Material Specifications
Marble: elegant and refined stone marble, characterised by open veins that sometimes may present some resin based speckles that create a uniform and smooth surface so that the top comes with no irregularities, granting additional structural resistance. Because it is a natural stone that is sometimes more than a million years old, the surface cannot be defined as 'perfect'; each piece is different from the next, depending on the cutting and polishing process. It may have natural micro imperfections, a characteristic of marble and not due to defects. Marble tops are naturally porous: any protective polyester treatment hides this porosity to the touch, leaving all the natural features of the stone visible.
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Keramik stone: The tops made of Keramik stone are manufactured with a special ceramic with a stone effect that shows shades similar to Calacatta stones (a marble characterised by soft grey, yellow- gold, or brown-pink veining); Alabaster (a rock similar to marble with shades that range from yellow to grey up to amber red) or Slate ( a grey-black rock). The lower part of the top is made of bevelled clear glass that appears black after a process of glueing.
To clean the top, we suggest using delicate liquid detergents that need to be removed with a wet sponge. If spots and rings may occur, we suggest rubbing the top with a water and baking soda solution, let such a solution have an effect for a few minutes and then wipe it with a wet sponge. Being a porous natural material, it is important to wipe dirt off in order to avoid that some substances penetrate the top.
Clay: it is a thin natural coating, applied manually by spatula in several layers and left to dry naturally. The process is completed with a final protective layer to preserve the surface and the natural opacity of the material. The production process is based on the mixing of soils: this allows natural colours and finishes to be obtained. The presence of imperfections is to be considered as a distinctive element of the hand-worked material.
CrystalArt: it's a tempered and bevelled clear glass, decorated with a printed pattern on the back of the glass, this decoration is applied during the tempering phases of the manufacturing process. The pattern is always the same but the effect changes according to the size of the top.
Extra-clear glass: Clear glass shows a light blue-green colour like most glass, while the extra-clear glass is treated so that such a blue-green effect is considerably dimmed and does not affect the colour of the CrystalArt decoration.
Bevelling: it is a processing performed on mirrors, glasses and crystals in order to finish them and smooth the edges; through this process, it is possible to create a perimeter band with a width varying from 10 to 40 mm and with an angle inferior to the standard 90 ° one(usually around of 7°). It is a very delicate and valuable process applied to precious mirrors and tops.
