Terrazzo is a product that was very popular for house floors in the fifties,
especailly in s florida. These were not always fancy homes or for the well
off.
"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat 04 Mar 2006 04:27:35p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it So'n'so?
>
>> Has anyone ever used/installed one? Also, what's the new Samsung
>> countertop material like? I want to be able to groove the top (a little
>> channel to keep spills from going to the floor, and draining back to the
>> sink).
>
> IMNSHO, terrazzo would be a very poor choice. You may or may not know
> that
> terrazzo is comprised of stone chips held together in a matrix of portland
> cement and either epoxy resin, polyester resin, or polyacrylate resin.
> The
> finished product requires multiple sealants and, usually, a heavily buffed
> wax coating. The reason that commercial applications almost always look
> beautiful is due to frequent and high maintenace of repeated sealants and
> waxes. I doubt this is something you would want to do in a residential
> kitchen setting, especially on a work surface.
>
> Years ago I knew a family whose entire home was floored in terrazzo. They
> were fairly well off, and they could easily afford to have the maintenance
> performed, but it still had to be done, and they still had to endure the
> process.
>
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