What is polished and honed finish?

Polished finish makes surface smooth and glossy. The surface has high degree (different material comes with different degree) of shine. This finish is used for interior application since it can be slippery when the surface is wet. It also has an elegant and clean looking because of high shine.

It is recommend for residential project. The commercial projects include hotel, condo entrance, casino, bank building, museum, office, courthouse and the other government buildings. But it is not recommend for walkway or exterior application.  

Honed finish is also very smooth but without shiny. It doesn’t have a reflect light as the polished finish. It has high or low honed finish. The difference is the reflect light on the side looking. Honed finish can be also used at the same application as polished finish. But it is less slippery. Honed finish can give you much more elegant and peaceful feeling because of less shine. 

As a professional stone and mosaic manufacture more than 12 years, we provide more than 10 different finishes on the stone. We will share with you of the machine cut finish at next article.