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JimMorrissey
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Found this on a slate site which is interesting. We have high quality slate quaries right down the road so I'm not familiar with poor quality slate, but I now know what you are talking about when you say "flaking".
"If you want to sell slate, sell the geology of it. Slates coming from certain geologies are very soft and need to be sealed just about every month. Quality geology, as found in Canada, Vermont and UK are a lot less work. If installed properly, they are worry free. Problem is that low quality product is being dumped into our high end North American markets and the consumer needs to be educated about the different geologies and how that affects the performance of different slates. Most of the problems from slate consumers is that they likely purchased a very soft, low price imported slate".
"If you want to sell slate, sell the geology of it. Slates coming from certain geologies are very soft and need to be sealed just about every month. Quality geology, as found in Canada, Vermont and UK are a lot less work. If installed properly, they are worry free. Problem is that low quality product is being dumped into our high end North American markets and the consumer needs to be educated about the different geologies and how that affects the performance of different slates. Most of the problems from slate consumers is that they likely purchased a very soft, low price imported slate".