Daily Archives: January 16, 2016

Granite floors in the Aurangabad airport – India

Mixing finish types of a natural stone can create a very neat look for a floor- until the floor needs restored down the road.

Here’s a nice example of polished granite next to honed granite in the terminal.  This is a lighter traffic area and it is holding up well.

  

Gneiss (Granite) in the Mumbai Airport

Mumbai’s domestic airport has gneiss floors through out, and they do a nice job of keeping the airport clean.  (The new international terminal is spotless.)  This is a good example of why gneiss (commonly just sold to you as granite) needs regular sealing,  whereas true geological granites you can get away with more of a…