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Hello, hopefully someone can help me. I purchased Vermont Verde Green Marble floor tiles. It came with no instructions so it was installed like a marble with a 1/4" backerboard, redguard and then a modified thin-set, then grouted and sealed with Aquamix sealers choice gold.
Soon after I thought it looked a little bowed in some areas. Several days later I noticed some areas were rough with a metallic pitted sparkle to it. I kinda knew right then and there that this was not a marble. I found the company's website, turns out it is Vermont Verde Antique, a serpentine tile. I also realized the metallic rough areas were what I believe to be "spalling", a result of improper installation. The slight bowed effect oddly enough is gone, tiles are flat, but the roughness remains in spots.
I don't know what to do, visually it is still a nice looking floor, can it be left alone with the spalling? or will it get worse in time? It's very slight only at the surface, pits are small, not deep.
Soon after I thought it looked a little bowed in some areas. Several days later I noticed some areas were rough with a metallic pitted sparkle to it. I kinda knew right then and there that this was not a marble. I found the company's website, turns out it is Vermont Verde Antique, a serpentine tile. I also realized the metallic rough areas were what I believe to be "spalling", a result of improper installation. The slight bowed effect oddly enough is gone, tiles are flat, but the roughness remains in spots.
I don't know what to do, visually it is still a nice looking floor, can it be left alone with the spalling? or will it get worse in time? It's very slight only at the surface, pits are small, not deep.