Types of Finishes

Antique Finish

This finish involves the brushing of the surface of the stone to remove soft spots, creating a textured surface. As a result, the stone’s color becomes duller.

This finish is used in outdoor claddings, anti-slip surfaces and interior décors.

Bush-Hammered Finish

This type of finish uses a specialized hammer head  whose pointy bits create indentations in the stone surface. Bush-hammering can be made coarse or fine.
​Most widely used for interior and exterior cladding as well as anti-slip surfaces.

Flamed Finish

This rough surface finish is produced by blasting the stone surface with an intense flame that causes surface chipping. Most suitable for exterior applications that require slip resistance as well as exterior cladding applications due to its low maintenance finish. 

Honed Finish

This is a semi –polished finish by which the polishing process is not completed until full shine. The surface is smooth and can encompass a various range of dullness, hence controlling the stone's color intensity.

Natural Cleft Finish

This finish can only be found in materials that are layered in nature, most commonly being slate. It is made by splitting the layered rock manually which exposes the natural cleft surface. 

Split-Face Finish

This finish is produced by splitting the stone under pressure to create a rough rock-face surface. It is used in interior and exterior cladding décor.

Polished Finish

This finish produces the highest level of shine that a stone can achieve and gives it its most naturally visible color. It is most widely used in interior finishings.

Sand-Blasted Finish

This involves bombarding  the stone surface with high sand pressure giving it a scratched abrasive feel and making the stone color appear lighter. Sand-blasting is mostly used in exterior tiling applications, and gives large cladding areas a uniformity in color.