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Sand for a Salt & Pepper effect

This is special silica sand, which has been sieved, has the unique particle-size of 0.6 mm. Because of this, it is used with Marmorino Veneziano Carrara to obtain a special salt and pepper effect.

If normal quartz sand which has a much finer particle size were added, it would give the material a gray color.

Where to use

It is mixed into Marmorino Veneziano Carrara.

How to use

Add the silica sand to MarmorinoVeneziano Carrara, during the second and third coats. The recommended proportion is one sack of silica sand to one 24 kg container of Marmorino Carrara.

The Marmorino Veneziano Carrara is applied normally.

It is also possible use it with Marmorino Veneziano Classic: Pour 2 bags of sand into a container of Carrara and apply this as the first coat.

Wait until the material is 50% dry and smooth out the surface with a sponge float (the right time to do that is easy to judge).

Let it dry completely (24 hours), and then finish it with two coats of Marmorino Veneziano Classic. For this finish, it is strongly recommended that you use Quartz Primer before applying the first coat so that the substrate is rough enough to work well with the sponge float.