
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 Maloo Marbles 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. 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. 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.

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