MSI Arctic White 3D Honed 6" x 24" Marble Ledger Panel

Product Overview

MSI RockMount® Arctic White 3D Honed 6" x 24" Marble Ledger Panel creates a clean, sculptural wall surface using genuine natural marble in cool white tones. Narrow stone strips are assembled at alternating depths, producing a dimensional stacked-stone profile that changes subtly as light moves across the installation.

Unlike rugged splitface ledger stone, Arctic White 3D features a refined honed surface with a smooth, low-sheen appearance. Its crisp coloration and architectural relief complement contemporary, transitional, coastal, and minimalist interiors.

The preassembled panels fit closely together for a grout-free stacked-stone appearance. Use them for kitchen backsplashes, fireplace surrounds, feature walls, columns, exterior façades, and other approved vertical installations.

Recommended Applications

• Kitchen and bar backsplashes

• Living-room and entry feature walls

• Fireplace surrounds

• Bathroom and vanity walls

• Columns, pillars, and architectural projections

• Outdoor kitchens and barbecue-island walls

• Approved exterior façades and accent walls

• Residential and commercial vertical applications

This dimensional ledger panel is intended for walls and architectural veneer surfaces, not floors, countertops, or walking surfaces.

Design Profile

• Aesthetic: Contemporary luxury, coastal modern, minimalist, transitional, and modern organic

• Color Character: Cool white with restrained natural tonal and mineral variation

• Surface Character: Smooth honed faces arranged at alternating depths

• Visual Advantage: Dimensional stone strips create changing highlights and shadows without the rugged texture of traditional splitface stone

• Complementary Materials: White oak, walnut, clear glass, concrete, creamy quartz, and pale natural stone

• Complementary Metals: Brushed nickel, polished chrome, champagne bronze, and matte black

• Lighting Recommendation: Grazing or directional wall lighting emphasizes the alternating stone depths and architectural relief

Technical Specifications

Installation and Handling Guidelines

IMPORTANT: WHITE MARBLE INSTALLATION

Use white setting material approved for natural marble. Gray mortar can create visible shadowing or discoloration through light-colored stone.

• Install over a clean, flat, dry, and structurally sound concrete, masonry, or cementitious backer-board substrate.

• Use a premium white polymer-modified Large and Heavy Tile mortar meeting ANSI A118.4 or A118.15 and approved for natural stone.

• Directionally trowel the mortar and back-butter each panel to obtain substantially complete coverage.

• Dry-lay panels from several cartons to distribute natural differences in white tone and mineral markings.

• Butt adjoining panels closely together without conventional grout joints. Clean exposed mortar from the marble before it hardens.

• Stagger vertical panel joints between courses to prevent continuous seams.

• Install coordinating Arctic White 3D corner panels first when wrapping columns or outside corners.

• Correct uneven substrates before installation rather than attempting to compensate with excessively thick mortar.

• Exterior installations require appropriate waterproofing, flashing, drainage, movement accommodation, and setting materials rated for the climate.

• Fireplace installations must comply with the fireplace manufacturer’s clearance requirements and applicable building codes.

• Wet-cut with a suitable diamond blade. Do not dry-cut or grind natural stone because the resulting crystalline-silica dust can cause serious respiratory injury.

• Order approximately 10–15% additional material for cuts, breakage, panel blending, and future repairs.

Care and Maintenance

• Remove surface dust with a soft-bristle brush or a vacuum fitted with a non-scratching brush attachment.

• Clean with warm water and a neutral-pH cleaner formulated for natural marble.

• Avoid vinegar, lemon, acidic cleaners, bleach, abrasive powders, and wire brushes.

• Wipe cooking grease, oils, cosmetics, and strongly colored liquids from the marble promptly.

• Consider applying a penetrating natural-stone sealer in moisture-, grease-, or stain-prone locations.

• Test the sealer on an unused piece first because some products can alter the appearance of white marble.

• Periodically inspect exterior installations for open joints, failed sealant, or moisture intrusion.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Arctic White 3D Honed genuine marble?

Yes. MSI identifies Arctic White 3D Honed as genuine natural marble rather than manufactured or cultured stone.

Does this panel have a rough splitface finish?

No. It has a honed finish with smoother, low-sheen stone faces. Its texture comes primarily from the alternating depths of the marble strips.

Does it require grout?

No. MSI classifies the panel as grout-free. The panels are installed closely together to create a continuous stacked-stone appearance.

Can it be installed around a fireplace?

Yes, when installed over an appropriate substrate and outside all required combustible-material clearances. Follow the fireplace manufacturer’s instructions and local building codes.

Can it be installed outdoors?

It may be used for approved exterior vertical installations when the substrate, waterproofing, drainage, mortar, flashing, and movement joints are appropriate for the project and climate.

Are matching corner panels available?

Yes. The coordinating Arctic White 3D Honed corner has 12-inch and 6-inch returns and is marketed as a 6" x 18" L-shaped corner panel.

Should Arctic White marble be sealed?

A penetrating natural-stone sealer is recommended in moisture-, grease-, and stain-prone areas. Test the product first and follow the sealer manufacturer’s application instructions.

Can this ledger panel be installed on a floor?

No. Its dimensional 3D surface is intended for vertical wall and veneer applications.