1-Day To Learn The Art Of The Marble Technique
Our Marble Finish Course at our London Training Centre is designed to teach you how to apply Venetian and Polished plasters to create an authentic, marble-like, and veined appearance. We will show you how to use our top-quality marble plaster, Luciano, to decorate walls and ceilings in a wide range of colours.
Led by our Master Applicator, who trained in Italy and has extensive experience, the course includes demonstrations of techniques and hands-on practice to ensure you can master them yourself. This training is ideal for those who are already familiar with basic Venetian plaster applications and methods.
We will also provide a brief overview of surface preparation to ensure a flawless and durable finish. Additionally, you'll learn the best methods for protecting these beautiful finishes!
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 Plastering or Venetian plaster.
The intention of this course is to cover all the steps of this complex application within a single day. For some apprentices, this can be a bit too fast, and not in depth enough.
Why train with Impera Italia?
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.
- A 10% discount on material for a minimum of one year, as well as a 5% discount on tools.
- A 15% discount for materials (Not tools) specifically on course dates.
- 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 09:00 am and finishes approx. 4:00 pm. This will depend on how fast everyone is able to get through the materials, whilst making sure that the knowledge is being absorbed.
A. Finish
- Luciano
High-Gloss Acrylic Polished Plaster
B. Other products
- Atomo
Surface Stabilizer
- Primer
Smooth Primer
- Protectors
Waxes
C. Repairs, Surface Preparation and After-care
- How to handle and repair accidental damage.
- How to properly assess, and prepare any substrate for Venetian plastering.
- How to deal with fundamental or superficial cracks.
- How to calculate Venetian Plaster material.
- How to change the effect/look.
- How to deal with small or large projects.
- How to deal with corners, snagging & accidental damages.
- How to modify the effect/look on site.
- How to maintain and clean the Polished Plaster.
- ‘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 9am. 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 application. You will have the opportunity to practice on our training centre walls, and discuss potential steps require to correct imperfections, as well as things to avoid before moving on to the following coats.
- Did we mention that lunch is on us? We work with a lovely Italian Deli nearby where we always do our lunches. Positive reviews all around! Lunch time itself can vary, generally we will aim to go between 12-1pm.
- When returning, we will continue with the rest of the application.
- Finally, 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!
- 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 4:00pm onwards. We try to make sure we answer any outstanding questions. This can sometimes lead the ending to be a little later.