Catalina Caststone Creations, Inc.About Cast Stone
Cast Stone is a truly superior alternative to natural cut building stone. Combined with its ability to simulate or reproduce an almost limitless variety of natural stones, Cast Stone offers many advantages over cut stone. Cast Stone can be integrally reinforced with steel and precisely colored through aggregates or mineral oxides. Mixed designs have tested engineering values which result in a predictable durable life.
Strength and weathering qualities are consistently better than natural stone because the manufacturing process is controlled. Properties such as these cannot be assured in a quarried-type building stone. Repetitive treatment, either as trim or ornament, can be achieved quite economically with Cast Stone. The ability of Cast Stone to replicate deteriorating natural stone on existing buildings makes it an ideal material for the remodeling or restoration of old structures.
Cast Stone is a highly refined architectural building stone, usually made up of white cement and a combination of various sizes of aggregates of white marble, quartz, or other durable white stone. The aggregates are meticulously graded by sieve analysis to produce a material that is dense and lacks voids.