Product Review – December 2011
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MATERIALS
LIMESTONE & SANDSTONE
Cold Spring Granite, Cold Spring, Minn., introduces a selection of limestone and sandstone to extend its color palette of stone. Kasota Valley® Limestone, quarried in Mankato, Minn., offers a wide color blend in finishes of Diamond® smooth, sanded, polished, textured and honed. The sandstone palette includes Dunnville, from Downsville, Wis.; Agra Red and Agra Brown from Karouli, India; and Rhone Mountain from Holzkirchen, Germany.
Contact: Cold Spring Granite, 320-685-3621
HAND-CUT MOSAICS
New Ravenna Mosaics, Exmore, Va., offers Winter White, using jewel glass and marble to create elegant texture and sinuous movement in custom mosaics for floors and walls. The mosaics, hand-cut and assembled in the United States, offer classic and contemporary interpretations of myth and landscape, using Thassos, Carrara, Nero Marquina, and Bardiglio marbles.
Contact: New Ravenna Mosaics, 757-442-3379
RECLAIMED FRENCH LIMESTONE
Ann Sacks, Portland, Ore., offers three varieties of French limestone reclaimed from 19th- and early-20th-century farmhouses in France. All are obtained in small lots of 200-500 ft²; two of the three new tiles – Antique Blond Bar and Antique Dalle de Bourgogne – featured the worn-smooth top layer of the stone. Antique Gray Bar is in its original thickness. Most of the stone comes from quarries no longer worked in France.
Contact: Ann Sacks, 800-278-8453
POLISHED TRAVERTINE
Florida Tile, Lexington, Ky., introduces a selection of polished travertine as part of its PietraArt line of natural stone in six colors. Available in 3” X 6”, 12” X 12” and 18” X 18” tiles, the line’s colors include Light Travertine, Noce (for walls), Picasso, Silver (silver-and-white-veined), Scabos (white, gold, brown and light travertine accents), plus Walnut (for floors). The line also features matching brick-pattern mosaics in the same hues with 2” X 4” tiles.
Contact: Florida Tile, 800-352-8453
MACHINERY
CONCRETE C’TOP SAVER
Omni Cubed Inc., Placerville, Calif., introduces the Concrete Edition Sink Hole Saver™ for protecting finished concrete countertops from breakage during lifting, transport and installation. This new SHS model accommodates very thick countertops with edge thicknesses of 1¼”-2½”; the product features secure mechanical clamps and quick-tightening, easy-grasp clamp knobs. The stiffening rail is very strong and lightweight, and features a convenient sliding channel for custom placement of each clamp. Available in 4’, 6’, and 8’ lengths (and make sure to specify “concrete edition”).
Contact: Omni Cubed Inc., 877-311-1976
CNC SLAB TEXTURING
Northwood Machine Manufacturing Co., Jeffersontown, Ky., offers a slab texturing package for its line of CNC stone routers. The Extreme Duty Spindle (EDS) runs at extremely low spindle speeds while still producing tremendous torque at the tool tip, creating an even finish across the entire slab. The process can produce textured (leathered granite look), caressed (adds gloss to the textured look), honed (for stone that won’t take a polish), antiqued, and brushed granite looks.
Contact: Northwood Machine Manufacturing Co., 502-267-5504
