How It Is Applied

Tobias Green is a hand-troweled material. The four videos below follow a wall from the primed substrate through the base coat, the texture pass and the final burnish — the same sequence that produces every finish in our texture range.

Two coats are recommended. The material sets in 60-90 minutes, which is the window the texture has to be worked in, and a five-gallon bucket covers roughly 350 square feet per coat.

Textures Application: Introduction

An overview of how Tobias Green is mixed, loaded and carried to the wall, and what a finished surface should look like before the next coat goes on.

Textures Application: Part 1

Laying the base coat. Working the material onto a primed substrate and getting an even first pass before any texture is introduced.

Textures Application: Part 2

Building the texture. How trowel angle, pressure and timing against the 60-90 minute set produce the different named finishes.

Textures Application: Part 3

Finishing and burnishing. Finishing the surface, and where burnishing or sealer come in once the plaster has set.

Before you start

Tobias Green is applied by a professional plastering contractor over most primed common building substrates. It is not suitable for exterior, shower stalls, wallpaper, extreme heat (stoves, fireplaces, hoods), semi-gloss/high-gloss painted surfaces. Full tool lists, coverage figures and the three-part CSI specification are on the product information page.

See the sixteen finishes Specs and data sheets

See it on your own wall first

Plaster reads differently in every room. The sample kit puts four colors, hand-troweled on board, in your hands so you can judge color and texture in your own light. We confirm your kit with you before it ships.

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