how to clean tumbled marble
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bill_vincent
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tumbled marble /travertine wall application
Comments (6)I can't help with the technical issues you're asking about but we did something semi-similar on the walls....two rows of 13" travertine-look porcelain, (real) travertine pencil rail, 4x4 tumbled travertine, two rows of glass tiles capped off by a travertine chair rail. I like how DH defined the decorative elements, top and bottom, with the pencil rail on bottom and the chair rail on top. We tried it without the pencil rail on bottom and it just looked undone to us. Monica Here is a link that might be useful: Bathroom Wall...See Moretumbled marble/subway tile backsplash
Comments (22)Bill - can't a tile person do it this way? Can they be set almost touching, grouted WITHOUT filling the pits in the marble?? If the marble is sealed, how would it then be a breeding ground for bacteria? You CAN NOT set tumbled marble that close without culling through alot of stone to get the proper sized ones you want. I'm about to do a wall hanging project where I bought literally three times the entire square footage for just this reason-- to be able to cull through and get the stone I want for it. That's 45 square feet for a 15 square foot project at 7.00 a foot. Tumbled marble varies so much in size that to set it tight like that would end up in misalignment of the tiles pretty quickly, and then the whole thing would end up looking like hell. appears to be mostly contractor types with will intentioned advise but laced with poor opinions of kitchen designers. Actually I'M the one with a poor opinion of MOST kitchen designers. Many of them don't think things through. So long as they can create a piece of eye candy that THEY like, they're happy. Now, NOT ALL of them are like this. I know of several good KD's. But I've also heard more than my share of horror stories about them. I feel that contractors objectives on a backsplash job may be to get in and get out as quickly as possible, and to do at least a good enough to not get called back for rework. If you'd gone through my gallery AT ALL, you'd never make that statement. They may not want to do a project with grouted joints but leaving the aesthetically desirable voids of tumbled travertine/marble unfilled because it would be hard to do and take too long. That's simply ludicrous. If someone's willing to pay for my time, I'm willing to do what they ask, no matter HOW crazy I think it is, so long as it's not detrimental to the installation. There's a project I've posted many times here and at John Bridge's forum of a roman tub, deck, and circular floor that I did years ago-- total about 150 square feet, and it tooke me three work weeks to install because of the way the homeowner wanted it installed. So don't tell me I'm not willing to put in the time. Concerning some earlier questions, the tile are spaced at about 1/16" +/- You've got two courses of the same sized stone together. Try doing an entire backsplash with that small a joint!! and are set in white mastic. This one speaks for itself....See MoreCan tumbled marble be made to look glossy?
Comments (7)There is also a finish on marble called antique where it has a distressed look but the raised areas have a nice sheen. I've seen that on floor tile, but I'm not sure about smaller backsplash tile, although you could cut the larger ones down. That might be what you're looking for. The local pizza place has brick face on the backsplash next to the granite counter with something on it to make it shine. Looks strange as real brick never has that finish to it....See Morecare of tumbled marble vs. polished stone backsplash
Comments (2)We had a tumbled marble backsplash that we DIYed at our last house. I didn't find it hard to clean but we sealed it and I think that makes a huge difference. I found the seal seemed to wear off the grout faster than the tile making it harder to keep clean. This time around I wanted a more solid one-piece backsplash, but DH still wants tile so we will see what happens....See Morecoastalhp
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