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    Anyone know how this was achieved?

    New and old finishes together. New one is obviously different, but looks OK to my untrained eye. Roughcast was as wet as we dared when applying it - would almost run off a hawk. Render is cement/lime/sand mix with plasticiser in it. Scratch coat then thinish second smooth coat. Same mix...
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    Anyone know how this was achieved?

    There's no coarse material in the original mix. And it's only had a couple of coats of paint. Anyway, finish for new render started going on today. Going for roughcast with 2-6mm rounded aggregate. Looks pretty clumpy - I think probably due to the different aggregate sizes - roughcast is...
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    Anyone know how this was achieved?

    We're going to try two trials - one as a roughcast finish, the other with madmonk's dash and cement slurry option. We're a bit concerned about durability ( and frost damage) with a thin layer of cement slurry though - even with SBR in it, although the finish is a painted one, which would help.
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    Anyone know how this was achieved?

    Yep, it does look like that - and that's what I thought it was until recently. It's only had three applications of paint - it was unpainted until the 1980's (I have photo's) , was repainted in 2002 and again two years ago. The paint layer is really thin.
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    Anyone know how this was achieved?

    Hmm, My plasterer reckons not done with a brush. Some more pics: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BySMW7YA0TAgdkJpMjZ1VlVXSWM/view?usp=sharing and https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BySMW7YA0TAgNEtWeTVKR3ZsSjQ/view?usp=sharing Looks too smooth to me to have been done with a brush. The...
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    Anyone know how this was achieved?

    I'm having a new extension built at the back of my house. The planners require me to match the existing texture of the walls as it's in a conservation area. The original finish looks like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BySMW7YA0TAgUHJjM1YtdnVtV1k/view?usp=sharing House is 1929...
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