How to make limewash in Blender
To make limewash in Blender, use a procedural node group: warped noise for the cloudy patches, a high-distortion noise for the brush sweeps and a roughness near 0.9. The answers below cover microcement, scale and our pre-order.
How do I make limewash in Blender?
Use a procedural node group. A low-frequency noise, warped by a second noise, gives the cloudy patches. A high-distortion noise gives the short brush sweeps. Keep the roughness between about 0.85 and 0.95, because real limewash is very matte. Finish Variants packs this as one node group with sliders.
How do I make a microcement floor in Blender?
Mix soft noise clouds with faint trowel marks. In Finish Variants, warped wave rings make the trowel swirls, and a noise mask breaks them up so that they do not repeat. A Sealer Gloss slider sets how satin the floor looks.
Why does my limewash texture tile or look like plastic?
Image textures repeat across a large wall, and a low roughness makes the paint look glossy. Procedural noise does not repeat, and a roughness near 0.9 keeps the chalky look.
Do I need UVs?
No. The node groups use object coordinates in meters. The scale stays correct when you change the UVs or the mesh.
How do I show a client several wall colors?
Change the Base Color and Cloud Color inputs of the limewash group, or pick one of the 3 palette presets, and render again. The 3 room renders on the home page differ only in these inputs.
Which Blender versions does it support?
We build it on Blender 5.2 LTS with Cycles. We test it on Blender 4.5 LTS before delivery. We have not tested EEVEE yet, so we do not claim it.
Are there free limewash or microcement textures?
Yes. Poliigon has microcement and limewash textures, some of them free, and BlenderKit has a large library on a paid plan. Finish Variants is for artists who want a procedural setup with client palettes and no tiling.
Can I use it in commercial client work?
Yes. Use it in your renders and animations for clients. Do not resell or share the node groups themselves.
How does the pre-order work?
The price is $19, one time. We expect to deliver the download by November 29, 2026. If we cannot deliver by then, we refund you in full. Until checkout opens, reserve by email and we send you the payment link.
Who makes Finish Variants?
Finish Variants is a brand of Delty, Inc., 156 2nd St, Suite 607, San Francisco, CA 94105. Email lalit@finishvariants.com.