DESIGN AND PERSPECTIVES OF THERMAL PAINTS

SHAPE OF COMFORT AND BEAUTY A unique formula Architectural variations in mediterranean culture Technologies from ancient tradition Beauty and performance: the thermal decoration The lines of innovative painting The native power of comfort Values of difference Warm wall sensation A universal decoration The colours of distinctive places Original elements Basic painting effects Design variants Experiencing beauty

A UNIQUE FORMULA Decork Mediterraneo is the decorative paint of thermal comfort, an intuitive formulation that combines both cork and kaolin, the natural element and the mineral one. This paint is a tribute to the philosophy of the Mediterranean way of building and to the sustainability of traditional building components, which have enabled the communities of the Maditerranean Sea to meet vital needs of comfort and beauty. 2 Decork Mediterraneo is a painting that contains the essence in its name: De recalls the concept of decoration and design while cork is the raw material that cums from the...

ARCHITECTURAL VARIATIONS IN MEDITERRANEAN CULTURE CULTURES BORN ON THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA SHARE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILISATION, THE GEOGRAPHIC AND SYMBOLIC LOCATION OF A UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE BASED ON MILLENNIAL IDEALS OF FUNCTIONALITY AND BEAUTY. Buildings adapt to the environment, colours react to intense sunlight, and proximity materials ensure best properties and performance

TECHNOLOGIES FROM ANCIENT TRADITION Decork Mediterraneo was created to give decorative form to traditional, ecological and local materials: rammed earth, clay, lime, cork, lava stone, tuff, travertine. The Mediterranean Architecture bears the marks of its tradition: buildings are made from materials recovered from the ground, excavated from the earth and made accessible by proximity and ease of supply and transport. The cultural reference of Decork Mediterraneo is the lime mortar with crushed pottery/hydraulic lime and crushed bricks. This concept brought up to date by this innovative decorative...

BEAUTY AND PERFORMANCE: THE THERMAL DECORATION Kaolin was chosen to make Decork Mediterraneo, a versatile, elastic and resistant material with an excellent capacity to keep cork and clay together. The separation of the components could compromise the functionality and usability of the paint. The appearance is soft and powdery. It is characterised by a predominantly white-grey colour that does not exclude orange and red tendencies due to iron oxides. Cork allows Decork Mediterraneo to be characterised as a thermal decorative paint: a disruptive and original idea derived from its thermal capacity...

THE LINES OF INNOVATIVE PAINTING Decork Mediterraneo embodies a tradition that links quality and unique technology. The mix of white clay, cork and ecological waxes supports excellent performance with kaolin that impact on the opacity and whiteness of the paint and makes its applicability easy to work on the substrate. Mineral pigments enhance external strength, while the combination of cork and ecological waxes gives the product elasticity and durability. Decork Mediterraneo is a thermal paint, a logical leap in the panorama of decorative finishes. The properties of Decork Mediterraneo are expressed...

THE NATIVE POWER OF COMFORT DECORK MEDITERRANEO WAS BORN FROM A FORMULATION CHALLENGE: CREATE A PAINT CAPABLE TO LINK BEAUTY AND FUNCTIONALITY FROM NATURAL RAW MATERIALS, ACHIEVING A BALANCE BETWEEN DESIGN, THERMAL COMFORT AND THE COLOUR SUGGESTIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CITIES. 12 The factors of its strength and innovation: ■ thermicity to touch; ■ the variety of applications; ■ application on many types of surfaces; ■ possibility for chromatic experimentation; ■ high potential for material-inspired effects; ■ very easy application. The ease and versatility of application allow for an experimentation...

OUTDOOR AGEING Cold and heat insulation DECORK MEDITERRANEO STANDS OUT DUE TO ITS EXTREMELY FINE GRAIN SIZE, HIGH THERMAL INSULATION AND BREATHABILITY, AND IMPORTANT MECHANICAL AND WATER-REPELLENT PROPERTIES. THERMAL INSULATION High strength and durability Breathable walls allow moisture to pass through Excellent resistance to weathering Decork Mediterraneo is suitable for the coloured finishing of old and new facades and thermal plasters (Diathonite Evolution or Diathonite Thermactive.037). It can be used indoors and outdoors, for wall and floor decoration, it prevents the absorption of rainwater...

Raising the temperature of a wall by applying thermal paint has three fundamental advantages: WARM WALLS SENSATION THE THERMICITY OF DECORK MEDITERRANEO MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO OVERCOME COLD WALLS AND GIVE A NEW TECHNOLOGY AND FUNCTIONALITY TO THE PERCEPTION OF THERMO-HYGROMETRIC COMFORT. ■ decreases the radiant heat our body gives off to the wall in winter, thus reducing the feeling of cold at the same air temperature; ■ the wall, being warmer thanks to the paint, will prevent vapour in the air from condensing on it, preventing condensation and the formation of mould; ■ the lower humidity generated...

DESIGNED FOR WALL AND FLOOR DECORATION INDOORS AND OUTDOORS, DECORK MEDITERRANEO IS A HIGHLY VERSATILE PAINT THAT ALLOWS FOR AN INFINITE RANGE OF EFFECTS AND COLOURS, AS WELL AS UNIQUE, CONTINUOUS SURFACES. TYPICALL MEDITERRANEAN CHROMATIC EFFECTS. 18 The extreme ease of application makes Decork Mediterraneo a paint with a universal vocation and use. A finish that breaks down all application’s barriers and turns anyone who wishes to try their hand at its application. 19

THE COLOURS OF DISTINCTIVE PLACES DECORK MEDITERRANEO IS A TRADITIONAL PAINTING INHERITED FROM THE ANCIENTS. THE COLOURS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA THAT LINKS ALL THE IMPRINTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ARCHITECTURE IN THIS REGION OF THE WORLD. The colours chosen refer to cities and towns that are interpreters of that colour, have nurtured cultures and maintain traditions: the beige of the beaches of Formentera, the grey of the buildings in the historic centre of Split, the dove-grey of the buildings in Otranto, the yellow ochre of the ruins of Ercolano, the pink tones of the coral of Sciacca, the pink...