TRAINING
We have many years of application and training experience, we expect to build a relationship with our clients before and after training, so our advice is always practical and transferable. We do not expect every client to start with the same skill set and treat each client individually. Before starting any level of our training, we will ask you to complete a questionnaire, to give us an outline of your background experience, so we can pitch the training to suit. We will also ask what particular finishes you like etc. Our training is in small groups never more that 4 at one time and sometimes you may be the only person training.
You will leave each level feeling you have learnt and achieved as much as possible during your time with us, and will be keen to come back and improve on your skills further. By breaking up the training is gives you the opportunity to reflect on your learning have a practice away from the training area and to see what you are able to achieve independently and each level.
We have a number of different polished Plaster products which can then be used to produce a number of different finishes.
(Hope that makes sense)
For example if you were training on your first day you would look at Stucco which is a high shine polished plaster finish like a mirror almost. You would learn how to achieve this effect on small -large areas dependent on what level you were starting at.
With Stucco you can also achieve more broken polished finishes which you would learn probably later on in level 2.
We have then Marmorino which is again a marble grain product that comes in different forms and different grains sizes etc. With these products there are a number of finishes that can be achieved from honed stone, blockwork, travertine, pitted, dragged etc. You will again learn how to use these products and achieve these effects on small-large areas dependent on what level you were starting at.
Decorative finishes are achieved using different materials to the lime plasters listed above, and can be applied with brushes, trowels, and specialist tools. These are quite different to the polished plaster and we would normally do these effects on separate days, if you already have a decorators skill level you could achieve quite a lot in one day and cover most of these finishes at level 1 and possibly compact them into 1 day at level 2.
If you are able to come and visit our workshop and show area it may be helpful to you to see what we offer, in terms of different products.
We offer a Decorative Finishes Sample Pack to our Clients who book onto our training at a reduced price of £40 + VAT. This will contain brochures with real product samples and swatches to look at before and after training. The Brochures can be used when showing clients potential finishes you can offer in the future as well as some of our individual swatch samples to start you off.
At the end of the Level 1/ Level 2 training days the Clients will also go away with their sample materials pack. Included in the training cost is a materials starter pack, this will allow you to try out and go over what they have learnt during your course time.
Hope this helps, please let me know if I can help any further.