Lucidato

The most polished of the Venetian plasters

Lucidato is a classic Italian polished plaster made from very fine marble dust. It goes on in fine layers and the final coat is burnished until it takes a shine like polished glass, with a depth behind it that paint cannot reach. It is cool to the touch.

It does not behave like paint

The thing most people notice first is that Lucidato is highly reflective seen from an angle and almost non-reflective seen straight on. A gloss paint is bright from everywhere. A Lucidato wall changes as you walk along it, which is why it rewards a long wall, or a room you move through, more than a small panel you stand in front of.

Walls and ceilings, houses and businesses

It suits virtually any interior, modern or classic, and takes to a ceiling as readily as to a wall — the domed ceiling at The Arches in Port Erin is Lucidato. It has gone into a bar, a gym and a furniture showroom as well as private houses. The finish is the same; the setting is not.

Where the shine comes from

The sheen is burnished into the plaster itself, not laid over the top of it in a coat of something else. That puts all the work into the application — fine layers, each polished back — and it is why Lucidato takes longer to get onto a wall than most finishes do.