Pearlescent control
Calm, even reflectance with soft lamé highlights. The wall glows rather than glares, even under focused lighting.
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Meteore 8 Lamé Metallic Stone Wall Finish
Pearlescent lime wall finish — mineral body with a controlled metallic Lamé veil, designed for calm, tactile feature walls that respond quietly to light.
MINERAL TEXTURED FINISH · METALLIC LAMÉ VEIL · ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR SURFACES
How this finish behaves
Meteore 8 Lamé begins as a lime plaster — breathable, tactile, architectural — then receives a dedicated Lamé metallic veil that holds light rather than throws it. The surface reads as stone in behaviour, metal in tone, giving a soft, disciplined light across the wall.
Direction and density of the hand‑work set the reading: from soft pearl to deeper metallic presence. It settles naturally beside concrete, stone, oak and linen — a refined alternative where polished plaster or high‑gloss metallic paints would feel over‑stated.
Mineral honesty
Lime‑based mineral body provides a breathable, tactile surface that sits comfortably within architectural material palettes.
Composed adjacency
Designed to pair with concrete, stone, timber and woven finishes, maintaining an overall quiet, architectural reading.
“Metal translated into architecture — a soft, disciplined light on a mineral surface.”
Italian Surface FinishesWhere Meteore 8 Lamé is used
Meteore 8 Lamé is specified wherever a textured wall finish with stone‑like depth and metallic nuance is required — particularly in spaces that benefit from a calm, light‑responsive backdrop.
Reception & gallery walls
Entrance walls, galleries and transition spaces where light grazes the surface, revealing controlled mineral relief and lamé highlights.
Calm residential features
Living rooms and bedrooms where warmth and tactility are important, but overt shine or strong patterning would distract.
Boutique retail & showrooms
Backdrops for product and artwork where texture supports, rather than competes with, display elements and lighting.
It can also be used on carefully detailed ceilings for a soft, stone‑like canopy that picks up light without feeling heavy. For shower interiors or wet rooms, use Valpaint waterproof systems (e.g. Evolution Plus, I‑Beton Plus) instead.
Reception & gallery walls
Calm residential features
Boutique retail & showrooms
Bedrooms & quiet lounges
Gallery & study views
Selected Meteore 8 Lamé boards and project details showing stone relief, lamé highlights and edge treatment. Click any image to open a larger view.
System & build‑up
Meteore 8 Lamé is always installed as a system. Substrate preparation, priming, mineral body and Lamé topcoat are coordinated so the wall behaves as a single, stable finish.
Typical Meteore 8 Lamé cycle
1. Substrate preparation — repair, skim and sand to a smooth, stable, dust‑free finish.
2. Fixative & Primer 400 — stabilise critical areas, then apply
Primer 400 (diluted per data sheet) to regulate absorption.
3. First Meteore 8 coat — build the base mineral relief and movement with a stainless trowel.
4. Second Meteore 8 coat (if specified) — refine the stone effect, compressing or lifting relief as
required.
5. Lamé topcoat (optional) — once fully dry, apply two thin coats of Lamé to create
the metallic stone / lamé veil over the mineral body.
Documentation
Use the following documents together for specification, pricing and installer briefing:
• Meteore Application Guide
• Meteore 8 Technical Data Sheet
• Meteore 8 FAQ
For context within the wider portfolio, see Architectural Finishes and Catalogue Library.
Italian manufacturer
Meteore systems developed by Valpaint with full technical documentation and test data.
London Studio
Meteore 8 Lamé boards and mock‑ups reviewed at full height under project lighting.
Academy
Meteore modules within the Valpaint London Academy for installers and specifiers.
Installer network
Approved applicators whose technique is tuned to mineral and metallic systems.
One chain from Italian research to UK specification, training and delivery — with Meteore 8 Lamé as the mineral‑metallic language.
Resources, studio visit & enquiry
Use this section when you move from research into a live Meteore 8 Lamé project. The links gather everything you need: application method, technical data, architectural context and studio visits.
Discuss a project or visit the Studio
Share drawings and references, or arrange to see Meteore 8 Lamé boards in the London Studio. We can help position the finish alongside concrete, stone and timber, and brief the right installer support.
Project resources for Meteore 8
Key links for designers, specifiers and applicators working with this mineral‑metallic wall and ceiling system.
- Application guide Step‑by‑step method and trowel technique for Meteore systems.
- Technical Data Sheet Performance, consumption and system build‑up for Meteore 8.
- Meteore 8 FAQ Positioning, substrates and typical UK use‑cases.
- Architectural finishes See how Meteore 8 sits alongside concrete, lime and metallic systems.
- Catalogue library Download Meteore and Lamé charts and project catalogues.
- London Studio Visit to compare Meteore 8 boards under project lighting.