French: accélération d’usureEnglish translation: antiquing 
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Construction / Civil Engineering / method of polishing/finishing stone flooring (flagstones) | | French term or phrase: accélération d’usure | Divers niveaux de polissage sont proposés en fonction de la texture désirée. Les dalles bénéficient également durant leur fabrication d’un traitement de surface, afin d’atténuer la porosité naturelle de la pierre et de patiner sa blancheur originelle.
Vieillie : la pierre subit une *****accélération d’usure***** qui la patine et lui donne un aspect ancien.
Satinée : avec une ******accélération d’usure****** moyenne, cette finition laisse la pierre se patiner sous vos pieds. L’usage lui apportera avec douceur une brillance constante.
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Clearly some technique used during manufacture to artificially "wear" the tiles and give them a natural-looking patina. But, does anyone have any clues as to the technique, and its name?
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| | | ageing | Explanation:
What some antiques dealers do to new(ish) furniture to make it look 'antique'. |
| Selected response from:
mediamatrix
Chile
| Note from asker to answererMany thanks, mediamatrix! it turns out that tiles can be "antiqued" by (a) distressing with a chain, steel brush, rocks, etc, (b) an acid bath, and (c) tumbling! Probably more! Anyway, "aging" is clearly a generic process that can involve a number of different techniques
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| (process of) accelerated wear (process)
Explanation:
I don't know if this is really a special technique with a specific name, or just a general term (as the 'une' would lead me to slightly suspect)
|  Tony M
France
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 525
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Asker: thanks, Tony! That was my first guess, but I cd find no corroboration. The hunt continues, as I'm sure I've seen st somewhere about this process - in some language or other. Heaven knows where!
Asker: Many thanks, Tony! You were right too, of course!
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