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Maybe you should add to your post - Travertine is beautiful looking but very dangerous when wet causing major slip injuries - Regards, Mark - FloorSlip.co.uk
 
Maybe you should add to your post - Travertine is beautiful looking but very dangerous when wet causing major slip injuries - Regards, Mark - FloorSlip.co.uk
maby not as slippery if it's honed? yesturday i was taking polish off of tassos marble, had to make honed finish as i will be tiling balcony. started with grid 60 down to 120 and finished with 220.
 
maby not as slippery if it's honed? yesturday i was taking polish off of tassos marble, had to make honed finish as i will be tiling balcony. started with grid 60 down to 120 and finished with 220.

Hi - Thanks for answer - We've conducted multiple experiments using shot blasting on Travertine and Terrazzo and not just roughing up. I'm sorry to report that even with the coarsest of grades that the slip resistance when wet still could not meet the legal slip resistance value requirement of 36 and if we tried to achieve 36 then the tiles were destroyed. However, if you wish to send us a tile then we would be happy to Pendulum Test the tile for you (No charge) to determine what Pendulum Test Value is achieved - Regards, Mark (info at floorslip .co .uk) 07735 570404
 
Travertine or any natural stone tile is not that slippery as long as you don't put any topicals on it.

I have (2) stone bathroom floors in my home one being polished absolute black granite and the other jarusalem gold limestone honed to 1800 diamonds. Neither of those are ever slippery. They have only been sealed with a penetrating sealer(Stonetech bulletproofer) - no topicals and when cleaned they are only dust mopped so nothing is sitting on top of the stone. If anything gets on the stone we spot clean with water and a cloth or Tenax Lustro Italiano cleaner.

Keep your stone clean without anything that will build up and they will not be slippery.
 

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