Has anyone done Travertino (or any other finish) in an area that gets really hot?
I would like to do a finish behind a woodstove (about a foot away) but I'm concerned with the plaster cracking.

Don't know if this helps or not, but I left some sample boards (Veneziano, Ven BiColore w/ Liberon wax/mica, Metallo, and Mantavano) in my car under the hatch-back glass for a few days...in Florida. When I took them out they were too hot to touch for very long. I temp'ed them with an instant read food thermometer and they were 158 degrees! All the boards are OK... no cracks, and they look fine.

wood stove for cooking or heating? If cooking I would worry more about hot grease hitting the finish and the damage it might do. What about popping ash from the wood, is there a chance the finish might recv. hot ash?

Dan, that's good to know, thanks for the info.

And, in reply to Shirley's question- this is a heating woodstove that
opens from the front, so there's no danger of grease,etc. or ashes
hitting the wall, just high temps.

Incidently, I spoke with James at the school since I have posted this
question, and he told me that the resin plasters hold up to heat better
than the lime plasters. So I guess I'll go with something other than
Travertino!

i have a similar issue.... someone wants me to install italian plasters for fireplace facades that are custom made and wants to give me this contract... Apparantly, the heat close to the edge, where the fireplace opening is would be close to 200 degrees farenheit... they will be gas operated with a glass front so nothing hot will hit the finish but the edge will get hot,(so I'm told)... will the primers hold out and would the resins plasters hold out, I know that acrylic and heat are not good friends since acrylic tends to get soft in heat....

Obviously, I am only directing this question toward the SAFRA products.

thanks

Carmine

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sounds a little risky Don.

I would get it ripping hot and take a temperature of the wall.
I have something similar coming up. I may be doing Travertino or Marmorino. I am not using any acrylic bonding primers,..just straight etching, and Pronto etc. If anything fails,..my quess would be the acryilic or oil primers.
Someone let me know if I am wrong here