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Practical tips for thin-brick-embedded precast concrete façades elements

- by using HEBAU‘s retarder paper (WB-Paper)

PROBLEM: SOLUTION:
Placing and fixing the thin brick onto the mould surface using positioning Cover the mould surface with retarder paper as an intermediate layer
aids like wooden strips, joint tapes or formliners. first. Then place the thin brick onto the retarder paper.

Side view of the


mould

Positioning Aid Rebar Spacer Rebar

Retarder Paper
Mould

The paper is coated with a surface retarder (also


known as exposed aggregate concrete retarder
Cement paste can seep through paper). The cement paste that reaches the surface
along the sides towards the surface of the brick cannot harden there and is simply
of the brick to harden there. Once removed with a water jet after demoulding. No
hardened it is very difficult to clean special cleaning effort necessary anymore.
and to remove.

before after
Retarer paper layers :

Retarder coating
Recycled paper
PE backside coating

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