Surface Finishes

Popular texture fashions are shifting away from more rustic tumbled, rounded edges to clean lines, and square edges on tiles, pavers, and coping. In addition, tone-on-tone texturing can beautifully enhance the aesthetic of your flooring design. Adding an interesting trim or pattern through the addition or utilization of various surface finishes can achieve the added interest desired in a simplistic and subtle manner. Finishes such as Micro Bush Hammer, Suregrip Moleskin, Hand-Chiseled, and Etruscan Texture add soft and delicate interest without changing the material itself. Common finishes such as honed, polished, split face, brushed and tumbled are available as well and achieve a more traditional aesthetic.

Bush Hammer

A bush-hammered finish is achieved using a high-impact machine or by hand using a masonry tool to uniformly pit the stone surface. This finish provides a high anti-slip resistant finish for pools, patios, and all outdoor applications and is particularly recommended for step treads and pavers, and as an accent for decorating. Pictured SEAHAZE SAND Limestone with bush hammer surface finish.

Micro Bush Hammer

A great combination of textural visual aesthetic and tactile interest without being too aggressive, and yet it significantly raises the coefficient of friction (for those who have that concern). Pictured Midnight Sky Marble pavers with micro bush hammer surface finish.

Etruscan Texture

A technique initially utilizing bush hammer texturing combined with a secondary treatment to effect a smoother finish to give this highly non-slip surface a soft but functional textural finish. And, as with bush hammer or micro bush hammer finishes, this finish makes a great accent for decorating. Pictured SEAHAZE MIX Etruscan Texture surface finish.

Suregrip Moleskin™

Using extremely low grit polishing brushes to provide a “leather-type” look and feel to the stone yet providing an anti-slip surface. This subtle yet elegantly tactile surface is perfect for pool deck pavers, treads, and copings. Pictured SEAHAZE SEA Limestone SUREGRIP MOLESKIN surface finish.

Tumbled

A tumbled surface finish is achieved for smaller-size stone pavers, typically only available up to 16″x16″ or 24″x24″ in the past. Newer technologies now make tumbling available up to 356″x36″ pavers when a more rustic, old-world-looking finish is desired. The corners and edges are rounded, and the surface is distressed for a more ancient and weathered aesthetic. Pictured SEAHAZE MIX Cobblestones with a tumbled surface finish.

Lightly Tumbled

A lightly tumbled surface finish is from sizes 18″x18″ and up to 36″x36″ natural stones in a vibrating tumbler machine. It produces a more refined lightly tumbled finish and square corners. Pictured Silver Travertine Toadflax Selection with lightly tumbled surface finish.

Honed

A honed surface finish is a smooth matte finish on the stone, the most common/classic surface finish for travertine and limestone. Pictured Golden Ink travertine 18″x 18″ x 1/2″ tile with honed surface finish.

Polished

The polished surface finish is smooth reflective/shiny surface on the stone – best for marbles. Pictured Midnight Sky polished marble slab for countertops, vanity tops, and indoor tiles & step treads.

Split Face

A process where the face of the stone is sheared off by the great force of chisels from around the edges. Pictured SEAHAZE SAND Limestone split face wall for interior or exterior wall projects.

Castle Wall

A process where the face of the stone is hand-chiseled on the entire surface. Pictured SEAHAZE SAND Limestone for interior or exterior wall projects.

Saw Cut

Cut smoothly with diamond blades yet unpolished. The sawed finish is available for driveways and other implementations when a very rustic look and high co-efficient of friction is desired. Pictured SEAHAZE MIX Limestone 4″x4″ saw-cut surface finish.

Cobbled Edge Micro Cladding

A small format saw-cut finish with hand-cobbled edges. Pictured SEAHAZE SAND Limestone Cobbled Edge Micro cladding wall veneer.

Grid Line Grooves

Rows of ¼” groove traversing the stone for drainage purposes in addition to slip resistance and aesthetics. Pictured SEAHAZE SEA (blue-grey selection) drainage (slotted) pavers are particularly desirable to ameliorate water puddling, especially around wet areas such as pools and fountains.

Heavy Sandblasting

Sometimes known as abrasive blasting, is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to roughen a smooth surface. Pictured are Grey or Beige Terrazzo circle patterns with polished border and with heavy sandblasted center.

Terrazzo grey or beige pavers bubbles-stripes

Light Sandblasting

Sometimes known as abrasive blasting, is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to roughen a smooth surface. Pictured are grey or beige Terrazzo pavers with lightly sandblasted images/patterns decorating the surface.