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Architectural finishes

Microcement floors, walls and bathrooms in Los Angeles

A thin cement-based coating that goes over existing surfaces without a tear out, and seals to a continuous, groutless finish. The practical choice for wet rooms and floors.

What it is

Polymer-modified cement applied in millimetre-thin layers over a reinforced base, then sealed. Because it bonds to what is already there — tile, concrete, screed — a bathroom can be resurfaced without stripping it back to studs.

Where it works

Bathrooms, showers and wet areas, kitchen splashbacks and worktops, and floors where a continuous surface is wanted. No grout lines is the practical argument; the seamlessness is the aesthetic one.

What to expect

Substrate preparation matters more here than with any other finish — movement underneath will telegraph through. Sealing is done in coats over several days, and a wet room should not be used until the seal has fully cured.

The colour range

Microcement in 15 colours

Rendered, not photographed · indicative only

The flattest surface offered. Seamless over floors, walls and steps, sealed hard.

Whites & lime2

Chalk CementThe palest; keeps a floor feeling open#E2DED7
PaperThe palest floor we will seal#E9E7E2

Sands & clays2

OysterPale warm grey#DBD7CF
Sand CementWarm cement; takes the chill off a floor#CFC7B8

Earth & rust2

Clay CementBrown cement for a warm bathroom#A89380
Rust CementDarker brown cement; industrial and warm#96775F

Greens2

Sage CementGreen-grey; softer than it sounds#9EA69C
Olive CementDeeper green-grey#8B9184

Blues2

SteelBlue-grey; reads cold, deliberately#96A0A6
Slate BlueMid blue-grey; a floor that hides everything#7D888F

Greys & stone3

CementThe honest one#CEC9C1
AshMid grey, endlessly forgiving#B5B1AA
PumiceDarker, still neutral#9D9992

Deeps2

Graphite FloorFloors that hide everything#696662
BitumenNear-black, industrial#444140

Every colour here is the studio’s own, and every swatch is drawn from its hex value rather than photographed. Screens differ, and so does the light in your room — we make sample boards on site before anything goes on a wall, and that is what the colour is decided from.

Where we have used it

Nothing published yet under this finish. It is applied on jobs that are not in the portfolio — tell us about your space and we will send comparable work and a sample.

The other finishes

Roman Clay·Limewash·Marmorino·Intonaco·Tonachino·Béton Ciré·Stone Effect·Venetian Plaster·Tadelakt·Travertine Plaster

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