METALLICUM
METALLICUM Finishes Catalog
Real hand-applied Steel, Copper, Brass & Gold samples + printed Wild Rust catalog — current print run sold out
A printed METALLICUM catalog with real finish samples inside — Steel, Copper, Brass, and Gold, each applied by hand so you can see and touch the actual liquid-metal surface. Also includes the printed Wild Rust catalog covering the Iron (Corten) and Copper (verdigris) oxidized effects. The current print run is sold out — order a made-to-order METALLICUM or Wild Rust sample board instead, or leave your email and we’ll notify you when the next run ships. Your $15 is credited toward your next order of $100+.
Price
$15.00
A printed METALLICUM catalog with real finish samples inside — Steel, Copper, Brass, and Gold, each applied by hand so you can see and touch the actual liquid-metal surface. Also includes the printed Wild Rust catalog covering the Iron (Corten) and Copper (verdigris) oxidized effects. The current print run is sold out — order a made-to-order METALLICUM or Wild Rust sample board instead, or leave your email and we’ll notify you when the next run ships. Your $15 is credited toward your next order of $100+.
Notify Me When Available
The catalog print run is sold out. Order a made-to-order METALLICUM or Wild Rust sample board instead — or leave your email and we’ll let you know the moment the next run ships.
Specifications
- Real hand-applied samples of all 4 liquid-metal finishes: Steel, Copper, Brass, Gold
- Includes the printed Wild Rust catalog — Iron (Corten) & Copper (verdigris) effects
- Current print run sold out — join the notify list for the next run
- $15 credited toward your next order of $100+ (90 days)
Key Features
- Real metallicum finishes, not printed photos — hand-applied Steel, Copper, Brass & Gold samples
- Printed Wild Rust catalog included for the oxidized Iron and Copper effects
- The fastest way to evaluate METALLICUM in your own light and space
- Sold out? Made-to-order METALLICUM & Wild Rust sample boards are available now
Go to the METALLICUM store page to see available products, sizes, calculators, color options, and related materials.
About this finish
METALLICUM Liquid Metal
What it is
METALLICUM is a coating that is about 50% real metal powder — metal alloy particles, with real copper and copper-zinc brass in the Copper and Brass finishes — carried in a water-based gel. It goes on with a spatula, and once dry it is sanded and polished so the metal at the surface takes on a true metallic luster, the same way solid metal does when you buff it. That is the difference from "metallic paint": paint sparkles because of mica-style effect pigments, while METALLICUM gleams because you are looking at actual polished metal.
Why choose it
- Roughly half the material is real metal powder — copper and brass finishes contain actual copper and copper-zinc particles — so the luster is polished metal, not metallic-effect pigment, and it catches light the way cast metal does.
- One seamless metal surface with no panel joints or welds: it bonds to plaster, plasterboard, cement, wood, and MDF, so a single finish can wrap a wall, a column, and the cabinetry beside it.
- The four tones are muted, architectural metals — brushed steel, aged-penny copper, champagne-bronze brass, antique olive-gold — closer to aged bronze hardware than to glitter paint.
How it’s applied
- 01Prep and prime: the surface must be clean, dry, and sound, then sealed with a smooth water-based acrylic primer — never a quartz or sanded 'grip' primer, whose grain would telegraph through the polished metal.
- 02Spread two thin coats with a stainless-steel spatula; the gel consistency gives long working time so the surface stays free of lap marks.
- 03Let it dry completely — 12–18 hours — before sanding.
- 04Sand with 1000-grit to level the surface, then polish with 3000-grit pads — it is this final polishing that brings up the shine of the liquid metal, so the surface reflects light like solid metal. Finish with a microfiber wipe to clear any metal residue.
- 05Optional topcoat: Metallicum needs no sealer in a standard interior application, but one can be added — Atriafloor Filler for general interiors, or Atriapol matte or gloss where the surface will see water. Apply only over fully cured, clean, dry, dust-free metal, and test a board first: a topcoat can deepen the colour and soften the polished reflectivity you just built. Interior only, and not for Wild Rust, which has its own Protettivo sealer.
- 06Plan on a professional applicator, or practice on a board first: an even, consistent polish across a whole wall takes experience.
Where it works
Order a made-to-order 6" × 8" METALLICUM sample board in this finish — hand-applied and polished in our Dallas studio for $25, with $15 of that credited toward your next order of $100 or more. Order a sample board
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