Venetian plaster wall burnisher

Abstract

An abrasive disk which burnishes synthetic Venetian plaster, a decorative wall and ceiling coating, to a high sheen. With the use of a 5¼ orbital palm sander, the burnishing disc will increase productivity and ease of burnishing the otherwise flat sheen which is in need of shine to achieve a smooth marble like look and feel.

Description

Venetian plaster wall Burnisher is A ‘Burnishing disc’ which makes synthetic Venetian Plaster, a decorative interior wall coating, shinny or smooth by friction and or vigorous rubbing, until the area worked is heated. Then the burnishing process is continued until the desired shine or feel is achieved. This process is achieved by the use of 2000 grit and/or 2500 grit, as well as their metric equivalents, sand paper cut into a circular 5¼ disc, or the like, which is then attached on the back, a lock-like fiber composite in which adjacent fibers are locked at the connection of the male and female components, (e.g., Velcro, hoop and loop, hook and sand and the like) so as to secure the Burnishing disc on a hand held sanding pad or preferably an orbital finishing palm sander.

The added use of the orbital palm sander will greatly increase the effectiveness of the Burnishing disc due to the high amounts of revolutions and greatly reduce effort in this burnishing process, for this purpose, this method and process was originally designed. Although, the Burnishing disc can be used by hand for tough or tight areas that need burnishing to create an uniform shine, or feel.

BACKGROUND

The Burnishing disc replaces the standard burnishing methods published to the public, which would be the use of a 4 or 6 inch taping knife or spatula, that is rubbed vigorously flat, across the synthetic Venetian plaster coated wall, until the desired shine is achieved. As the Burnishing disc, this is achieved as the area worked is slightly heated and the friction of the tool creates a smooth, shiny burnished finish, somewhat like marble

The standard process is very demanding, and tiresome to the unskilled layman as well as seasoned professional.

SUMMARY

The Venetian Plaster Wail Burnisher takes the place of any standard forms of burnishing synthetic Venetian plaster currently published or created for the sole use of Burnishing said decorative coatings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1: 5¼ inch circular Venetian plaster wall burnisher disc, front view, 2000 and/or 2500 grit abrasive

FIG. 1A: back view, lock—like composite

FIG. 1: side view of disc

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The Burnishing disc was birthed from the need to find an easier way to burnish synthetic Venetian plasters. These plasters once applied to a wall, have a limited time to burnish (7-10 days max.) Using our burnisher we burnished walls well over a year old. The process of discovering this tool came through many forms of trial and error. First we followed the manufacturer label instructions to find this process is quite challenging. So we proceeded on trying new forms of techniques and materials. We started with the readily available sanding options 300, 600 grit sanding diskettes, which sanded the finish so we were in need of a polyurethane coating to achieve shine. We were in need of a burnishing tool not a clear coat. Then we went on further, we tried buffing the walls with a car polisher, and the waxes used, to palm sanders with materials such as; wood, leather, tin, stainless steal, copper, different grades of plastic, cardboard, steel wool, paper, clothes and even a C.D. disc, nothing seemed to work. So we fashioned 800, 1000, 1500, grit sand paper into 5¼ disc shapes and glued M on the back, so as to stick to the palm sander. They sanded the wall, but left no shine. Then I found 2000, 2500 and 3000 grit sand paper at a auto detail Store. After fashioning these grits into disc, we found that the 2000 and the 2500 grits actually Burnished the wall, due to the friction and revolutions provided by the palm sander, almost instantly. The 3000 grit wore out quickly and provided little benefit.

Claims

1. The method and use of 2000 or 2500 grit sand paper on a 5¼ inch disc to burnish synthetic Venetian plaster wall coating by heating the surface with friction and rubbing briskly and actually melting the surface shinny, unlike other sandpapers which sand, replacing the standard use of steel knifes, spatulas, or clear coatings.