Natural Stone Finishes
Honed stone
A smooth matt to light shine surface finish (depending on the stone). Created using different grades of abrasives under factory conditions, honed stone is the most commonly used and recommended internal floor finish.
Polished stone
A high gloss and reflective surface finish that brings out the colours in the stone. The polishing of natural stone follows the same process as honing using finer abrasives. The degree of polish of the natural stone is determined by its mineral elements and texture and not all natural stones can be polished. Usually recommended for wall covering, polished stones are not usually recommended as stone flooring due to their low slip resistance value.
Hand honed stone
A smooth with fine circular markings. With the honing process being carried out by hand rather than machine, the surface has visible abrasive and carborandum markings as a feature. Usually recommended for external stone flooring and inernally to give that industrial flooring look.
Flamed stone
Flames are brought into contact with the (wet) sawn slab of natural stone in this typical mechanical finish. This finish is processed before cutting to size as it can only be processed on big surfaces. Visible and covered edges cannot be flamed. The flames are directed obliquely and to the whole surface. The temperature shock causes the eruption of the grains on the surface, what gives the typical texture. This is a finish mainly done to hardwearing natural stone.
Satino stone
The tiles are first hand honed, then flamed, and afterwards brushed.
Materials: Belgian Blue stone, Gris Catalan, Moors Green, Pepperino Dark and Twilight.
Appearance: Semi rough finish that’s antislip, but you can walk it barefoot, easy maintenance and less sensitive to scratches
Sablino stone
The tiles are first hand honed or honed, then sandblasted and afterwards brushed.
Materials: Jura Beige, Buxy Beige.
Appearance: Semi rough finish which feels very natural, easy maintenance and less sensitive to scratches.
Riven or natural cleft stone
Natural cleft is not a manual finish, but simply the natural look of the surface of some stones. Most cleft stones such as slate are sold in this natural finish.
Hand cleft stone
Hand cleft is a finish obtained by manual hammering with a chisel of the surface of the stone.
Bush hammered stone
This finish of the stone is obtained by treating the surface with a bush hammer or prong hammer (manual) or with a hydraulic hammer (mechanical). Bush hammering wipes out all traces of previous finishing. The look of the manufactured surface depends on the number of pointy bulges on the hammer. The distance between the small numerous pits depends on the distance in between the points.
If done mechanically the pits are spread evenly on the whole surface.
Chisseled stone
This finish is manufactured by use of an air chisel. The surface can be best described as a kind of fine chipping with fine interrupted grooves. These grooves are often positioned parallel or with a slight slope with regard to the edges.
Diamond cut stone
Finish of a stone sawn by a machine with a diamond wire. The stone surface shows typical saw cut markings: small waves or cuts of only a couple of tenths of a mm deep. These markings are parallel with each other, in the direction taken by the saw or the wire.
Rustico stone
The corners of the tiles are rounded off and the edges slightly sawn off at an angle. The top surface is honed.
Materials: Boisvillon, Massangis Roche Jaune Claire and Mirabelle.
Appearance: The floor has a rustic radiation and is therefore suitable for a classic interior.
Brossato stone
The tiles are sawn, hand honed and brushed.
Materials: Simyra
Appearance: The floor is antislip, but you can walk on it barefoot, easy to maintain and less sensitive to scratches.
Antico stone
The tiles are hand honed and afterwards tumbled.
Materials: Asian Blue, Jura Beige, Noce, Persian Red, Persian White, Thala Beige and Tuscany.
Appearance: the floor has the impression of a worn look as if it has been used for years and has a natural patina from the start
Vieux Manoir stone
The surface of the tile is rustically distressed by a combination of hand honing, milling and brushing, also the edges are highly distressed.
Materials: Pierre de Bourgogne.
Appearance: The floor has a rustic radiation and breathes out the atmosphere of ancient Burgundy buildings.
Versailles stone
The surfaces of the tiles are hand honed and brushed, the edges are milled.
Materials: Massangis Roche Jaune Claire.
Appearance: The floor has a rustic radiation and breathes out the atmosphere of ancient Burgundy buildings.