![]() ![]() Soaked ivory barsoap, whipped with a food processor until the consistency of whipped cream and used as a topcoat/polish I think. ![]() Possibly add Linseed oil (not sure why it's needed in the plaster aside from giving it a sheen) "epoxy pigments" found at my local Blix art shop Natural pigments for suspension instead of paint i.e. I used the "1:3" ratio, water to lime, and it was nowhere NEAR enough so I added probably enough to be 1:2) Straight hydrated lime allowed to mature (again 5 days or so. Fingers crossed but most likely it'll be soft and gritty again. Outcome: Not determined as of yet, but I can't see it going much better. I've just been busy and haven't tried it again. The reason for this is to allow the lime to "mature" for at least 24 hours. Same as attempt 4 (in fact the same leftover mixture I used), the difference is it's been sitting with water over the surface of the paint for 5 days. The dried variation is soft and can easily be scratched with a fingernail. The texture is also rough, like the lime didn't soak up enough water to make it smooth so it feels like the plaster has a very fine grit of sand in it. There's almost no color at all due to the extreme ratio I used (again I knew that would most likely happen). On the wall, the paint pigments did not mix (I guessed that beforehand) and it was speckled, but not in a nice deliberate way. It's like a very thick paper mache feel and it kept soaking up water as I was mixing it all together. It looked, felt and applied much more consistent with what I believe I saw in the videos. *No time given to lime to "mature" or to crystalize (more on this later)* X parts water to create paste/putty consistency Ridiculous how much they charge, anyways:ġ0 parts Hydrated lime known as Mortaseal autoclaved mason's lime (Which is a Type S Hydrated/dolomitic lime) I spent that just on 3 samples of paint from Home Depot. I spent $30 total on 50 lbs of lime to make lime putty and 100lbs of marble dust. So I went to a masonry/construction products place just outside of Atlanta. *At this point, I realized art studios and Home Depot/Lowes materials weren't going to cut it. I should have known better, but hindsight is 20/20. Sanding was laughably inefficient at getting a good surface. Obviously without the binder in the paint or anything else, the marble just slid off more or less after the water had evaporated. Outcome: Worst outcome so far, but I was impatient and a little annoyed. X parts water to allow even distribution of everything and turn the very dry powder into some sort of plaster. I read somewhere that pigment to dust & lime was around a 10:1 ratio so. ![]() Outcome: The same as Attempt 1, no luck with either color contrast or sheen. It'd be perfect but I had no contast in the paint and the finish wasn't shiny enough (I'm not going for glossy, just a high-eggshell or satin sheen).Īll the same except I used eggshell and a darker sample to try to bring out contrast as well as sheen to the finished product. ![]() Sanding was easy and I was left with a very smooth feeling wall (nearly glass-like but not quite). After burnishing, the putty knife left scuff marks which made the light color I chose look dirty. The problem is there is little to no variation in the colors. It dried hard (pressing your fingernail into it didn't scratch it, so greater than a 3 on the Mohs hardness scale which would mean the paint calcified to hopefully limestone). Outcome: The consistency was runnier than the limited videos I saw on YouTube about Venetian Plaster. They are 3 layers thick and all have been finished by sanding with a Dewalt DA sander with 600 or 800 grit.ġ/2 marble dust (specifically Fredrix powdered marble)ġ/2 Behr Premium Paint & Primer in one (matte I believe) I mixed them all using a power drill mixer for joint compound (Internet #100392767 on the Home Depot website). So now I'm here trying to find a recipe and perhaps more information as to why certain ingredients are needed.Īll of these trials have used stainless steel 6" putty knife I rounded the edges off as an application. So far I've been unsuccessful in my attempts to recreate it. So being an art grad, I figure I could make the stuff like the Italians of old and man it's been a pain. Hi guys, I'm trying to redo my foyer and I want to do a Venetian Plaster but man, pre-made VP is *expletive* expensive. ![]()
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