Hi all,
We have a sortof unique situation. We purchased an 80% finished house!
The dining room floor is concrete slab which was painted white, or very
light cream. We are now very accustomed to the nearly white color so we
are concidering Marbe tile as a floor, but have some questions,,

1. Do we need to remove the paint from the slab? It is very well
adhered but would come off with a razor scraper and alot of sweat.
2.. Does marble have grout lines? The floors we've liked seem to not
have any gap at all
3. How does it wear? can you slide a chair across it without scratches?
Does tracked in pebbles or sand scrath it? Does it scuff with black
shoe marks? Etc
4. It apparently needs re-polishing from time to time, how often in a
residential install?

5. Lastly is there any residential floor other than marble which would
give a nearly white floor, without grout lines? Epoxy perhaps?

Any help very much appreciated

G

AustinScoobee writes:

1. Do we need to remove the paint from the slab? It is very well
adhered but would come off with a razor scraper and alot of sweat.

Yes. Use a chemical remover.

2.. Does marble have grout lines? The floors we've liked seem to not
have any gap at all

All tile must have grout lines, unless you have geometrical perfection
(tile size, squareness, floor flatness, thinset bed thickness).

3. How does it wear? can you slide a chair across it without
scratches? Does tracked in pebbles or sand scrath it? Does it scuff
with black shoe marks?

Marble is very soft and brittle. Scratches easily.

4. It apparently needs re-polishing from time to time, how often in a
residential install?

Diamond polishing is needed to cure initial lippage. How often for
looks depends on your traffic.

AustinScoobee wrote:
Hi all,
We have a sortof unique situation. We purchased an 80% finished
house! The dining room floor is concrete slab which was painted
white, or very light cream. We are now very accustomed to the
nearly white color so we are concidering Marbe tile as a floor, but
have some questions,,

1. Do we need to remove the paint from the slab?

Yes
__________

2.. Does marble have grout lines?

Joints more than grout lines.
_____________

3. How does it wear?

Poorly. Marble is about the softest thing you could put on a floor.
____________

5. Lastly is there any residential floor other than marble which
would give a nearly white floor, without grout lines?

Terrazzo with light aggregate and white cement. However, it would be
in sections (albeit big ones) and there would be joints. The joints
are nearly invisible.

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AustinScoobee wrote:
Hi all,
We have a sortof unique situation. We purchased an 80% finished house!
The dining room floor is concrete slab which was painted white, or very
light cream. We are now very accustomed to the nearly white color so we
are concidering Marbe tile as a floor, but have some questions,,

1. Do we need to remove the paint from the slab? It is very well
adhered but would come off with a razor scraper and alot of sweat.
2.. Does marble have grout lines? The floors we've liked seem to not
have any gap at all
3. How does it wear? can you slide a chair across it without scratches?
Does tracked in pebbles or sand scrath it? Does it scuff with black
shoe marks? Etc
4. It apparently needs re-polishing from time to time, how often in a
residential install?

5. Lastly is there any residential floor other than marble which would
give a nearly white floor, without grout lines? Epoxy perhaps?

You will have constant head aches with marble.. Terrazo is probably
your best bet.

Any help very much appreciated

G