Also I forgot to mention, 1st always scrap the walls down with a straight edge razor blade. In the same fashion that you shovel snow. Purpose being to remove soap film and any other type of build up of whatever. <BR><BR><B><I>Roger Konarski &lt;qm144@yahoo.com&gt;</I></B> wrote:   <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">My feeling is that mb-12 is to hot for black marble ! I would use 5X that has not been heated up !<BR><BR><B><I>stephen@newlifemarblerestoration.com</I></B> wrote:   <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">  <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR>  <STYLE>v\:* {   BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)  }  o\:* {   BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)  }  w\:* {   BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)  }  .shape {   BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)  }  </STYLE>    <STYLE>  <!--   /* Font Definitions */   @font-face   {font-family:Tahoma;   panose-1:2 11 6 4 3
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 good luck </FONT></DIV>  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aloha</FONT></DIV>  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen</FONT></DIV>  <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>  <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jfrancis@hvc.rr.com href="mailto:jfrancis@hvc.rr.com">Jason Francis</A> </DIV>  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com href="mailto:sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com">Stonecare Central Partners - Restoration</A> </DIV>  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 31, 2007 4:49 AM</DIV>  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [sccpartners] Black Marble</DIV>  <DIV><BR></DIV>  <DIV class=Section1>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy;
 FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Obviously, I did think I would grind the walls. I am interested in knowing what resin most would start honing at. Maybe some would say just polish.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
 face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">  <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2>  </SPAN></FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Roger Konarski [mailto:qm144@yahoo.com] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, December 31, 2007 9:41 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Stonecare Central Partners - Restoration<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [sccpartners] Black Marble</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Why are you grinding the tiles if it is a wall ! <BR><BR><B><I><SPAN
 style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Don Semi &lt;don@restoremarbleandgranite.com&gt;</SPAN></I></B> wrote: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Good Morning: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Is the job a wall job? I ask this because you wondered how to keep it wet. Let me know.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=gmailquote><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On 12/30/07, <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Jason
 Francis</SPAN></B> &lt;<A href="mailto:jfrancis@hvc.rr.com">jfrancis@hvc.rr.com</A>&gt; wrote:</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> <o:p></o:p></DIV>  <DIV vlink="purple" link="blue">  <DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear Partners,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New&#13;&#10; Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been a scc partner now for a few months and I would like to call upon you for some suggestions. Though relatively new in the stone restoration business, at 33 yrs, I have been maintaining floors since I was 15. Recently I have had great success with grinding and honing marble, travertine, and concrete. Brian Yager gave me great tips and I'm sure some of you can offer great advice.
 </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am now looking at a 350 sq ft black marble job that will need to be grinded and brought to a polish. I have not worked on black marble and I am wondering if there is anything unique I could face? I have never used my variable speed grinder on walls as of yet.&nbsp; Can someone give me tips on how this is done, esp as far as how do you keep it wet? &nbsp;I have been using MB powder polish with good success. Could I expect the same here? Is a $6/ft bid unreasonable? </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>  <DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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