Selecting Exterior Texture & Colour

The Resene Construction Systems range of texture finishes is diverse, allowing all architectural surfaces to be the hero. All finishes are applied by hand. Colour selection is an important component as it not only enhances your design, it also assists in the on-going durability of the final coatings. As a Resene Group company, colour selection is easy.

Texture

A wide variety of texture styles are available, it is important that the texture you choose compliments your design, personal tastes and budget. All Texture styles are applied by hand with skill and craft by our network of Resene Construction Systems Plastering Professionals’. Sample boxes are also available of our entire texture range which will assist you with the look and feel of the finishes available for your project. Coloured range (Acrylic Based) of texture styles are composed with graded marble and quartz, sands, fine calcite fillers and 100% acrylic resin to bind them together providing distinct surfaces that provide a greater level of flexibility and are coloured throughout. These textures are finished with ‘Environmental Choice’ accredited Resene X200, Lumbersider or Aquashield which assists in providing an easy to maintain surface. Mineral Range (Cement Based) of texture styles are composed of natural sand blends, cements and dry powder modifiers to aid adhesion, hardness and flexibility characterics. All are finished with our full three coat Resene Paint System in your favourite Resene colour which assists in providing an easy to maintain surface.

ROCKCOTE Classico

This hand plastered ‘floated’ finish is designed to achieve a grained, monolithic surface. Being a grainy type finish Classico Swirl suits virtually all styles of building from modernist, through to French Provencial Villas. Our most popular acrylic finish.

Our most popular acrylic based finish

Appearance Coloured plaster – Flat, with a smooth circular texture pattern

Texture Pre Coloured, 100% Acrylic, with marble & quartz fillers

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand applied – Floated

Material Acrylic-Based

Flexibility Flexible

ROCKCOTE QuickSand

This hand plastered ‘floated’ finish is designed to achieve a grained, monolithic surface. Being a grainy type finish QuickSand suits virtually all styles of building.

Appearance Flat, with a smooth texture pattern- Looks similar to a sponge finish from a distance, but is smooth to touch.

Texture Pre Coloured, 100% Acrylic, with marble & quartz fillers

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand Trowelled – Floated

Material Acrylic-Based

Flexibility Flexible

ROCKCOTE Flexitex

This hand plastered ‘floated’ finish is designed to achieve a grained, monolithic surface. Being a grainy type finish Flexitex suits virtually all styles of building.

A cost effective option that gives you the benefits of an acrylic based system but more cost-effective than a acrylic texture.

Appearance Flat, with a smooth circular texture pattern- Looks similar to a sponge finish from a distance, but is smooth to touch.

Texture Hybrid Mineral/Acrylic Finish

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand Trowelled – Floated

Material Cement-Based (Mineral)

Flexibility Flexible

Plaster Systems Ezytex Float

This hand plastered ‘floated’ finish is designed to achieve a grained, monolithic surface. Being a grainy type finish Ezytex Float suits virtually all styles of building.

Our most popular finish.

Appearance Flat, with a smooth circular texture pattern- Looks similar to a sponge finish from a distance, but is smooth to touch.

Texture Mineral (Cement Based) Texture

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand Trowelled – Floated

Material Cement-Based (Mineral)

Flexibility Rigid

Plaster Systems Ezytex Flex

This hand plastered ‘floated’ finish is designed to achieve a grained, monolithic surface. Being a grainy type finish Flexitex suits virtually all styles of building.

A cost effective option that gives you the benefits of an acrylic based system but more cost-effective than a acrylic texture.

Appearance Flat, with a smooth circular texture pattern- Looks similar to a sponge finish from a distance, but is smooth to touch.

Texture Hybrid Mineral/Acrylic Finish

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand Trowelled – Floated

Material Cement-Based (Mineral)

Flexibility Flexible

Resene Construction Systems Spectra

This hand plastered ‘floated’ finish is designed to achieve a heavy grained, monolithic surface. Being a grainy type finish Spectra suits virtually all styles of building.

Appearance Flat, with a smooth circular texture pattern.

Texture Acrylic Finish

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand Trowelled – Floated

Material Acrylic-Based

Flexibility Flexible

ROCKCOTE Fast Float Sponge

This hand plastered ‘sponged’ finish is designed to achieve a grainy raised surface. Being a grainy type finish Fast Float Sponge suits more traditional buildings.

Appearance Slightly raised surface, and is abrasive to touch.

Texture Mineral (Cement Based) Texture

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand Trowelled – Sponged

Material Mineral-Based

Flexibility Rigid

ROCKCOTE Quicksand – Strata

This hand plastered ‘floated’ finish is designed to achieve horizontal or vertical look to the texture.

Appearance Flat, with a horizontal or vertical texture pattern.

Texture Acrylic Finish

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand Trowelled – Floated then dragged horizontally/vertically

Material Acrylic-Based

Flexibility Flexible

ROCKCOTE Cerano

Achieve a smooth concrete look finish or low lustre finish for external or internal walls of your project, Cerano has been specially formulated to achieve a smooth finish, ideal for creating the on trend concrete look or an off-form concrete look over a wide variety of substrates.

Appearance ROCKCOTE Cerano is applied by hand to prepared Interior or Exterior surfaces delivering a smooth, textural concrete effect.

Texture Acrylic Finish

Colour Range Resene – Total Colour System

Application Hand Trowelled – Trowelled finish

Material Acrylic-Based

Flexibility Flexible

Colour

Colour from the Resene Total Colour System. Virtually 1000’s of colours are available from the Blackest Blacks to the Whitest Whites. Colour selection is an important aspect as it not only enhances your design, it also assists in the on-going durability of the final coatings. Once you have selected your colour(s) advise your plasterer who in turn will advise Resene Construction Systems.

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