What a strange place for us to both be, on an 8yr old terrazzo video 😂

if the surface needs to be updated, how do they do this? Is it ground or polished down, and then another layer of "resin" (or whatever they use) is trowelled over it?

​@goudagirl6095 just polished, it's about 35mm thick, lasts over 100 years if maintained..

Terrazzo isnt modern😂

I was thinking the same ☺️

Sonny12681 those pavements were done using a specific clay as the binder. A form of pozzolan, which is an ash material that gets sticky with the addition of water. They didnt have Portland cement or epoxy back then. The polishing was done by hand with stones attached to pole handles. Those floors were also built up in different layers of materials. Today’s epoxy terrazzo is a thin layer over an existing slab. But epoxy has very strong wearability as well. Cement terrazzo is also very durable, but not as industrial strength(or as fast) as epoxy methods. I personally prefer the cement based type because it doesnt have the plastic glossy look the epoxy has. The ancient terrazzo is more like traditional multi-layer cement terrazzo. I suspect the ancient work is similar to sand cushion terrazzo, except with deeper sub base layers.