How to apply Colour stone: A step-by-step guide

Volare — Smooth Stone Venetian Plaster (Coloured Stone Effect) — Online Course

Volare is a smooth stone Venetian plaster, also known as Marmorino Medium lime plaster. This refined decorative finish creates the Coloured Stone effect when applied over a metallic base, producing subtle golden accents that enhance the natural stone texture and add depth to any interior.

This course is designed for both beginners and professionals. You’ll learn every stage of the process — from surface preparation to advanced application — giving you the skills to confidently apply the Volare Coloured Stone finish in residential and commercial spaces.

What you’ll learn

• How to prepare surfaces for flawless adhesion

• Applying Volare with Dorotea Gold to build rich texture, natural pitting, and metallic highlights

• Blending and finishing techniques to achieve a professional Coloured Stone effect

Materials:

• Fissacrill
• Primavolare
• Dorotea Gold
• Volare - in a colour of your choosing 

Tools:

• 6mm Stilmirror Trowel 
• Flexible Trowel EVO
• 80mm Spatula
• 180 and 320 Grit Sanding Disc 
• Mirka Hand Sander
  
• Masking tape (Universal & low tack)

READY MADE KIT TO ORDER

We have put together for your convenience a kit for all products and tools you need for this course, you can purchase this on Italiano stucco site (for UK only) LINK TO KIT

Other essential needed for the course which you can buy from various high street shops:

• Roller & tray
• Car Sponge
• Bucket & whisk for mixing
• Fine mist sprayer
• Floor & surface protection
• Sample Boards – 60 × 40 cm, 6 mm MDF/ply (practice first)

All products and tools are linked for your convenience, so you can easily source everything you need. With lifetime access, you can learn at your own pace — pause, rewind, and replay until you’ve mastered the Coloured Stone effect.

👉 Enroll today and start creating elegant Venetian plaster finishes with golden accents that transform walls into refined stone surfaces.