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skng03
post Jul 15 2012, 11:20 AM

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QUOTE(Titan_Gunners @ Jul 15 2012, 09:10 AM)
Tile usually more costly than marble.
Bear in mind, tiles do not need any maintenance and marble need to be polish after years.
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QUOTE(weikee @ Jul 15 2012, 09:19 AM)
That depend what tiles you get. And how often you see people polish marbles?
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Also depend on wat marble, marble cost range from few ringgit to hundred ringgit per sqft. Example: commercial grade creamma mafill cost rm 25/sqft, not include installation

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post Jul 25 2012, 12:24 AM

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QUOTE(Bishop @ Jul 24 2012, 11:40 PM)

Engineering boards are actually better than solid wood due to less movement. Some are even more expensive than solid timber blink.gif . But because the veneer is thin (2-5mm) you can't sand it that many times.
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some r expensive than solid timber hmm.gif for same species normally engineering board cheaper lar
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post Jul 27 2012, 10:51 PM

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QUOTE(babymiki @ Jul 26 2012, 12:53 PM)
need some advice on what color can i match with greenish marble flooring (those old fashion type) - having a headache thinkin of what paint and furniture color to match with.
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green marble?

like THIS?

green onyx marble very expensive wor
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post Jan 4 2013, 02:37 PM

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QUOTE(maguro @ Jan 3 2013, 07:43 PM)
What's the purpose of using water impregnator? Please enlighten us.  nod.gif
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QUOTE(lionfish77 @ Jan 4 2013, 08:20 AM)
when you apply water impregnator, it seeps into the marble. next time when you have water or oil spill it will not penetrate into the marble. it will remain on the surface only which you can then wipe away. otherwise, you will get stain which penetrate deep into the marble and impossible to remove.
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when i rush to finish off my reno last year, i missed out the under side sealer for my bath room marble, here the result :
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the dirt in cement/sand plaster penetrate into marble and now the marble surface got at least 20 small black spots doh.gif doh.gif


QUOTE(maguro @ Jan 4 2013, 12:01 PM)
Ah.. Thats called water impregnator eh?
I always thought sealant or something.. blush.gif
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water based impregnator expensive lor, normally for bottom, 4 side use solvent base sealer will do, surface only use water based impregnator
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post Jan 4 2013, 08:04 PM

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QUOTE(lionfish77 @ Jan 4 2013, 06:05 PM)
the RM1500++ impregnator I was talking about is solvent-based. And yes it is the most expensive that the company sells. They have cheaper ones.
Did your installer apply two times or just one time. Was told to apply 2 times.
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Not apply any at all, thats y the black stain come out

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QUOTE(orientaliew @ Jan 4 2013, 06:56 PM)
RM1500 for how many square feet? mine is less than 500 feet?
and where to get this product?
i did ask whether need some sort of sealant or not and both installer and "polisher" said no.
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Surface sealer normally apply to external stone finish which is rough/ honed/ framed finishing .

The sealer to under side of marble/stone before installation is to prevent moisture /stain penetrate into marble

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