| Stone
is normally available in various textures and finishes:
Polished: The Most popular finish
– One side is Finished by the action of the Abrasives on polishing
head, gives a mirror finish on Granite, and diminishing in the reflective
properties, as we go from Granite to marble and slate etc.
Honed: A smooth but unpolished
finish, produced by using a less number of abrasives on a polishing
head – leading to smooth but Non-reflective surface.
Sanded (usually for Sand-Stone): Coarsely
polished to remove sawing blade marks, to leave a semi-smooth but
regular finish.
Hand Split or Cleft: A traditional
treatment in which the stone is split along its line of cleavage
to open the same at the natural grain; thereby giving a surface
with great character.
Grit or Sand Blasted: The action
of coarse-grained grits, blasted onto the top surface of the stone,
with the help of water, produces a natural finish similar to hand
split or cleft.
Flamed: The surface of the stone
is Flamed or burnt off with a high temperature apparatus (similar
to blow torch). This gives a contoured finish, based on the internal
characteristics of the stones.
SHADE
We strictly maintain the shade of the merchandise as desired by
the client. While producing cut to size tiles, careful batching
is done even when the material is cut from the same slab / block.
REPAIRING/NETTING
We do the repairing/netting to reasonable levels and not to the
extent of joining two broken pieces. Moreover, more importantly,
we use low viscosity epoxy based resins specially produced in Italy
& Germany for stone application. We never use cheaper polyester-based
resins, which have a limited life.
THICKNESS
While sawing, especially marble we take a lot of care, for the best
result as it is a very brittle and pasty material. A little less
carefulness and the result is taper slabs.
We maintain a very low down feed and regularly monitor the sharpness
of diamonds to insure maximum tolerance of +/-0.5mm within a same
slab.
FLATNESS/CURVES
At Arti Marbles & Granites Pvt. Ltd.
we have carefully controlled this very common and major
problem. We never let the sawing result in slabs with a curve, which
makes the fabrication/installation very difficult.
We always maintain flatness of slabs to the permissible tolerance
limit.
GLOSS / POLISH
We polish the Granite / Marble slabs & Tile on automatic multiple
head line polishing machine from Breton- spa & peddrini spa
of Italy. We never supply merchandise polished on “locally
made table polishing machine”. We achieve the gloss between
750 -900 and guarantee an excellent flatness, Proper pre bed preparation
and suitable life of the gloss at international levels.
SQUARENESS
We maintain Perfect square ness in cut to size materials; thanks
to the automatic bridge cutting machine from Peddrine SPA &
Breton SPA, Italy. We never use locally made bridge cutting machines
or conventional hand driven edge cutting machines as it is far than
difficult to maintain.
PACKING
We never try to save cost on wood or other packing materials. We
consider that the quality of packing is as important as the quality
of product.
SHIPPING
Even in F.O.B. & C.& F. shipments we consider it as our
duty to investigate and inform the buyer with various options of
suitable shipping lines offering best freight along with shortest
transit time and satisfactory service. Our job does not just end
upon loading the container. We maintain the track of container till
it reaches the destination and keep the client advised of various
movements/trans shipments. |