Carrara | OPP1

Carrara White is an Italian marble.
It is a metamorphic rock composed mainly of calcium carbonate. Carrara White, like Calacatta and most of the white marbles coming from the Carrara area, can have some small holescalled “taroli” in the local dialect.
These small holes are typical of dry, crystalline and clear materials.
In the stone sector, these holes are considered acceptable if their diameter does not exceed 5 mm.
Taroli are therefore not considered defects, but rather “a particular state of the marble nature” of some materials with a composition of more than 90% calcium carbonate and an imbibition coefficient of about 0.02%.
This marble is very porous and it is made of different components which absorb the polishing in different ways.
The result is a polished effect that is not homogeneous.
We suggest to order the polyester treatment to avoid this effect.
In fact, on demand, marble tops can be coated with polyester treatment, which consists in a painting process similar to the process that wooden furniture is submitted to, covering any possible micro hole, sealing, filling, thus making the marble uniform and smooth,
also in the painting.