The things architects, contractors and homeowners ask us most often, answered without the sales gloss.
Wall texture granules are natural stone chips, screened to a fixed size band and supplied in a polymer-fortified, cement-based premixed powder. The applicator adds only water on site. The colour comes from the mineral grain itself rather than a pigment film, so the finished wall reads as cut stone — sandstone, marble or granite — with no joints, grout lines or cladding fixings.
Yes. Fine crystalline marble chips graded 0.3 to 1.0 mm, blended and finished with soft veining, reproduce the depth and light of Italian marble closely enough that the difference is hard to read at normal viewing distance. Because the texture is applied wet, it also follows curves and columns that slab marble cannot.
Silica and quartz sand granules are hard and angular, giving a coarse, rugged and highly durable texture for exterior walls. Marble chip granules are graded white and grey crystalline marble that reads as a bright, even Italian-marble surface. Granite granules are multi-colour chip blends that mimic speckled igneous rock and multi-coloured granite patterns.
Yes, exterior walls are the main use. The textured mineral face sheds water while still letting vapour escape from the substrate, so damp does not get trapped behind the coat. Coarse silica and quartz grades are the usual choice for elevations, plinths and boundary walls that take weather and dust.
Natural stone granules carry their own mineral colour rather than relying on a tint that sits on the surface, so UV exposure does not wash them out the way it fades pigmented emulsion. Multi-tone speckle also disguises dust, patch marks and hairline movement that show badly on flat colour.
It goes over sound, dry, well-bonded plaster or concrete after suitable surface preparation. Loose, chalking or flaking paint has to come off first, and damp or salt-affected areas need to be treated before coating. Share photographs of the surface and we will advise on preparation.
A coating has no joints, so there is nothing to grout, stain along a line or come loose as a sheet. It adds almost no dead load, wraps round columns and arches continuously, and avoids cutting and lifting on site. Cladding still wins where you specifically want the physical relief of a stone slab.
Fine grades of 0.3 to 0.8 mm suit interior walls, where the texture is seen and touched from close range. Medium grades of 0.6 to 1.6 mm give the speckle and shadow that reads well on columns and boundary walls. Coarse grades of 1.2 to 2.5 mm are for exterior elevations, where distance flattens the texture and a deeper tooth is needed.
It is applied in four stages: prepare the wall, mix with clean water only, apply and texture, then leave it 24 hours to dry. There is no primer, no base coat and no sealer — the cement, polymer and mineral colour are already in the bag, so only water is added. The texture coat is trowelled, sprayed with a hopper gun or rolled depending on the grade — coarse grades spray best, fine grades trowel flat. Each wall is finished corner to corner in one session so no lap mark shows.
Yes. Awass Industries is ISO 9001:2015 certified for quality management and holds MSME ZED Bronze certification (ZED_183602) under the Government of India scheme. Grades are checked at an external NABL-accredited laboratory, and the material is low VOC with no added lead. ISO certificate number ICIL-ASIS-26-0120409 is valid to 31 July 2029, and certificate copies and test reports are shared on request with a specification or a dealership enquiry.
Fifteen years in the texture trade. That length of run matters for one practical reason more than any other: a wall texture ordered years ago can still be matched, because the grading bands, blend records and retained samples have stayed consistent instead of shifting with every batch.
35 shades and five grades, and every grade is made in every shade — so 175 combinations before any custom blending. The five grades are Fine, Marble Chip, Granite, Natural Stone and Coarse. The shade card runs from Ivory and Marble White through Sand Beige and Terracotta to Rose Quartz, Cobalt Speck and Premium Granite.
For crystalline sandstone, use the Natural Stone grade in Natural Stone or Desert Sand. For an Italian marble effect, use Marble Chip in Marble White, where the individual white chips are meant to be read. For cut granite, use the Granite grade in Premium Granite, Granite Grey or Black and White. Coarse suits full elevations seen from a distance; Fine suits interior walls seen from arm's length.
Between 4.0 and 6.4 litres of clean drinking water to a full 30 kg bag, which is 20 to 30 percent by weight. Mix by hand or with a low-speed mechanical mixer until the paste is smooth and free of lumps. Extra water past that range is the most common reason a finished texture looks patchy or weak, so measure it rather than judging by eye.
Coverage depends on grade and texture depth — a coarse exterior texture consumes far more material per square foot than a fine interior finish — and on the applicator's hand. Material is supplied in 30 kg bags, and we quote coverage against the specific grade rather than a single headline figure. Ask for the datasheet of the grade you are considering.
New cement plaster needs to cure and dry fully before any texture goes on, and the surface should be free of efflorescence and surface moisture. Coating too early traps moisture and alkalinity behind the film, which shows up later as patches, chalking or loss of adhesion. Have the wall checked with a moisture meter if there is any doubt.
Yes. We appoint dealers, stockists and applicators territory by territory, with trade pricing on full-pack orders and display sample boards for the counter. Bulk and private-label blending is available for paint brands and large contractors who want the grades supplied under their own name. Send a dealership enquiry with your city and the trade you already serve — full terms are on the become a dealer page.
A stone granule texture costs more per square foot than plain emulsion and less than stone cladding or tiles, and the gap narrows over time because there is no repaint cycle chasing faded colour. The final rate depends on grade, texture depth, wall condition and applicator charges in your city, so we quote against the actual wall rather than a list price.
Write to care@awassindustries.com with photographs of the wall and the batch number and manufacturing date printed on the bag. Those two numbers let us trace the exact batch, which is what makes a complaint solvable rather than a guess. New enquiries and sample requests go to query@awassindustries.com instead.
Washing down with water is normally enough, and quartz and granite surfaces take brush cleaning or pressure washing without damage. Fine grades wipe clean and need little more than a damp cloth. There are no grout lines to scrub and no sealing routine to keep up.
Yes. We send physical sample cards of the closest grades so the chip can be seen in daylight, and blends are matched against a retained sample so a later top-up order sits beside the original work without a visible seam. Contact the sales desk with the surface, area and finish you want.