Livingreen Design Finishes 2022 - Flipbook - Page 4
Colours + Finishes
Premium Finishes: Our premium finishes range includes our very own premium stone, Corten
Steel/rust effect and Verdigris effect finish. Our selection of Stone Finishes are a new finish
range developed by Livingreen Design to give the most realistic stone finish available on the
market. These finishes include a very high aggregate load and as such, also feel like real stone
and are very hard wearing, resisting bumps and scratching.
The 8 standard colours give a flavour of the colour range range, but there are over 70
variations available to order to better match the particular stone used on individual projects.
Our Corten Steel effect finish is the result of many years of development that has produced a
rust effect that where we are able to control the mount of rusting, the depth of colour and the
patina. We can also fix that moment in time, stopping further rusting and preventing rusty run
off onto finished surfaces. We guarantee that no one will be able to tell that your fibreglass
planter or seat is not made from real Corten steel.
For roof gardens and terraces in particular this is a game changing finish. But we recommend it
for anywhere Corten steel was to be used – Fibreglass is more cost effective, much lighter, just
as strong and every bit as long lasting. While other faux rust finishes are available, we are the
ONLY landscape product manufacturer using this trade marked finish. For the ultimate in
‘unreal steel’ its got to be Livingreen.
Like Corten Steel, our Verdigris finish uses real metal to create a thin copper plating on
the surface of the fibreglass. This oxidises naturally in the elements creating a beautiful
blue/green patina overtime. As the finish is the product of genuinely oxidised copper, it
behaves in exactly the same way meaning the effect is fragile can be rubbed off accidentally.
So we recommend this finish for an area of low footfall where the product is unlikely to be
brushed against. Again like Corten Steel, Verdigris can be fixed by application of a specially
developed lacquer which makes the surface much more robust without dramatically changing
the effect.
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