FIELD: construction.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the production of decorative construction products from concrete mixtures, for example, such as facing tiles, facing panels, interior elements, and can be used in facing walls of buildings and structures both outside and inside rooms, creating decorative mosaic panels and other art elements of the interior. Method of making an article from translucent concrete with an image includes steps of preparing formwork components; molding material is applied on the surface of formwork components, leveling, and an image is applied on it. Optical fiber sections with diameter of 0.5–3 mm and length making the sum of the thickness of the article wall and the thickness of the layer of the sculpting material are installed on the sculpting material. Formwork is assembled from component parts; concrete mixture is prepared and poured into the formwork. Concrete mixture is held in the formwork at temperature of 18–22 °C and humidity of 90–100% for 72 hours. Formwork and molding material are separated from the hardened workpiece and polished; the workpiece is held at temperature 18–22 °C, humidity 90–100% until final hardening. Concrete exhibits decorative properties when illuminated with LED lamps.
EFFECT: invention makes it possible to reduce time of image formation of any complexity in translucent concrete with simultaneous improvement of image definition.
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