John,
Is this your general rule when polishing most marbles?
 

"Then try using approximately 2 to 3 ounces of 5 X powder for every 10 sq.ft polish this area for approximately 4 minutes try using  this process and I thing you will find the stone will pop the shine and clarity you and you customer are looking for."

 

Thanks,

RK



--- On Fri, 5/29/09, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:

From: John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] brown italian marble help
To: "Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 12:21 PM

Ray,

 

Sorry for the delay in responding been out of the office for several days. I think there are several thing you need to look at one been the polishing powders and the technique  

 

For all the brown marbles I have ever worked on I never go higher than a 800 grit.

 

Then I prefer using 5x powder the MB12 may be too hot and you are actually burning the stone because the powder is too hot.

 

The other item would be how long are you stay on a section of stone, you maybe over polishing and thus loosing you shine and clarity

 

Try re honing the stone from a 400 to 800, this  would remove any burning you may have inflicted into the stone.

 

Then try using approximately 2 to 3 ounces of 5 X powder for every 10 sq.ft polish this area for approximately 4 minutes try using  this process and I thing you will find the stone will pop the shine and clarity you and you customer are looking for.

 

Hope this helps

John E. Freitag

President/Director

The Stone and Tile School

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jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com

 

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From: Majestic Stoneworks [mailto:ray@majesticstoneworksaz.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:47 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] brown italian marble help

 

Hello

 

We are working on brown italian marble and using MB12.  But MB12 is making marble very hazy.  Any suggestions on what may be the problem?

 

Thank you for your feedback.

 

Ray Jones

Majestic Stoneworks

www.MajesticStoneworksAZ.com

info@MajesticStoneworksAZ.com

623-580-8895 offc

602-570-9821 cell

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