 5kg/m²/4mm of thickness. To be diluted with 6 to 7 volumes of water for 10 volumes of Marrakech lime.

Packaging : 20kg.

* Tadelakt is a particular technique that requires prior to its realization a basic training (or at least to learn about its subtleties). 

The soft black soap is a versatile traditional product that is used for the maintenance of the house, against aphids in the garden, as shampoo for animals, but also in the realization of the Tadelakt.
Fully biodegradable, it is non-polluting and not so foaming.