Parex Blanc du Littoral
A one-coat, breathable, weather resistant and breathable decorating render for masonry and concrete walls. Available in 48 standard colours (special colours to order), the render provides an excellent finish and good surface hardening.
Parex Blanc du Littoral is suitable for machine spraying or hand application and can be finished in a range of styles from smooth sponged or float fine down finish fine, scraped, light tyrolean to heavy roughcast textured finishes.
Parex Blanc du Littoral is only suitable for rendering onto dense masonry substrates;
It can be used on walls constructed from;
Dense aggregate concrete blocks. The NHBC 2017 Chapter 6.11 Render, advise the following concrete block categorisation.
Substrates
Suitable for
- Masonry and walls conforming to BS 5628-3 and constructed from the following:
- Dense aggregate concrete blocks.
- Dense bricks(1).
- Breeze blocks (clinker).
- Stone/rubble stone.
- Shuttered concrete(1).
- Clean, sound, well adhered existing render. n Base coats conforming to BS EN 13914-1 n PAREX grey weather resistant base coats,
- PARMUREX or TRADIREX.
- Below dpc applications and old substrates in accordance with BS8000 – 4 Code of Practice for Waterproofing – consult Parex for guidance.
(1) These substrates will require a suction control coat of MICRO GOBETIS 3000.
Unsuitable for
- Ultra-lightweight & lightweight aggregate concrete blocks, clay blocks e.g. Porotherm, standard low and normal density lightweight aircrete blocks.
- Semi-Lightweight coloured renders and base coats e.g. MONOGRIS E, MONOBLANCO, MONOREX GM, MONOREX GF etc.
- Dry stacked inter-locking modular wall units e.g. Durisol, Velox etc
- Weak mortar or plaster (Gypsum) coated constructions.
- Exposed vertical substrates with a backward incline above 10° – a backward incline may affect water run off and may have a tendency to hold moisture.
Finishes
- Fine Scraped
- Sponged or Float Smoothed*
- Trowel Smoothed*
- Spray Textured
For additional information refer to the data sheet on Textured Mineral Finishes.
