Precious, sought after, the result of painstaking research into the touch and texture of stone materials: new processes have been applied to the stone of the SUPERFICI range in order to mimic the colours and feel of textiles, intended both for interiors and exteriors.
pulida
Tratamiento que vuelve la superficie de la placa completamente suave y nivelada, preservando la alta opacidad característica del material. La placa se pule pasándola sobre maquinarias giratorias equipadas con puntas abrasivas que, aplicando agua al mismo tiempo, “desgastan” la piedra. Con este tratamiento, las placas pueden usarse para el recubrimientos de interiores así como para fachadas exteriores.
flameada
Es un tratamiento que se consigue al aplicar una flama sobre la placa. Este acabado se recomienda para fachadas exteriores o lugares en los que se espere tráfico pesado.
abujardada
La superficie resultante es aspera, irregular y estriada, por lo que es ideal para su uso en exteriores. Esta superficie se obtiene utilizando una bujarda, una herramienta con puntas en forma de pirámide que puede emplearse de forma manual o mecánica.
cepillada
Un tratamiento tradicional que produce una superficie aspera que se usa para interiores y exteriores. El proceso puede ser manual o mecánico, empleando una maquinaria equipada con navajas a peine.
acanalada
Este tratamiento puede llevarse a cabo tanto en materiales en bruto como en materiales semiacabados, y también en placas. Se trata de realizar una serie de acanaladuras de diversa anchura y profundidad en el producto, dependiendo del uso que se le vaya a dar.
samblasteada
Tratamiento mecánico a presión que se obtiene proyectando una mezcla abrasiva de arena o de otro material duro a elevada presión y velocidad. La superficie resultante es áspera, pero no afilada, y no presenta una irregularidad notable. Se usa sobre todo en placas destinadas a fachadas, aunque este tratamiento también es útil para limpiar placas y para eliminar incrustaciones.
silk
As highly valued as the material whose name it bears, this texture is designed for interiors with its essential, elegant and contemporary lines. Undulating but nevertheless extremely smooth and insubstantial to the touch, the surface area is the result of special work on the slabs, which are first rough hewn mechanically and then brushed to remove any imperfections from the stone.
Use: Interiors
damask
Shiny-opaque: the beautiful effect of the damask seems to create a second skin on the surface of the stone, which becomes more luminous, a somewhat cold but vivid colour with slight bordering on metallic nuances. Deliberately imperfect, the micro porous weave is achieved by means of mechanical micro sandblasting.
Use: Exteriors and interiors
knobbly
Irregular, imperfect and discontinuous, this texture has a weave that is simultaneously coarse and clean, decisively material to the touch. This effect is achieved with a three-phase treatment, which, after the rough hewing of the slab, almost "sculpts" the stone with the bush hammering, creating very tiny cracks, which are then cleaned again with high-pressure water jets. The stone thus takes on a more decisive colour and a more consistent grain.
Use: Exteriors and interiors
cotton
Slightly rippled, this texture is smooth to the touch. The surface area is undulating, almost crumpled, but extremely clean, and smooth in the weave. After the rough hewing and bush hammering (with nozzles), the slabs are finally brushed and it is the latter treatment that gives the stone the "naturally" wavy texture, reminiscent of cotton.
Use: Exteriors and interiors
brocade
Surface area worked upon to obtain a 3D effect. The small, continuous and regular reliefs are what distinguish the brocade. These slight depressions are obtained by sandblasting, followed by light brushing, which deliberately leaves residues on the surface area. Despite having an "orange peel" texture, it does not have a coarse effect, resulting, on the contrary, in a pleasantly smooth surface.
Use: Exteriors and interiors
hemp
Coarse, almost sharp, the strength of hemp is in its marked materiality. The texture is rough and grainy, while the weave is achieved with a fine point roller, which vertically scores the surface area of the stone.
Use: Exteriors and interiors
bark
rock
mate
Se trata de un acabado que produce una superficie ligeramente aspera, y se consigue haciendo cortes con un hilo de diamante o una herramienta de disco. El tipo de corte puede llevar asociada una leve ondulación a lo largo del plano de corte, volviéndolo desigual. Las placas con este acabado se pueden usar para recubrimientos interiores y exteriores.
racy hemp
vintage hemp
brushed
The list of available finishes for each material can be found at Stones