3-Day Venetian Plastering and Microcement (Northern Ireland) Introduction course for beginners
To book a space in our Venetian Plastering and Microcement Course, please contact our Master Applicator Darren Quinn directly at 07886533179.
Impera Italia is excited to offer a 3-day Venetian plastering and microcement course, held on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday in Northern Ireland (Castlewellan). This course includes hands-on training with a variety of Italian plasters and paints on walls, corners, and large sample boards. Now featuring Microcement training, you will learn how to achieve a waterproof, polished concrete finish on walls, floors, and even worktops!
Our trademarked Venetian Plastering training system focuses on the properties of the materials and both traditional and modern application techniques. It is designed to prioritize the applicator's knowledge and skill, rather than any specific manufacturer's materials.
This course will not only emphasize the significance of various Venetian plaster base coats but also demonstrate their application. You will learn the differences between acrylic and lime-based polished plasters, as well as protectors and colour washes that enhance and safeguard the finishes.
Our courses cover both traditional and contemporary Italian and British marble plaster application methods and effects, with a focus on ensuring that the finishes are not only beautiful but also meet current market demands.
Is this course right for me?
We have designed this course with the time and experience of our applicators in mind. We know it can be difficult to get time off work in order to train. We also know that many applicators that already work with our products, may not need more than a crash course on this type of product. This may be due to previous experience with other Microcements, or perhaps a lot of experience with Plastering or Venetian plaster.
The intention of this course is to cover all the steps of the complex applications within those three days.
If this sounds more like the course you need, feel free to take a look at it on the link below.
Why train with Impera Italia in Northern Ireland?
At Impera Italia, we pride ourselves in providing a complete service. Having permanent facilities and a highly trained and reliable team. We work around the clock to help applicators and end users achieve their decorating goals. By training with us, you are not only learning from a genuine applicator that has been in the industry for a minimum of 8 years, actively carrying out projects and developing their own skills, but you also benefit from:
- Support from a technical team 5 days a week, from 8am to 5pm.
- Access to our library of custom colours for use in your own projects.
- Expert advise and guidance on new materials, as well as access to an instant selection of over 100 different products.
- Our showroom, a space to bring any clients or designers. Use our samples and resources, colour charts in order to help your clients in the decision making process.
We always go above and beyond for our customers, we know that projects are never as straightforward as we want them to be, but we will do everything we can to make your projects smoother and try to minimize disruptions to your workflow.
Course Overview
01 Course Content
The course starts at 8:30 am and finishes at. 5:00 pm. This will depend on how fast everyone is able to get through the materials, whilst making sure that the knowledge is being absorbed.
The following 5 key areas will be covered.
A. Finishes
- Travertino
Dragged effect
- Marmorino
Smooth ‘classico’ effect
- Marmorino
Pitted effect
- Microcement
Polished Concrete finish
- Spatolata
Polished Venetian plaster
B. Other products
- Atomo
Primer for porous surfaces
- Primer
Smooth and Textured
- Protectors
Sealers and Sealants
C. Repairs, Surface Preparation and After-care
- How to properly assess, prepare any substrate for Microcement application.
- How to calculate Microcement material requirements.
- How to deal with fundamental or superficial cracks.
- How to re-seal or re-protect a surface.
- How to change the effect/look.
- How to deal with small or large projects.
- How to deal with corners, snagging & accidental damages to Microcement.
- How to modify the effect/look on site.
- How to do wet room applications (bathrooms, shower cubicles, etc).
- How to maintain and clean Microcement.
- ‘What can go wrong’.
D. Tools
- Selection and maintenance
E. Working with Colours and Colouring
- Manual and industrial colouring, colour resistance and colour ability of the decorative coat.
02 On the day
- Arrival for the course is at 8:15am. Once everyone is ready to begin, we will begin with a short introduction between ourselves, where we learn a little about what we have done in the past, and get to know each others names. Courses are a great place to network!
- This will be followed by a brief description of some of the finishes in our showroom. We will give you some hints and point out applications that we will be discussing in the course, later on in the day.
- The next step, will be to head to the training centre, where we will begin to go through the different coats. Applying them on boards, discussing potential steps require to correct imperfections, as well as things to avoid before moving on to the following coats.
- We will return to the showroom, take any questions that course attendees may have, as well as provide the opportunity to speak to the sales team about the general flow of purchasing products, as well as making use of our other services, or even booking on to other courses! You will also get the chance to take advantage of the 15% discount we offer on the date of your course (Tools not included), if you wish to take any materials away with you!
- We will end the day by discussing parts of the application surrounding the Microcement, Venetian plaster and Metallic paints. This includes the use of beading, the application of shower trays, as well as using our other Microcement-like coating.
- Finally, we will provide you with a signed certificate of attendance, any goodies that were part of the course, then let you make your way! This will typically be around 5:00pm onwards. We try to make sure we answer any outstanding questions. This can sometimes lead the ending to be a little later.