The Art of Lithomex Stone Repair

Lithomex Stone Creation

Promotional sample Lithomex panel

We were asked to create a faux bricked up porchway using Lithomex. Below is the result and the different stages involved.

Finished panel

Build up for overhang and doorway marked out

start of laying up

Everything laid up and ready for shaping

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A Lithomex sample panel

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A short film about carving Lithomex

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We used St Astier Lithomex brick repair mortar here, on the left of this photo, in various  different colours to replicate the actual brickwork to the right. Also,  Stanton Moor lithomex was used to create the lintel above the door.

Below are three close ups of Lithomex brick creations

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Lithomex is a specially formulated, lime based material that can be used to repair damaged stone, or alternatively create authentic looking stone designs. It is an extremely versatile material that can be moulded and worked in any form imaginable. It can be colour matched to any existing surface and unlike cement based products it is breathable and compatible with natural stone. Below are some examples of what can be done. 

Granite/Marble designs formed in Lithomex

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A standard concrete block

Lithomex is applied wet to surface.

As it cures it is scraped, chiselled and sanded to create design

Finished product

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Layered Lithomex block

basic shape carved out

corbel

front view

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Lithomex formed into a block

The start of carving

The main shape carved out

The finished Grotesque

Front view

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A name plaque being carved in Lithomex

The finished work

Any Design can be carved in lithomex, In Situ on a building.

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A rose carved in Lithomex

A block covered with Lithomex that has another colour running through it to give impression of veins.

Same block halfway through tooling.

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The following are some of the colours and textures that can be achieved with Lithomex.

Weathered ashlar stone in Lithomex

Rybat and rubble stone in Lithomex

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