How to apply Volcanic black stone with bronze wax: A step-by-step guide

Marmorino Medium Black with Bronze Gold Wax — Venetian Plaster Course

Volare, a soft-textured Marmorino Medium, is highly versatile — it can be applied as a smooth stone finish, polished for extra depth, or layered with metallic waxes for a unique effect. In this course, you’ll learn how to create a striking Black Marmorino finish with Bronze gold Wax, combining rich depth with a subtle metallic sheen for a timeless, elegant surface.

This online course is designed for both beginners and professionals, offering step-by-step guidance from surface preparation to final sealing. You’ll not only master the application of Volare, but also learn how to achieve a luxurious aged look with Bronze Wax, ideal for both residential and commercial interiors.

What you’ll learn

• Proper surface preparation using the correct primer for Volare

• The essential products required to achieve this finish

• Recommended tools for best results (including specialist trowels and polishers)

• Application techniques for a refined skip-trowel texture

• How to apply and buff Bronze gold Wax for an aged, elegant effect

• Tips for sealing and long-term maintenance

Materials:

• Primavolare
• Volare - in a colour of your choosing 
  
• Bronze gold Wax
  
• Black specchio Wax

Tools:

• 6mm Stilmirror Trowel 
• 80mm Spatula
• 320 Grit & 4000 Grit Sanding Discs 
• Mirka Hand Sander
  
• Masking tape (Universal or low tack)
• Cotton cloth (for waxing)
• Lambswool Buffing Pad

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's needed but included in the kit above for the course which you can buy from various places:

• Roller & tray
• Sponge
• Bucket & whisk for mixing
  
• Floor & surface protection
• Sample Boards – 60 × 40 cm, 6 mm MDF/ply (practice first)
• Rotary Polisher
• Large paint brush 

Whether you want a subtle elegance or a bold, wax-enhanced statement wall, this course will help you master the art of Volare. With lifetime access, you can pause, rewind, and replay as you refine your skills.

👉 Enroll today and learn how to create the Black Marmorino Bronze Wax finish step by step.