Fiberglass reinforcing mesh – Baumit StarTex

Product overview

Where is it used?

It is designed for use with Baumit contact mortars and masonry base coat renders/plasters and can be used in all locations.

How is it used?

• Baumit StarTex is bedded in to a wet render/plaster.
• When reinforcing a thick-coat base coat this is done wet-in-wet by applying 2/3rds of the render and whilst wet trowelling in the StarTex.
• The final third of the render should be applied immediately. Each piece of StarTex should overlap adjacent pieces by at least 100mm in all directions.
• When applying to thin layer renders, again using a wet-in-wet process, the render should be combed first to ensure the correct thickness and then the StarTex trowelled in to it.
• A further 1-3mm of render should be applied over the StarTex to ensure the correct bedded depth. The render should be between 3 and 8mm in thickness depending on substrate and render.
• When using as corner reinforcement in thin layer renders, strip of mesh which are at least 300 x 300mm square should be diagonally applied in a tight coat of contact mortar, such as MC55, to the corners of openings before the main areas are rendered.
• If using a thick-coat render then this can be applied, as above, in with the render coat.