Creating Beautiful and Functional Spaces
Portofino Polished Plaster has been developed to be used in various internal and external areas. It can also be applied in a variety of finishes to help you obtain the specific look for your design as an alternative to Venetian plastering.
Detailed below are the areas our product can be used and the finishes you can choose from.
We are expert polished plasterers and can work with most materials. Apart from our own brand, Portofino, we also offer Venetian plastering. This plastering technique is perfect for all uses of interior design, including elegant walls, highlighting external features of the property, or just adding a bit more style and elegance to your home.
Get in touch for an estimate on Venetian plastering.
Smooth
Perfect in wet rooms and shower walls, smooth Portofino allows for an elegant feel of natural stone, polished concrete and Tadelakt.
Pitted
For a consistent textured finish, Pitted Portofino resembles an “orange peel” look to add depth and variation to your design. Unsuitable for wet rooms and showers.
Rock Face
Rock Face has a unique ability to be both pitted and smooth if a far more varied way. Suitable for wet rooms and showers, if you’re looking for a textured finish with-in your bathroom.
Venetian
An industry standard finish for high-shine walls, venetian plaster has the look of polished marble, giving an exclusivity to your project.
Wet Rooms
Franco Finishes Ltd has developed a complete board and render system for wet rooms. Over 30 years of research into render carrier boards and render products has given us the understanding of the stresses and hard wearing nature of wet rooms and showers. Together with the appropriate steps of preparation, Portofino is then applied as a smooth finish, with thousands of colours to choose from.
Suitable finishes
- Smooth
- Rock face
Showers
In the same manner as a full wet room system, Portofino and the subsequent products can be used to achieve the same durable finish in just shower cubicles. As long as the water is contained with-in glass doors or a fixed glass pane, the system will work. This also applies to walls above baths.
Suitable finishes
- Smooth
- Rock face
Bathrooms
In non wet areas in a bathroom, such as standalone WC or powder rooms, Portofino can be applied onto normal British Gypsum Thistle Multi Finish Plaster. Portofino will resist minor splashing from small basin usage.
Subject to a quality check of existing plaster.
Suitable finishes
- Smooth
- Rock face
Interiors
Our Portofino polished plaster is versatile in nature. Able to be applied onto Multi-finish surfaces when not in wet areas, we can create many different finishes to fit the vision for your home. Whether it be bedrooms, hallways, living spaces or cinema rooms, we at Franco Finishes Ltd pride ourselves in the knowledge of interior design and current fashions. With thousands of colours to choose from, polished plaster may be the unique touch you were looking for.
Suitable finishes
- Smooth
- Rock face
- Venetian
- Pitted
Exteriors
The same system we use in wet rooms, can be applied externally on timber framed buildings, new render and external wall insulation. With the correct weather protection sealers, Portofino will last for many years with very little maintenance.
Suitable finishes
- Smooth
- Rock face
- Venetian
- Pitted
Contact us to get a quote for venetian plastering for your home or business. We can give you information and advice on the best use of our product and finishes.