The Domus BF-2018 is a 200mm raw ceramic wall uplight takingone G9 lamp, supplied unpainted so it can be finished in the wall colourand read as part of the plaster rather than as a fitting mounted on it.

What raw ceramic actually means here

• It arrives unfinished and you paint it. Any water-based paint including thewalls own so the fitting can disappear into the surface or be picked out against it.
• Until it is painted the ceramic is porous. Handle it with clean hands; it marks.
• Indoor, dry areas only. No bathroom zone, no covered outdoor wall.
• Made in Italy, and the body is the finish nothing to peel or corrode.

The BF-2018 and the BF-2020 are the same fitting in two lengths

Both are 70mm deep and 70mm high. What separates them is length and lampcount:

Neither listing mentions the other, so it is worth knowing before you choose: at200mm this one is a punctuation mark, and at 500mm the BF-2020 is a band.

The wattage settled across the range

• 60W is the maximum for the lamp, not for the fitting. Across all 17 G9 fittingsin the BF ceramic range the datasheet says 60W whether the fitting takes one lamp ortwo, so it cannot be a total. The BF-2185 confirms it: one G9, and its sheet says40W. The BF-2020 states it outright in its title 2x60W.
• With one lamp here the distinction does not bite 60W either way.
• We would still not put a 60W halogen in a closed ceramic body. A4W LED G9 gives roughly what a 40W halogen did and runs cool.

Choosing the lamp not supplied

• LED G9, 34W, 27003000K. Ceramic and plaster are warmsurfaces and a cool lamp fights them.
• Rated for enclosed fixtures. Many small G9 LEDs explicitly are not, and this is aclosed shell.
• CRI 90 if the wall is a colour. Grazing light across a painted surface is exactlywhere a cheap lamp flattens the colour.

Where it works

• A narrow pier or wall return 200mm is short enough to sit on a sectionof wall that a longer fitting would overrun.
• Beside a stair, repeated up the flight, throwing light onto the ceiling rather thaninto the eyes of anyone coming down.
• A bedroom, where uplight off the ceiling is the least intrusive light in the room.
• Not on a poorly finished wall. Grazing light finds every ripple in the plasterabove it. On a good wall that is the effect; on a patchy one it is a problem.

Specifying it

Raw ceramic wall uplight, made in Italy. 200mm wide 70mm high 70mm deep. Requires 1 G9 not included; 60W maximum for thelamp ( resolved by measuring the whole BF range, not assumed). Suppliedunpainted, finishable with any water-based paint. 220240V AC,hard-wired, indoor dry areas. 50,000hrs fitting life. Warranty 1 year the term Domus gives this imported ceramic range, where most ofthis catalogue is three.

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Questions

Do I have to paint it?

No, and plenty are left raw the unfinished ceramic is a deliberate look. But until it is painted the surface is porous, so it marks more easily and cannot be wiped clean the way a sealed finish can. If it is going somewhere hands reach, paint or seal it.

Is 60 watts per lamp or for the fitting?

Per lamp. It takes one G9, so here the two readings give the same number but it is worth knowing because the two-lamp models in this range are rated to 60W each, not 60W between them. We settled it by measuring all 30 BF listings: the sheets say 60W whether the fitting takes one lamp or two, the one-lamp BF-2185 says 40W, and the BF-2020 states “2x60W” in its own title.

Should I get this or the BF-2020?

Length. They share the same 70 70mm section, so on the wall they read identically this one is 200mm with a single lamp, the BF-2020 is 500mm with two. Use this on a pier, a narrow return or a stair wall; use the BF-2020 where you have a broad hallway or living-room wall and a 200mm fitting would look lost.

Can it go in a bathroom?

No. Raw ceramic is porous until painted and the fitting is rated for indoor dry use only. For a bathroom wall light, ask us for something with an IP rating suited to the zone.

What lamp should I actually buy?

A 34W LED G9 in 27003000K, rated for enclosed fixtures. That gives roughly what a 40W halogen did, runs cool inside a closed ceramic shell, and takes the wattage question off the table entirely. If the wall is a colour, pay for CRI 90 grazing light across paint is exactly where a cheap lamp shows.

Will it show up flaws in my wall?

Yes. Grazing light is unforgiving and it will find every ripple in the plaster above it. On a well-finished wall that is precisely the effect you are buying. On a patchy one, fix the wall first or choose a fitting that throws light away from the surface.

Why is the warranty only one year?

That is the term Domus gives its imported ceramic range rather than an error on this listing most of this catalogue is three years, so it is worth knowing when comparing on price. In practice a ceramic shell with a replaceable lamp has very little in it to fail. What it will not survive is being chipped.