American Clay Porcelina

PORCELINA™: Our smoothest plaster provides the artisan with an opportunity to create traditional opulent Old World marble smooth surfaces. Capturing the architectural wonder and durability of Venetian lime plasters, PORCELINA™ lends a silky polished sheen to once bland wall surfaces without the laborious and hazardous sanding required of acrylic/lime and gypsum finishes. It’s decidedly epic—whether applied with a sleek hard- troweled finish, burnished for greater depth or layered, blended with color and waxed ---PORCELINA is the answer for elegant Italianesque or Contemporary walls. PORCELINA can be hand-troweled or sprayed on.

Delightfully soft and smooth to the touch, American Clay Porcelina is used to create the polished, marble-smooth wall surfaces that have been prized by artisans for centuries. When trowel marks are left in the base or finish coat and then burnished, Porcelina creates walls with dramatic depth and movement -- visual texture to compliment the plaster's silky feel. When several layers of color are interwoven and then waxed or soaped, this plaster will recreate the stunning look of the venetian plasters of Mediterranean and Italian villas. Porcelina is made of the same ingredients as Loma, with a finer aggregate, and is available in the same colors.

No sanding is require to achieve the "honed marble" smoothness--simply burnish Porcelina with a plastic trowel. Apply Porcelina over a base coat of American Clay Loma. Prior plastering experience is recommended for Porcelina, and American Clay classes are recommended for learning special effects like Venetian effect described above. Because this plaster goes on thinner, it costs about the same per square foot as our Loma.

Coverage: 300-350 square feet per 50 lb. bucket or bag in one coat over a base coat of American Clay Loma.

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