We were thrilled that our colleague, Jean Pascal Bach of Whistler Contracting, wanted to write a piece about 5StarFinishes and products. Here is the story: In 2020, I embarked on a journey into the world of micro cement, a niche yet burgeoning industry. My introduction to this fascinating field came through a partnership with Trevor […]
How to Install Tadelakt Showers Buy Pure Tadelakt Canada Tadelakt is one of the lost arts of our generation that has been slowly making its return to the building industry. This product has been researched by Trevor for over a decade and he has always been fascinated by its unique properties and beauty. It is
There are many companies around the world selling plasters and, in my experience, very few offered much help in the way of knowledge for fireplace use etc. I always found myself using thin set as basecoats or other random cement polymer based products such as EIFS basecoats and they were terrible for workability, covering over
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This project is located in North Van, and was designed by CM Studios. The interior design is stark lighting, beautiful dark wood panels throughout, and a creamy gray plaster with a horizontal drag. I have been asked many times since this project about the drag finish, and we recently did a professional photo shoot at
https://shop.5starfinishes.ca Check out our Products!! Over the past three years, I have used my knowledge of chemistry and the help of prominent chemical companies Dow Chemicals and Akzo Nobel and many others to develop my own plaster formulations. Ceaseless time spent sourcing specific raw materials and testing formulations has culminated in truly unique, custom finishes for my
The design for this bathroom was to look very much like concrete but also match the color of their tiles in the shower. We chose to use a little more of a brown gray for this project to match, and decided on a heavy texture and a matte sealer. The entire enclosure was sealed using
This waterfall countertop is a seamless microcement created using a fine grain version of Novacolor Wall2Floor and a satin polyurethane sealer. All the external angles are plastic to stop any rusting of the metal, and hardi backer board is the substrate. There are base coats of a special plaster to smooth the surface first with
This is the second retail outlet for Burb, the new cannabis shop in Vancouver, and they had the same finish installed that they had in their previous store. This plaster is from Pure and Original paints and is a traditional lime based plaster that is called Marrakech, and has a very earthen and old world
The owners of this beautiful whistler home were having problems for years trying to find someone to fix their home’s plaster repairs, which had an old style of venetian plaster from over 20 yrs ago. This finish was quite matte, a little rough, and changed shades slightly from room to room. There were bathroom, bedrooms,
This is a custom built one of a kind fireplace with an extremely powerful BTU rating. The builder asked us for some advice on this fireplace as it would run too hot for most marble tiles they wanted to use. We designed and made our own custom heat resistant plaster to help create a finish
