After 30 years of research and development, a new development called Nustone can transform ordinary surfaces by delivering the look and feel of natural stone with less difficulty, less expense, and less weight than traditional stonework. In effect, Nustone is a new generation of spray paint that creates a genuine stone-like surface, delivering granite, marble, and quartzite, among many others.
In the construction and design industries, natural stone is usually held in high regard as a premier building material because of its unique character, elegance and stability. What’s more, the many variations in natural stone’s broad range of colors, patterns and textures are visually interesting, and the diversity found in natural stone products inspires unlimited design options. More importantly, natural stone is a building material that can make any design stand out because this material cannot be mimicked, manufactured or faked, which is important because buildings and designs reflect the passion, taste, and personality of designers, architects, and homebuilders.
Yet, at the same time, when it comes to considering what it takes to own an elegant and stately home, it is also important to ensure that expenses are kept under careful control. Generally speaking, natural stone is pricier, and tiles and slabs made of natural stone are also more expensive to install. This is primarily due to the overall difficulty of this type of installation, combined with the tighter grout joint required.
Fortunately, the use of natural stone is now more affordable than ever thanks to advances in technology that have improved efficiency over the years. In fact, a new generation of surfacing materials that has never been seen before is now being introduced to the market—Nustone!
Nustone products are environmentally friendly and economic, and they are made exclusively from 100 percent water-based ingredients. With one spray, multiple sand granules are emitted to create an authentic stone-like look. In addition, there is an unlimited selection of colors and effects available for builders and designers to choose from for both interior and exterior surfaces. Nustone offers professionals the opportunity to use their imaginations to create stunning finishes for any object. Custom colors and textures can also be created for special projects or to keep up with the latest design trends.
Nustone can be used on a variety of surfaces, including masonry, brick, fiber cement, galvanized iron, zincalume, primed timber and metallic surfaces, among others.
Nustone’s most important feature, and the very reason that it stands out from its competitors, is its strong elasticity and bendability. All Nustone products create a seamless, resilient and static-free surface that is resistant to cracking, dirt, ultraviolet radiation, discoloration, mold growth and harsh abrasions from rain and acid. Like natural stone, Nustone products are made to last. In fact, several of Nustone’s completed projects have stood the test of time for 15 years and counting.
Another widely acclaimed feature of Nustone products is that they are perfect for DIY enthusiasts. All of Nustone’s eco-friendly products offer those who like to build themselves with unlimited room to use their own imaginations to create a completely customized stone-like living environment on their own. All that is required is a single pressurized spray gun to spray Nustone on surfaces. Very quickly indeed, those who use Nustone will find themselves with a stunning finished look, but at a much friendlier price.
The flexibility and lightweight nature of Nustone’s environmentally friendly products open up architectural opportunities that would be impractical, impossible, or even simply cost-prohibitive to replicate with traditional stone. Nustone’s products are currently sold in Australia, the USA, the UK and Japan, and the company is currently looking for international sales partners. Nustone is scheduled to exhibit at the GBR Expo Asia 2015 in Bangkok Thailand in September 2015, followed by UK London’s Ecobuild in March 2016, Qatar’s International Construction Tech & Building Material Exhibition in May 2016, and Singapore’s Build Eco Expo BEX in September 2016.
