Polished Plaster

Polished plaster has visual depth because its surface is semi-translucent — light penetrates the top layers of burnished lime and marble dust and reflects back from within, which is why the same wall looks different at 9am and at sunset. Microcement's surface is opaque and matte-to-satin; light hits it and stays on the surface, giving a flatter, more consistent read regardless of time of day. Neither is a flaw — they are two different relationships between a wall and the ligh