If you have a foreclosure property that you would like to remodel, one of the major changes that you may have to work on would be its flooring. Is it still safe to use? Can you still repair it or is it better to have everything completely replaced? If you opt for natural stone flooring, the tiles you are ordering may not yet have had any kind of finish. Consider all your options before making any decision. The best finish can make your natural stone flooring look even more beautiful - and vice versa.
Flamed Finish
Finishes for natural stone flooring are not the kind that you can do on your own and especially when it comes to flamed finishes. Not only does it involve a complex process, but it also requires use of special equipment.
To give natural stone flooring a flamed finish, you would have to blowtorch the surface of the stone and continue doing so until the crystals on the surface explode. This process would provide your floors with an unrefined and rough texture, which would be ideal to use in showers and bathrooms to reduce slipping hazards as well as outdoor areas like your pool, patio, or garden.
Most experts consider granite as most suitable for flamed finishes.
Split-Faced Finish
The texture of this type of finish is also rough but less than what you would expect from a flamed finish. The process for creating a split-faced finish is also quite dissimilar. Instead of using a blowtorch, craftsmen use chisels and other hand-cutting methods to expose the stone's natural cleft. This type of finish is most commonly applied to slate flooring.
Brushed Stone
If you are looking for a DIY finish you can give to your foreclosed home's natural stone flooring then you'll probably have an easiest time with brushed stone finishes. You can use either metal or hard plastic brushes for this method. The objective is to give your brand new stone flooring a well-worn look, which you can achieve by brushing its surface continuously until the softer layer of the stone is scraped away and you are left with a medieval-looking floor. This would look exceptionally great with old or historic foreclosure houses.
Tumbled Stone
As its name implies, the point of having this kind of finish is to make your natural stone flooring look like a tumble of stones. Limestone, travertine, and marble are considered the ideal types of natural stones to benefit from a tumbled stone finish. It is characterized by having rounded or broken corners and edges as well as a surface that is either slightly pitted or completely smooth.
Saw-Cut
This finish may sound deceptively simple to create, but it is not. It best suits natural flooring used in rural foreclosed properties or those designed to take advantage of your natural surroundings such as farms, country homes, cottages, and log cabins. It starts off with sawing the stone according to your specifications and later on polishing it enough to eliminate only the heaviest marks left by saw cutting.
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