Flexible Natural Slate Veneer from Stone Design

Exiting New 2mm Natural Slate Veneer

Great new product: German technology, imported from India.

Manufacture

Flexible slate veneer is manufactured using a process which strips or peals each micro thin layer of a metamorphic slate slab; rather than cutting from a solid block.

Thin veneers (from 0.5 to 2mm thick) of slate are pulled away from the original thicker stone slabs by adhering a thin layer of fibreglass/polyester resin composite backing.

There is no grinding of the surface to make it thinner. When the resins cure the composite is "pulled" away taking with it the thin layer of slate. This process only works with layered rock & not with granite or marble.

Sustainability

Slate veneers are sustainable building materials because they only use the top layer of slate, this means that a thick slab can reveal hundreds of layers of slate while leaving much of the stone for future generations.