摘要 |
A natural stone panel is constructed from rectangular sheets, slabs or blocks of natural stone, particularly marble or onyx and constructed by placing an array of rectangular stone blocks on a work surface, placing a fiberglass backing on the upper surface of the array, applying an adhesive, which can have a stone dust filler, to the joints between adjacent blocks, on the blocks and on the fiberglass backing, which is rolled into contact with the blocks. After hardening or curing of the adhesive, the exposed stone block surfaces can be polished, an overlay of clear plastic applied to the surface of the stone blocks, and the panel edges trimmed with a suitable cutting tool. The panels formed can be wall mounted by a suitable adhesive bonding the fiberglass backing to the wall surface, or alternatively, the panels can be adhesive bonded to a floor surface. |