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Sunday, 25 March 2012

Characteristics and Surface Types

Agglomerates 

Shiny - Looks like Terrazzo, but the marble/quartz chips are in a polymer resin & marble dust binder. Also known as "composite engineered stone". Silestone and Ceasarstone are in this agglomerate category because they are over 90% quartz chips and dust with a polymer resin binder.

Bluestone

Relatively dense sandstone. Tones of blueSidewalks - garages - pavement - driveways. Colored with pigments or acid reactive stains. Stamped, textured, all finishes, green, purple. "Pennsylvania Bluestone" variety - uniform blue/gray and highly absorbent.


Concrete Slab Treatments

-Stamped-

-Exposed-

Sidewalks - garages - pavement - driveways. Colored with pigments or acid reactive stains. Stamped, textured, all finishes.

Concrete Tiles

Concrete (cement) body. Some known as "encaustic tile". App. 3/4" thick. Many shapes, colors, and sizes. Extruded and cast.

Flagstone / Sandstone

Flagstone is a generic name usually referring to sandstone.



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