I know of no such thing. Smoothing is normally actually accomplished with joint compound.
Wouldn't Venetian Plaster completely hide existing texture?You can use a Venetian Plaster. As for leaving the texture it will show up as a darker outline of the texture.
Depending on how heavy the texture is, if it is a deep texture than the Venetian Plaster would cover all the deep areas & all the high areas would be seen as a darker color than the thick plaster areas.Wouldn't Venetian Plaster completely hide existing texture?
Depending on how you look at it.Getting plaster to be smooth enough to use as a white board is very difficult for someone who isn't experienced in plastering walls. I consider myself an intrepid diy'er, but having done plaster, it's not something you could pay me enough to do again.
Yes no doubt a veneer plaster can be taken to a glass smooth finish. What I was saying is if the original poster is not experienced in applying true veneer plasters (not drywall compound), I would be hesitant to recommend he go out and grab a bag of Diamond or Imperial and say he's good to go.Depending on how you look at it.
If you can do drywall mudding & taping & only need to do a little sanding than you can do a smooth Plaster finish (glass smooth) with no sanding you just have to select the correct product to use. Plus you can make the Plaster finish truer to a plum & straight plane.
Go back to post # 3 I stated VENETIAN PLASTER.Yes no doubt a veneer plaster can be taken to a glass smooth finish. What I was saying is if the original poster is not experienced in applying true veneer plasters (not drywall compound), I would be hesitant to recommend he go out and grab a bag of Diamond or Imperial and say he's good to go.
My apologies. In your other post where you had said it's been awhile since you've done veneer plasters, I thought you were putting Venetian under the veneer umbrella. I haven't done Venetian on a wall, so true, I don't really know how it compares to gypsum based plasters.Go back to post # 3 I stated VENETIAN PLASTER.
Yes there is a difference between the types of plaster products Diamond is a veneer plaster not as easy to work with as a Venetian plaster. Imperial Plaster is a very difficult Plaster to work with due to it's hardness it will not trowel easy.
A true venetian plaster is many thin coats in some Venetian plaster you can see thru the coatings depending on color & number of coats.