Stone Finishes
The surface of a stone may be finished in a variety of ways. Below are some typical terms:
- Polished finish - a glossy surface which brings out the full color and character of the stone.
- Hone finish - a satin smooth surface finish with little or no gloss. This is recommended for commercial floors.
- Thermal finish - a surface treatment applied by intense heat flaming.
- Diamond sawed - finish produced by sawing with a diamond toothed saw.
- Rough sawn - a surface finish resulting from the gang sawing (or frame saw) process.
- Bush-hammered - a mechanical process which produces textured surfaces. Texture varies from subtle to rough.
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Famous quotes containing the words stone and/or finishes:
“I passed a tomb among green shades
Where seven anemones with down-dropped heads
Wept tears of dew upon the stone beneath.”
—Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.
AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)
“When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.”
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)