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We have been challenged with what I would consider a relatively simple installation, but the material is GeoLuxe and we just can't seem to get it right. I have contacted the company various ways, but have yet to receive any support. Do you of you have any suggestions? It's the mitered edge and fragility of the stone that we are struggling with.

OHM International came to see us a week or two ago about GeoLuxe. They offered in-house training as most of the newer engineered material manufacturers do. We have yet to cut any but I can at least provide you with our point of contact in hopes of them offering fabrication advice;

Valerie Fredrickson-Gendron
valarie@ohmintl.com
404-977-2298 (Mobile) 615-331-9440 (Office)
www.ohmintl.com

What are the issues? From what others have posted on here, seems that geoluxe isnt as bad as cutting dekton or other sintered slabs. I thought they had a fabrication guide on their website.

We recommend placing the material on top of a styrofoam board, the styrofoam board will support the slab and damping any vibrations caused during the cutting applications if the bridge saw table isn’t flat & level.

Alpha_Tech wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:50 pm

We recommend placing the material on top of a styrofoam board, the styrofoam board will support the slab and damping any vibrations caused during the cutting applications if the bridge saw table isn’t flat & level.

X2 good idea.
Also, flat table (foam will help) water, water, water; listen to the blade-- making too much noise? dress it.
We find that different colors will have different characteristics and fabrication approaches.
Where other gauged thin panels and sinthered slabs can be quite challanging to fab and install the manufacturer of GeoLux touts that they are a "molten" product where the others use pressures and heat to recrystalize the minerals, GeoLux should act differently/easier.

I cannot speak to the validity of that quite yet since we have not cut many GeoLux slabs.

Geoluxe is a different animal than UC.
Does it cut more like glass than stone?
More brittle, less flexible (forgiving)?

I am not sure how "molten", does not use heat to recrystalize minerals. In fact, it could be argued that molten could be the highest heat achievable.

Soon, even the smallest shops will have to have water jet technology, or so it seems with all of these newer materials.
A 5 axis water jet and no edge work would be nice. All miters, i assume.

Point of clarification.
From reading GeoLux info, the minerals are melted and poured into a mold, sinthered materials are pressed and then cooked. Both use heat.

Read the fabrication guide carefully. We found that it required way more work-arounds than any other "similar" product out there, so add increased programming and cutting.
When we looked at it, it seemed like a whole lot of tricks to try to get it to come out. We don't mind working with Neolith (and such), porcelain, or other challenging materials, but feel like this may be a product that should have failed but is being pushed to market anyway.