Artex

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Artex is a surface coating used for interior decorating, most often found on ceilings, which allows the decorator to add a texture to it. The name Artex is a trademark of Artex Ltd., a company based in the UK.

Care should be exhibited when working with old Artex surfaces as the original formulation of Artex contained white (Chrysotile) asbestos which could release airborne asbestos fibers when worked upon. This practice ended some time around 1980, although reports vary.

Artex designs

In its basic form Artex has various guises, for example common patterns such as (Stipple, Broken Leather and Comb), which are visible in tens of thousands of homes throughout the world. However in its finest forms, it truly deserves its dervivitive from the word 'Art'. Where an easle and Two by four canvass offers limited scope, a ceiling encompassing 300 sq feet has many more possibilities. The finest examples of 'Art'(exing) can be found in southern England, with litterally the only limitations on design being within the owner of the ceiling's mind and the quality of the artist. With designs from football emblems to dolphins springing from the sea to murals of the property owners' faces emblazened on their own ceiling. Without doubt the finest exponent of this 'Art' is Colin Giddings his work stretches from Scotland to Melbourne and he is credited with inventing most of the designs commonly found today.

Artex Limited have now introduced a purpose made product that can be applied to Smooth over Artex, the product comes as a DIY ready mix for small jobs or a powdered format to be used by tradesmen.