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Ocean Travertine Flexible Panel
The quieter of the two travertines. Same stone, less banding, more cloud — the face you get when the block is sawn a little off the bed.
Technical data sheet, MBHDS (PDF, 0.8 MB)·Colour card, 106 surfaces in four series (PDF, 10.4 MB)
Where the standard travertine draws hard lines, this one drifts. The bands are wider and softer, the pores are smaller and more scattered, and the colour runs a shade cooler. On a long wall it stops looking like a stripe and starts looking like a surface.
It is the thickest of the travertines at 4.5 mm, because the softer pattern needed a deeper mould to read. At 6.5 kg per square metre it is still light enough for a ceiling grid, and it cuts with a knife and a straight edge, which matters when you are trimming round forty sockets. It is bought as a travertine veneer for bathrooms and reception walls, usually alongside the vein-cut sheet rather than instead of it.
Soft, not blurry
The close-up is where you can tell a soft pattern from a soft photograph. The edges of every pore are still crisp at 1:1, and the clouding has a direction to it. Blur it and the wall goes flat at three metres, which is the usual failure of a cheaper travertine print.
Good for
- Hotel corridors and lift lobbies
- Ceilings on a standard grid, at 6.5 kg/m²
- Walls that run past ten metres without a break
- Anywhere a stone look is wanted next to oak or walnut joinery
Not for
- Feature walls that need a dramatic stone; this one is background
- Exterior facades in full sun
- Floors
The pale end of the card
Ocean sits at the cool end of the travertine range: chalk, oat, a pale grey and one warm sand. It is the one to specify when the joinery is oak and the ceiling is white, because it does not compete with either.
Specification
Everything below applies to the Ocean Travertine 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 × 2400 mm |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.5 mm ± 0.5 mm |
| Weight | 6.5 kg/m² ± 0.5 |
| Item code | MBHDS |
| 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
How is this different from the standard travertine?
Softer banding, smaller pores, a cooler cast, and 4.5 mm instead of 4. It is the same family; it just behaves less like a stripe.
Does the pattern repeat?
Every 1200 mm. On a longer wall, put the joints where the clouding already changes and the repeat disappears.
Can I use it behind a basin?
Yes, with the edges sealed. It is the same material as the standard travertine, only the face differs.
What does it weigh against a 20 mm slab?
6.5 kg/m² against roughly 55. That difference is what lets you skip the structural survey.
Sample of Ocean Travertine
A4 offcut, posted from Ningbo, free. Ask for the colour card too — it covers all thirty-seven surfaces in the series.
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