Ocres de France ready-to-use products : which one should you choose ?

You have chosen lime to decorate/renovate your interior or exterior walls and are wondering which of our ready-to-use products is best suited to your needs ? You have come to the right place. Here you will find a brief presentation of each of our ready-to-use limewashes and lime renders, their respective primers and a comparison to help you find the product you need.

As with all limewashes, if the substrate on which Badisof/Badisof Plus is to be applied is not lime-based, we recommend applying a special lime primer beforehand. For an ultra-fine texture like Badisof, the ideal primer is Sofadher. Before applying Badisof Plus, we recommend Sofix.

Badisof, Badisof Plus, Sofadher and Sofix are film-forming, so they are not applied in thick layers and will follow the irregularities of your wall. They will therefore allow you to change the colour of your wall, but not to renovate it (fill holes, cracks, etc.). In addition, although Sofadher acts as a bonding primer between an unsuitable substrate and Badisof, it is not a porosity regulator. You should therefore be careful with patched areas and heterogeneous substrates, which may remain visible even after applying your primer and limewash. If this is your situation, there are three solutions :
* Re-render the entire wall with Rénodress (fine lime render), making sure to float it thoroughly to obtain the smoothest possible finish. Once finished, you can apply Badisof directly in two coats.
* Re-render the entire wall with a fine render of your choice. Apply Sofadher, then Badisof.
* Apply a coat of acrylic paint to your heterogeneous wall in order to seal the substrate and prevent differences from showing through. Then apply Sofadher, followed by Badisof.

Badisof Vert sauge & Badisof Camel (realization & photo Muriel Borel)

Badisof Plus Tuile (realization & photo David Pinel) 

Badisof Plus lissé Silex (realization & photo Ocres de France)

Our renders : Sofodor et Sofolith

Sofodor : the fine interior/exterior render

Sofodor is a fine fat lime render, designed to create very fine floated or fine floated finishes. It is suitable for both interior and exterior use and is available in 46 colours. It is applied to a homogeneous substrate with no patched areas, prepared with lime, or after applying its primer, Rénodress. It is applied at a thickness of between 2 and 4 mm and is therefore not suitable for major façade renovation work. 

Sofolith : the beautifully coloured exterior render

Sofolith is an exterior lime finishing render, available in 24 colours created using our pigments. It is applied over a lime base render (Tradichaux) or cement, at a thickness of 5 to 6 mm for a floated or fine floated finish. For a façade renovation, you can render your façade with 1 cm of Tradichaux, then apply a 5 mm Sofolith finish.

Sofolith (custom shade) (realization & photo BG Construction)

Sofodor S40 (realization & photo Régina Hyest)