Beautiful Micro-Cement/Concrete Finishes with San Marco
Concrete Art and Micro-cement Products from The Decora Company. U.S. distributor of San Marco Products.
Monday, September 25, 9am - 4pm
$245
Skill level: Some skill level required
Class description: In this class, students will get their hands in a few new and beautiful mediums by San Marco. We will specifically focus on products Continuo Micro Cement and Concrete Art, creating sample boards for your sales presentations. There are multiple applications available to installers (including floors, walls and countertops), making these durable and multi-use plasters easy to sell in many ways. These plasters can be troweled and affected in many ways to achieve modern or antiqued affects. Students will have the opportunity to also view other products and samples from San Marco during the class, thus adding to your knowledge and offerings as a finisher.
Tools Required by students: Professional finishers trowel, wiping cloths. If desired, wood graining tool or other concrete affect tool you are familiar with and would like to try on your sample boards.
Products used in class:
Ande is representing The Decora Company. U.S. distributor of San Marco products. San Marco is the parent company of Nova Color.
CONTINUO ~Decor is a two-component epoxy cement system. The decorative layer is a spreadable paste that can be used for coating horizontal and vertical surfaces. It can be tinted to a wide variety of colors. Continuo allows for different decorative effects to be achieved, from the flat-and-uniform monolithic to two-tone and textured.
CONCRETE ART is an internal or external acrylic siloxane decorative coating that enables the decorator to obtain surfaces with strong characteristics typical of "fair-face" concrete. Various application methods enable the applicator to obtain effects ranging from the uniform minimalist to highly antiqued or worn.
The acrylic binder, associated with the siloxane component, ensures CONCRETE ART has a high surface hardness, good breathability and resistance to rain water.
Wall finish effects of CONCRET_ART include:
"Washout", "formwork", "smoothed" and others following the current direction of the contemporary style of interior design
Ande Crenshaw
Ande is a 22 year veteran in the Decorative Arts. Beginning in 2001 with a hand-full of clients, she has since owned three successful faux finish and product companies, and a teaching studio. Her work ranges from Los Angeles to Nashville, landing her in many cities between. She has a great understanding of many product lines, and how they sell and install in vastly different markets and environments. She is still working daily in the field, running her very successful business, Building Art, LLC. This class is her opportunity to share her knowledge with other finishers because she enjoys teaching and loves the industry. You will leave this class with not only samples, but a broadened outlook on the business and all it has to offer.
