European White Multi Finish San Felipe Marble Mosaics 8x9 3/4

European White San Felipe is a marble mosaic sheet measuring 8 by 9 3/4, carrying more than one finish across its pieces. It is rated for shower floors, which is where mosaics earn their keep: many small pieces and many joints let a sheet follow a fall towards a drain without lifting at the edges.

Multicolour, mixed surface

Colour is listed as multicolour within the European White group, and the finishes are mixed, so light picks out some pieces and passes over others. That combination gives a sheet depth that a single honed surface would not have. Thickness is 3/8 inch and the style is recorded as modern. Multicolour marble mosaics like this one read differently wet than dry, which is worth remembering for a floor that spends its life damp.

• Two surfaces Mixed finishes in one sheet mean the pattern shows in light as well as in colour.
• Reads wet A shower floor is usually seen damp, which lifts contrast between the pieces.

Shower floors

Shower floors is the recorded usage and bathroom the room. Sheets are sold by the piece, each covering 0.37 square feet. Every sheet needs its back fully buttered, since a void under stone becomes a cracked piece once someone stands on it. Cuts between pieces come from a utility knife, while a cut through a piece wants a wet saw.

• Follows a fall Small pieces and many joints let the sheet sit flat on a sloped bed.
• No hollows Butter the back of every sheet completely before it goes down.

Why we chose it

• Built for slope Mosaic format handles the fall to a drain without special cutting.
• Depth in one colour family Mixed finishes add interest without introducing a second stone.
• Sold by the sheet Quantities are counted in sheets at 0.37 square feet each.

Care

Marble in a shower still wants sealing, once after installation and every one to two years after that. Keep acidic cleaners off it, and use a pH neutral stone product instead of bleach, ammonia or anything abrasive.