Calcium Carbonate Cultured Marble

One of the largest applications for calcium carbonate fillers is in the manufacture of synthetic or as the industry prefers to call it cultured marble.

Calcium carbonate cultured marble.

Casting cultured marble involves how much of the additive you want to use. The carbonate filler levels used here are quite high ranging from 300 to 400 phr. Marblemite is a calcium carbonate filler specifically designed for use in cultured marble. Calcium carbonate fillers have minimal effect on the curing properties of the filled systems.

If you re casting a figure with fine detail too much additive will prevent the resin from filling all the small voids in the mold. The mixture is cast in a mold coated with specially formulated gel to produce a tough durable and lustrous surface. Manufactured from pure white marble huber s mea provides high brightness and a very consistent blue white hue to the finished product. It comes ready to use with the proper combination of coarse and fine particles.

Cultured marble is a polymer composite product made with calcium carbonate and polyester resin which is well suited for bathroom applications. Cast polymers cultured marble marble elite alpha mea calcium carbonate. Cultured marble is polymer resin mixed with marble dust or other whitening agent such as calcium carbonate.