Just an update if anyone is interested....


The target color...







The color I mixed and applied to a practice board (below). I was more concerned about the color than I was the application at this point. This is with a light burnish only and no wax.

looks good. What type of plaster is it?

Hello Amy, and thank you for the interest.

The plaster used is from ProFaux's site and it is the red based "plaster". The base wasn't EXACTLY what I was looking for, but it was a very nice start. That along with a pigment recipe I came up with through trial and a good amount of error(those color theory classes never cease to pay off!), produced this rich red. I can only imagine what more burnishing and a nice wax coat will do. The "plaster" itself is very nice...workability, drying time, and obviously it's abitlity to retain pigment made me a very happy camper. Needless to say it also made me very proud to accomplish something that 95% of the information I was recieving said it couldn't be done.

Thanks to Greg's insight, I started looking at resin based plasters...which is what this is. I realized it is not much more than a heavy paint, but it achieved and surpassed my expectations. I actually prefer the end color compared to the target...there's no/less blue relieving the end result of the purple-ish tone in the target. Now I can move on with my remodeling project and start rocking my fireplace

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