You can use cut paste to cover the damage, but you didn't tell us the size of the trunk or the extent of the damage. Your tree is a tropical, so it would love to be outside for the summer and brought in if the temps are going to go lower than the mid-40s or 50 degrees. You can get cut paste at any online bonsai sales site. Good luck with your trees! Here is a link that might be useful: Care sheets for most species including bougainvillea

Hard for me to tell - however - it DOES look like a natural stone, and it looks like the stone is 2CM. I has some of the qualities of Polar Blue - except not so much blue.... HA! This is one that I have not seen before - it could be a newer species of material that is new to the marker... I dunno.. Have you back tracked to where you got the stone? Perhaps the Fabricator that you got it from may have a pick ticket from the distributor that they sourced it from??? Hopefully VR James will chime in on this thread - I would think that he'd have better handle on this = as he IS a distributor... hth kevin PS - It's a VERY NICE looking application!!! GREAT Workmanship - especially on the turndown for the front edge - nice detail work!!!

60" diameter is hugely round! I would go to a stone and slab yard. They might be able to get you a slab of granite or other material and finish it into a really nice table top. We had a kitchen table made with a granite top measuring 60" x 40"x2" deep. We had a metal welded base made specially for it and powder coated (which is what you will probably want to do for an outdoor table). I think we paid $1200 for the base and the granite about 5 years ago. The biggest thing is transporting the table top properly and getting it into place. They're terribly heavy and will break if handled improperly. Once in place, it will be fine.

I have called around to the companies my pool builder buys from and WOW... and I thought I didn't know what I was talking about! Seems many in the business don't either. Each place contradicted the last place. One woman told me a vein cut look has to do with the way it's installed, not cut (which isn't even logical obviously). The last guy I spoke with was excellent IMO though. I'd like to write some of his opinions/suggestions here and maybe you experts here can tell me if I'm on the right track? Initially I wanted to mortar set on cement instead of sand setting my decking for a more formal look. But I was talked out of it because I as told mortar setting is MUCH more expensive, higher maintenance, prone to cracking the tile more, etc. This man I spoke with said he didn't think the costs should be tons more because of the high cost of cement and the difference in cost between a 5/8" tile and a 3" paver. SO, my question is...should both applications be close in costs? If so, should I re-look at tile/mortar setting instead of the sand setting for a more formal look or will using tile be too hot on the feet? He also said they can provide cross or vein cut. but he suggested that is I do a vein cut that I should NOT do the French pattern I wanted because it would look too busy. opinions? He also said most pavers and tile travertine being sold is "crap" and that I shouldn't buy it if it's from Turkey and other countries, and that theirs is from Mexico and is the higher quality. opinions? He said he did not recommend using honed and filled for decking around a pool, and yet everything I've read says that honed and filled is not more slippery, is it? I have been reading here, in the pools forums to NOT seal travertine because it becomes a maintenance pain. Yet this man said to absolutely seal & enhance it and those people with "peel or fading from the sun and heat" issues just did not have it sealed correctly to start with. Opinions? Lastly, the entire reason I went with travertine over another stone product is because it's supposed to be cooler and smoother on the feet than any other stone. Is this really true or is travertine not worth the hassle? Thanks all! Deb