ZulTerrazzo is a terrazzo studio. We set marble, glass, and stone chips into a binder, cure it, then grind and polish it flat — floors, counters, and tile, poured to order.
Terrazzo is a composite floor: chips of marble, granite, or glass, cast into a cement or resin binder, then ground and polished until flat. Cut once, a slab is a cross-section of everything mixed into it — no two pours read exactly alike.
The technique is Venetian. Workers in the 15th and 16th centuries mixed leftover marble fragments from other jobs into mortar for their own terraces — terrazze — then ground the surface smooth by hand. What started as a way to use up scrap became a floor that outlasts almost anything laid over it.
It's still made the same way today, just with better grinders: a mix of aggregate and binder, poured once, and never repeated.
The base is leveled and thin divider strips — metal or plastic — are set on edge to mark out the pattern. These strips also control cracking as the floor cures and expands.
Aggregate is mixed into the binder — cement for most interiors, epoxy where a thinner or faster-curing surface is needed — and poured across the divided sections.
The surface hardens undisturbed for several days. Rushing this step is the most common way a good pour turns into a floor that pits later.
Coarse grinding levels the surface and exposes the chips beneath. Progressively finer grit follows, the same way you'd sand wood from rough to smooth.
A final polish brings the chip color forward. A sealer goes on last, protecting the surface — from here, it's ready to walk on.
The classic aggregate. Soft enough to grind evenly, available in almost any stone color.
Bright, consistent color that won't fade outdoors — a common choice for pool decks and patios.
More abrasion-resistant than marble, so it holds up in lobbies, kitchens, and other heavy-use floors.
Set on edge between pours, thin metal strips define the pattern and give expanding cement somewhere to move.
Lobbies, kitchens, bathrooms — poured directly on-site or set as precast tile where a poured floor isn't practical.
Cast to size, ground flat, and sealed for daily contact with water, heat, and knives.
Precast in a mold, cured off-site, and installed like any other tile — useful when a full pour isn't an option.
Tabletops, benches, and small inlaid panels — the same process, scaled down to a single piece.