Venetian Plaster Floor

The recipe for marmorino floor comes from an antique recipe pastellone veneziano.

Venetian plaster floor.

Stucco italiano solido floor plaster is a 2 3mm thick cementitious overlay which creates a luxurious natural smooth finish with a mottled look that matures over time. In this beautiful expensive home the homeowners weren t happy with the looks of the dome. Here you will find different seamless floor plasters suitable for homes and public places. As the surface is burnished after application it develops a finish that has the look of genuine marble.

Venetian plaster sometimes known as lime plaster is essentially a putty made from fired limestone or marble dust mixed with water. Pastellone plaster retains the aesthetics of the traditional venetian marmorino for floors while adding the durability that modern day living demands. It comes in fine size 200 to 300 µm for marmorino fine and 500µm for marmorino medium and coarse. Pastellone was in fact the application of classic venetian marmorino onto floors.

Examples can be found in venice and throughout the veneto region. Venetian plaster style floor we have just completed a stunning concrete overlay floor in the style of venetian plaster. In particular our pastellone a lime based plaster that keeps in with the traditional marmorino venetian plaster for floors marries elegance with durability. The client asked us to replace an existing floor that was very light in color easily marked and not rally in keeping with the rest of the house.

Pastellone floor is suitable for use in areas where you want natural building materials and simple lines. The material can be applied to nearly any interior floor and is suitable for high traffic locations. Natural decorative finish for floor. Venetian plaster can resemble the appearance of marble and can be applied either smooth or with a slight texture.

It was dark and felt heavy so in updating their home to a lighter brighter look they asked us what we could do with it. Additionally you can apply pastellone also on walls for a wall2floor continuous surface. It is a powder made of real terracotta that gives a terracotta look to marmorino. The floor can be hand troweled buffed and completed in just a few days.

It works beautifully on fireplace surrounds and feature walls. The finish adheres best to a porous substrate and can be installed over correctly prepared plasterboard brick cement board concrete and concrete blocks. Our pastellone is made stronger by adding cement and binders. It is used to impart a natural or rustic feeling to verandas kitchens or hallways to go with stone or brick flooring.