Category Archives: Tips & Tricks

Venetian Plastering Tip: How to Tint Your Wax to Soften Contrast

May 6, 2009

This is a really helpful little trick for calming down your Venetian Plaster finishes, especially the more saturated colors.  Pay careful attention, though, about not overtinting your wax. Be conservative and always test a small area first to be sure.  You have to wait until it dries back to really know what you’re going to [...]

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Exterior Distressed Lime Plaster

April 18, 2009

Exterior Distressed Finishing:

This can be particularly challenging as we are generally trained in life to create uniform patterns and you have to break this habit to mimic the chaotic patterns we see in nature. I’ve seen some really awful work out there and it is generally a result of poor composition. It’s easy [...]

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Lime Plaster Clean-up Tips

March 26, 2009

Lime Plaster Clean-up Tips:
Marmorino all over my Chanel suit: We’ve found that, when using a natural lime based plaster such as Marmorino Carrara, if you wash your clothes the day of or day after getting plaster on them they will wash right off, unlike latex paint. In a pinch you could [...]

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