Concrete Effect: Which Product Should You Choose?
Fox Dekorator offers a range of decorative products designed to emulate the appearance of concrete, each tailored to specific aesthetic and functional preferences. Here’s an overview of the key differences among these products:
Concrete
This is a decorative plaster that creates a structural coating mimicking concrete surfaces. It’s based on natural binders and fillers, ensuring the walls remain breathable and resistant to bacteria and fungi. The product is delivered as a dry mix, requiring mixing with water prior to application. It allows for both smooth and textured finishes, depending on the applicator’s technique. The light grey colour can be darkened with pigments to achieve the desired shade.
Magnetic Concrete
Magnetic Concrete combines the aesthetic of concrete with magnetic properties. This allows surfaces to function as magnetic boards, ideal for interactive spaces like offices or children’s rooms. The application process and appearance are similar to standard concrete effect plasters, but with the added functionality of attracting magnets.
Hydrophobic Concrete
Hydrophobic Concrete is a modern solution offering high resistance to water and moisture, making it ideal for bathrooms, kitchens, and other humid areas. It can be applied in wet zones and even used for renovating tiled surfaces. The does not require additional protective coatings. It can be tinted with pigments for a customized look. This material combines functionality, aesthetics, and long-lasting performance in high demanding areas.
Decorative Concrete
This is a lime-based structural paint that offers a fashionable and artistic concrete-like appearance. It’s eco-friendly, breathable, and harmonizes well with materials like metal, glass, and raw wood. The paint is suitable for both residential interiors and public spaces, providing a modern aesthetic. It comes ready-mixed and can be tinted with pigments to achieve various shades.
Black Concrete
Black Concrete is a decorative plaster that provides a modern, artistic finish, ideal for contemporary residential and public interiors. It harmonizes perfectly with materials such as metal, glass, and raw wood. The product is a ready-mixed plaster and offers a distinctive black concrete appearance, adding depth and sophistication to interior spaces. It’s particularly recommended for areas where a bold, industrial aesthetic is desired.
Concrete
Breathable, resistant to bacteria/fungi, lime-based. Delivered as a dry mix, allows smooth or textured finishes.
£22 / m²
Plaster
Dry powder
Light Grey
✅ Tinting with Pigments
Surface: Rough to smooth
Lime-based, user friendly.
Magnetic Concrete
Combines concrete look with magnetic properties. Works like a magnetic board, ideal for offices and kids’ rooms.
£23 / m²
Plaster
Dry powder
Light Grey
✅ Tinting with Pigments
Surface: Rough to smooth
Concrete-look that attracts magnets.
Hydrophobic Concrete
High resistance to water and moisture. Ideal for bathrooms, kitchens, wet areas, even tiled surfaces. No extra coating required.
£17 / m²
Plaster
Ready-mixed
Light Grey or White
✅ Tinting with Pigments
Surface: Rough to smooth
Suitable for wet areas including shower.
Decorative Concrete
Lime-based structural paint offering concrete finish. Eco-friendly, breathable, harmonizes with wood/metal/glass.
£11 / m²
Paint
Ready-mixed
Light Grey
✅ Tinting with Pigments
Surface: Slightly textured to smooth
Brush application – quick and easy.
Black Concrete
Ready-mixed plaster with bold black concrete look. Creates modern, industrial interiors. Works with wood, glass, metal.
£22 / m²
Plaster
Ready-mixed
Deep black
❌ Tinting not recommended
Surface: Rough to smooth
Black – bold and modern.
Concrete
This is a decorative plaster that creates a structural coating mimicking concrete surfaces. It’s based on natural binders and fillers, ensuring the walls remain breathable and resistant to bacteria and fungi. The product is delivered as a dry mix, requiring mixing with water prior to application. It allows for both smooth and textured finishes, depending on the applicator’s technique. The light grey colour can be darkened with pigments to achieve the desired shade.
Concrete
Breathable, resistant to bacteria/fungi, lime-based. Delivered as a dry mix, allows smooth or textured finishes.
£22 / m²
Plaster
Light Grey
✅ Tinting with Pigments
Surface: Rough to smooth
Lime-based, user friendly.
Magnetic Concrete
Magnetic Concrete combines the aesthetic of concrete with magnetic properties. This allows surfaces to function as magnetic boards, ideal for interactive spaces like offices or children’s rooms. The application process and appearance are similar to standard concrete effect plasters, but with the added functionality of attracting magnets.
Magnetic Concrete
Combines concrete look with magnetic properties. Works like a magnetic board, ideal for offices and kids’ rooms.
£23 / m²
Plaster
Dry powder
Light Grey
✅ Tinting with Pigments
Surface: Rough to smooth
Concrete-look that attracts magnets.
Hydrophobic Concrete
Hydrophobic Concrete is a modern solution offering high resistance to water and moisture, making it ideal for bathrooms, kitchens, and other humid areas. It can be applied in wet zones and even used for renovating tiled surfaces. The does not require additional protective coatings. It can be tinted with pigments for a customized look. This material combines functionality, aesthetics, and long-lasting performance in high demanding areas.
Hydrophobic Concrete
High resistance to water and moisture. Ideal for bathrooms, kitchens, wet areas, even tiled surfaces. No extra coating required.
£17 / m²
Plaster
Ready-mixed
Light Grey or White
✅ Tinting with Pigments
Surface: Rough to smooth
Suitable for wet areas including shower.
Decorative Concrete
This is a lime-based structural paint that offers a fashionable and artistic concrete-like appearance. It’s eco-friendly, breathable, and harmonizes well with materials like metal, glass, and raw wood. The paint is suitable for both residential interiors and public spaces, providing a modern aesthetic. It comes ready-mixed and can be tinted with pigments to achieve various shades.
Decorative Concrete
Lime-based structural paint offering concrete finish. Eco-friendly, breathable, harmonizes with wood/metal/glass.
£11 / m²
Paint
Ready-mixed
Light Grey
✅ Tinting with Pigments
Surface: Slightly textured to smooth
Brush application – quick and easy.
Black Concrete
Black Concrete is a decorative plaster that provides a modern, artistic finish, ideal for contemporary residential and public interiors. It harmonizes perfectly with materials such as metal, glass, and raw wood. The product is a ready-mixed plaster and offers a distinctive black concrete appearance, adding depth and sophistication to interior spaces. It’s particularly recommended for areas where a bold, industrial aesthetic is desired.
Black Concrete
Ready-mixed plaster with bold black concrete look. Creates modern, industrial interiors. Works with wood, glass, metal.
£22 / m²
Plaster
Ready-mixed
Deep black
❌ Tinting not recommended
Surface: Rough to smooth
Black – bold and modern.
Summary
- Concrete Effect Plaster: Dry mix plaster for textured or smooth concrete-like finishes; lime-based; eco-friendly and breathable.
- Magnetic Concrete Effect Plaster: Combines concrete aesthetics with magnetic properties. Dry mix plaster.
- Hydrophobic Concrete Effect: Designed to repel water, suitable for kitchens and bathrooms (including shower areas). Ready-to-use decorative plaster.
- Decorative Concrete: Ready-to-use lime-based paint offering a concrete-like appearance; eco-friendly and breathable.
- Black Concrete: Ready-to-use decorative plaster providing a modern black concrete finish; ideal for creating a bold, industrial look.
