What is Venetian plaster

Venetian plaster - finishing material that simulates the texture of mineral marble rocks. In most cases a plaster covered walls, columns and elements of the stucco to make a special room design effect like wall preserved since ancient times.

With proper application and perfectly matched illumination surface covered Venetian stucco, will have the appearance of natural stone and a depth of shade. Typically Venetian plaster is made to look like marble.

Venetian plaster can be a wide variety of colors, in addition, it can carry a variety of effects - pearl glow, gold, or even platinum shade. A variety of application techniques allow to realize the most daring design ideas. Therefore finish Venetian plaster - a very exciting and interesting process.

What sways history of the emergence of Venetian plaster, it is curious enough. In ancient times, marble was one of the cheapest materials. And because it was used quite actively, was a fairly large number of "construction debris" - marble chips. Smart Romans decided to put it into circulation. That's how the light and appeared plaster with the addition of marble dust, with which contact has been easier than with a single piece of marble, and in the strength of it is not inferior to the marble blocks. After a couple of thousand years, the Renaissance, the material found great application in Venice. From this behind her and stuck this name.

Secrets of Venetian plaster is unchanged today. In various amounts necessary to mix "variegated" dust mineral rock stones (marble, granite, quartz, malachite).

The next component - slaked lime. As a result of their mixing and stucco will be obtained, which is usually added in a variety of pigments. Because of dust mixed with lime thick creamy mixture is obtained - effectively plaster. After that, add pigments. If such a plaster applied masters of their craft, it will be able to display all the optical features marble - gloss, depth, light and shadow, whimsical ligature marble veining.

Application process itself requires a great deal of care and, of course, power. It is produced in the form of a three-layer structure finishing, any layer of which must be laid according to a determined direction. Compliance with rules and regulations in this working process - the key to a successful outcome.