Is Coffee Wood Marble durable enough for a busy floor?
Reference photographs. They show the material and the finish; they are not photographs of goods we made, and the colour on screen is not a colour-match.
The figures, and where each one comes from
| What happens | How it is dealt with |
|---|---|
| The polish wears in the traffic line | Professional honing and re-polishing |
| Scratches appear | Buffed if shallow, a repair if not |
| A spill sits too long | A stain, or an etch if it was acid |
| The stone | Changes very little over the life of the building |
Why it behaves the way it does
The number that matters for a busy floor is the restoration interval and not a wear rating, and it is a budget line rather than a specification line. A client who knows the floor will be restored can choose a beautiful stone; a client who expects it never to be touched cannot.
What these figures are, and what they are not
We publish no wear rating for a floor we have not tested. What we can say is which parts of the surface are consumable and which are not.
If you are specifying this
We have not published products against this question yet. Send us the process, thickness and quantity and we will quote it against what we can actually form, rather than against a catalogue.
The stone is durable and the finish is not, and a busy floor is a maintenance item rather than a material question. In a hotel corridor the polish is restored every few years; the slab underneath is the same slab in year twenty.
The figures
| What happens | How it is dealt with |
|---|---|
| The polish wears in the traffic line | Professional honing and re-polishing |
| Scratches appear | Buffed if shallow, a repair if not |
| A spill sits too long | A stain, or an etch if it was acid |
| The stone | Changes very little over the life of the building |
Why
The number that matters for a busy floor is the restoration interval and not a wear rating, and it is a budget line rather than a specification line. A client who knows the floor will be restored can choose a beautiful stone; a client who expects it never to be touched cannot.
What these figures are, and what they are not
We publish no wear rating for a floor we have not tested. What we can say is which parts of the surface are consumable and which are not.