But don't have enough knowledge of stone,usually ask price without goal.
So today, we write some points
1:Specification
Many people don't understand why different size with different price.
Stone is a special products, as stone yield,different size have different yield,
and also different stone have their own hard, the hard of stone also effect the yield.
the price according to the size and finished,and stone's hard.
One piece of stone,including the material price,cut fee,process fee and so on.
So,we have to do the quotation according to the clients' requirement.
2:Products types
The products of stone can be following:
Tile, slab,countertop,stairs,railing,cubestone,composite tile,stone for the blind,
Tombstone,mosaic and so on, for building or for decorate both ok..
tile: top polished(flamed,honed etc.),others sawn
slab: top polished(flamed,honed etc.),others rough.
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3:Process
The process of stone have many kinds,
Following take some samples to show you the details.
Tile: usually do polished,honed,flamed,sandblasted,bush-hummered,chiseled face etc.
Slab: polished,honed,cut surface etc.
Cubestone: natural faced,cut surface
Kerb: rough picked face, mushroom face
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4: Tolerance
The world don't have two same leaves, so never say you want to have many same pieces of stone.
As the stone is natural products, we could find the similar one,but couldn't find the same one.
If man-made stone,maybe you could find the same one.
As usually,the tolerance is like following:
1cm is +-1mm, 2cm is +-1.5mm or 2mm, 3cm is +- 2mm or 2.5mm
And also,the color of stone and the vein in the stone.
Different stone have their own standard, above just for your reference.
Hope useful for you.