Nice work! I did venetian plaster in my family room/hallway and used the Bel Marmo product in about that same color gray. Lots of work, but the results are beautiful. Love the change of color and design you did in this bath!
It was me who used the Bel Marmo, Theresa, I'm not sure what was used in this bathroom by Veneshe, but it reminded me of the same look I achieved. I own a building company, and my painter got it for me at his cost, which was still almost $300 for a 5 gallon bucket, and I went through 2 of those buckets (you have to do 3 coats). It's a true venetian plaster with real marble and a lime base (not the faux stuff you get at Lowes), and is a little more difficult to work with because of its
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sandy texture. This is what it looked like while we were still under construction, and I did not polish it at all. This is the website, which has a distributor link on the page. http://valentino.omega-products.com/
As Leslie mentioned, there's a world of difference between faux plasters (the kind sold at Home Depot, Lowes and other paint manufacturers) and real Italian plasters. I write about it in my blog ( http://www.veneshe.com/venetian-plaster-the-... )
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The product we used on the bathroom is FirmoLux imported lime plaster. We sell it and we teach how to apply it in our training studio in PA, and in Italy. It's true that using real plasters takes some getting used to, as each manufacturer's product is slightly different. But the results are worth it!
The product we used on the bathroom is FirmoLux imported lime plaster. We sell it and we teach how to apply it in our training studio in PA, and in Italy. It's true that using real plasters takes some getting used to, as each manufacturer's product is slightly different. But the results are worth it!