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Cut Stone Panel
Combed by hand, or rather by a mould taken off a hand-combed sample. Fine vertical chisel lines with the burr left on, the way a mason finishes a stone that will never be touched.
Technical data sheet, MBBWS (PDF, 1.0 MB)·Colour card, 106 surfaces in four series (PDF, 10.4 MB)
The lines are about 3 mm apart and they are not parallel in the way a machine would make them parallel: they wander a little, cross each other occasionally, and stop short of the edge in places. That irregularity is the entire pattern, and it is the reason the wall reads as worked stone rather than as corrugated board.
Five millimetres, 6 kg, 1200 × 2800. It is the plainest of the linear group and the one that behaves best in a small room, because the relief is shallow and the colour is close to white in the cream version. Under a window it goes almost flat, which some clients want and some do not. It is ordered as stone veneer panels for fireplaces and chimney breasts, where a 20 mm stone slip would want a lintel.
Hand-cut, then copied
Every comb in the texture shot has a different length and a slightly different angle, and the ridges between them are torn rather than rounded. A CNC pattern cannot produce that; the master for this one was cut by a mason in the factory and the mould was taken off it directly.
Gallery, then stair
The gallery wall is a single run of cream with no joints visible in the photograph, which is the point: at 3 mm pitch you cannot see a joint that is set on a comb line. The stair is the same sheet cut into the stringer, and the offcuts went round the return.
Installed, cut stone
Good for
- Gallery and museum walls, where a matte white is wanted without paint
- Stairs and stringers, cut from the same sheet as the wall
- Small rooms, because the relief is shallow enough not to crowd
- Joinery faces and door reveals
Not for
- Exterior facades; the fine comb holds dirt in a city
- Kitchens behind a hob
- Anywhere a bold texture is the brief
Round a return
The bend shot is a 5 mm sheet taken round a 400 mm radius, which is as tight as the comb will go before the lines start to close on the inside of the curve.
Bent by hand, no heat
Cream, chalk, sand
Three colours, all at the pale end. The cream in the main shot is the stock; the chalk is whiter and colder and wants a warm floor next to it, and the sand is the one to use if the joinery is oak.
Specification
Everything below applies to the Cut Stone as supplied. The PDF above is the same sheet we send out with a quote; ask for a printed copy and it travels with the sample.
| Sheet size | 1200 × 2800 mm |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 5 mm ± 0.5 mm |
| Weight | 6 kg/m² ± 0.5 |
| Item code | MBBWS |
| Substrate | Mineral powder, sand and fibreglass, pressed in a steel mould |
| Fire | EN 13501-1 A2-s1,d0, on a non-combustible substrate |
| Fixing | Polymer adhesive, or mechanical fixings on a ventilated frame |
| MOQ | Stocked colours ship from stock, no minimum |
| Lead time | 3–5 days for stock, 20–25 days for production |
Fitting it
Four steps, and the third one is the one that goes wrong.
Questions we get asked
Is the pattern regular?
No, and that is deliberate. The comb spacing varies between about 2 and 4 mm, and the lengths vary more than that.
Can it be used in a bathroom?
Yes, on the walls, sealed at the cut edges. The comb is shallow enough to wipe.
How does it take paint?
It does not, and it should not be painted. The colour is cast through the sheet.
What is the difference between this and Mini Line?
Mini Line is a machined flute at 5 mm with a constant depth. This is a hand-combed line at 3 mm with a torn edge. Same family, different temperament.
Sample of Cut Stone
A4 offcut, posted from Ningbo, free. Ask for the colour card too — it covers all thirty-seven surfaces in the series.
Same series