Production of painted stone sculpture for Stone Garden Decor

Stone Garden Decor is a finished type of stone carving, which is characterized by light weight, corrosion resistance and relatively low cost. Also known as FRP, scientifically called fiber reinforced plastic, it is customarily called Stone Garden Decor in China. It is a composite material composed of synthetic resin as the matrix material and stone fiber and its products as reinforcing materials.

Stone Garden Decor design should take into account the material and process characteristics. Stone Garden Decor is easy to form beautiful streamlined products, highlighting the sense of the times of the work. Arc streamlined shapes can be used in the design. Because the Stone Garden Decor is lightweight and high-strength, it can create dynamic and strong supporting works with a small area. Sometimes it is necessary to paint the surface afterwards. The gel coat has leveling properties and has a certain leveling effect under the action of tension during curing, so it is not suitable for expressing fine textures. These should be carefully considered during design. The original mold can be made of clay. After the Stone Carving is completed and dried naturally, the Stone Garden Decor mold can be made. Stone Garden Decor adopts hand lay-up molding method, with design ideas before production.
Start by assembling a portion of the paste product from one end. After a part of it is cured, the mold is assembled and the paste is continued. Combine as many unit blocks as possible at one time. Finally, one unit block is left, which is preformed and then glued to the overall stone sculpture. The difficult-to-make parts of stone sculpture, such as the horns, legs, and tails of animals, can be roughly shaped with corresponding metal materials, and then Stone Garden Decor are formed on the materials and polished. The shapes of stone sculpture are relatively complex and should be treated specially. Places where glass is difficult to lay should be filled with resin first, and then stone fiber and grid cloth should be laid. The length of the resin putty used for the surface layer is preferably 10 mm. During molding and production, the metal skeleton is buried in the stone sculpture. Improve the stiffness and strength of the stone sculpture, increase its service life, and finally install it with a metal skeleton.