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Anyone Use Rondine Evolution Porcelain Calacatta Gold?

13 years ago

This looks exactly like calacatta gold marble in the polished finish. Looks much nicer in person. Can't tell it apart from the real thing. Has anyone used this in their bath? If so what do you think? It's in a showroom in NYC in the matte finish but I don't think that looks like honed marble where the polished tiles look real. I just don't want the cost, maintenance and hassle of the real thing.

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shaughnn
13 years ago
Hello Blodelle,
This project (posted to another thread here at GW also) was the Rondine Evolution "Calacatta Gold".

The client originally wanted to use natural stone but this residential spa included an immersion therapy tank and the high humidity and salt exposure would have caused rusting or worse. I really enjoyed working with the material. The joints for this wall were 1/32" thick and I had no problems with sizing. I was also impressed by the pattern distribution with this porcelain tile. I opened 14 cases of tile and I believe I only found a handful of duplicate tiles.
My only complaint about the tile is that there are no coordinating trim pieces for it. I could have used a very narrow porcelain pencil liner or a Schluter JOLLY profile to trim out the exposed edges but the client preferred to have me profile and polish the edges instead. The pattern does not continue through the body of the tile but the body is white and it ended up being inconspicuous.
Shaughnn
blondelle
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks so much for posting that. It's a gorgeous bath. Is that the polished or matte? I plan to use the 24" X 24" for less grout lines and a bit more flow of the pattern. There are trim pieces available in several styles and sizes but they may need to be special ordered. If you download the brochure in the link I posted you can see them. It might be too late though. They do have a 1" liner.

BTW, the version in Crema Marfil looks just like the real thing too. Can't tell it from a real tile. Amazing what they can do now!

Here is a link that might be useful: Evolution brochure
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what color grout did you use to match with this beautiful tile. thanks!

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