Both honed and tumbled travertine can be purchased as unfilled or filled.
Filled: Travertine with its natural holes and pits filled with hardener and dust during the cutting and honing process.
| Types of Travertine | |||||||||||||
| Honed Travertine with a smooth, non-reflective surface achieved by grinding the surface. | |||||||||||||
| Tumbled Travertine which has been processed so that it looks "aged" or "antiqued" with rounded corners and edges.
Both honed and tumbled travertine can be purchased as unfilled or filled. |
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| Unfilled: Travertine with its natural holes and pits. See the first picture below. Some people purchase unfilled and then fill the holes and pits with grout for a different, blended look as in the second picture.
Filled: Travertine with its natural holes and pits filled with hardener and dust during the cutting and honing process. |
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| Tumbled, unfilled travertine | |||||||||||||
| Tumbled, filled travertine | |||||||||||||