I tried the Doc’s Acetone  method last week.

 

No you don’t dip it but simply spray on a light midst of acetone and work it with the steel wool.

 

As to why, and I will use my logic here, normally the quartz would have been  unaffected but it’s actually the resin that was dulled.  So by using this method which is basically

The Steel wool – is the abrasive

The Acetone – is the polishing medium

Your essentially polishing the quartz counter just as if you were using a red pad and polishing powder on marble.

 

Now what happens if you leave polishing powder on marble, it can etch the stone

How do you remove it?  You use the same powder to polish it out

 

 

Last month my contractor left acetone on the quartz counter, and what happened , it left what looked like an etch.

What do you use to remove it, the same acetone.  Genius

 

 

 

 

 

DAMN IT DOC- I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT ON MY OWN

 

 

 

 

From: stonerestorationplus@gmail.com [mailto:stonerestorationplus@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Zev Guez
Sent: July-15-09 9:36 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] quartz countertop

 

Do I just dip the pad in the acetone and rub. For curiosity sake why would this method work to bring back the shine thats missing in those spots.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 4:28 PM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:

Zev,

Fred recommendation will work well, if that does, not work I have used a crystallizer with Steel wool to polish out these areas, try the acetone method first, if that does not work then they polishing it out.

 

I use to do warranty work for DuPont . sometime when you see these dull spots it called pooling and is a residue from the materials not flowing properly.

 

Please not that quartz will not etch, it will burn, it can stain, but will not etch. Keep in mind the engineered stones are basically made up quartz crystals and a resin. Be careful if you need to use diamonds, I highly recommend the diamond from Alpha for engineered stone.

 

We will be offering  a class on repairing engineer stone in the future.

 

HOW MANY WOULD BE INTERESRTED IN THIS CLASS  PLEASE ADVISE, SO WE CAN SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY

 

 

John E. Freitag

President/Director

The Stone and Tile School

Office 407-567-7652

Cell 407-615-0134

jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com

 

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From: stonerestorationplus@gmail.com [mailto:stonerestorationplus@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Zev Guez
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:17 AM


To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] quartz countertop

 

Hi all. I just came across a polished quartz countertop that had 2 3 dull spots. I did a vinager test and it did nothing so its not etch marks . What could it be and how would I take care of the problem?


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