How Curling Stones are Made?

Posted by on Apr 22, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four rings, the button, four foot, eight foot and twelve foot. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called “rocks”, across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

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Granite: Brushed Leather Finish

Posted by on Apr 18, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Granite is known to be polished to bring out extreme levels of gloss, and a butter smooth surface. But there are other finishes which are in vogue in recent times. A variety of finishes, like leather finish, antique finish, etc., can be obtained using abrasive brushes, which give texture to the surface. Here is a video, which shows you the texture that can be achieved using brushes on granite...

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