Mike

Very Difficult question

 

If I could see a picture of the hairlines I could be more helpful, whether it may be the plywood’s under the installation or stress cracks  

 

 

To repair it I would use a liquid or flowing glue to fill the crack and the color would be as close as possible to the travertine.

 

The difficulty is that it may not stay,

It may not fill

The cracks may still open and closed.

 

Repairing hairlines are always a challenge, don’t overpromise.

 

Antonio

 

 

From: Stuart Young [mailto:santafefc@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: July-17-09 11:12 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] thin cracks in travertine

 

I just looked at a floor of travertine tile. It has very thin cracks (hairline)a few feet long in 3 different areas.  How are these cracks repaired?  The travertine is light in color and the thin cracks are dark.

--- On Fri, 7/17/09, Mike Marsoun <nulifesc@bigpond.com> wrote:


From: Mike Marsoun <nulifesc@bigpond.com>
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] water based sealer etched stone
To: "Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 2:58 AM

This happened to me using VMC Kleerseal a long time ago, when flouro polymer technology was new and this was one of the first of these type sealer, water based. Don’t know why it happened but it was very noticable.

 

From: rosen.stuart@gmail.com [mailto:rosen.stuart@gmail.com] On Behalf Of stuart rosen
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 1:00 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] water based sealer etched stone

 

last year I used a water based sealer witch our customer spec out for us.We sprayed the sealer on limestone and it caused very light etching.We had only just began when we caught it so it was easy to correct.When  I read the back of the bottle the instructions

mentioned some stones can be etched by using this product.Showed that to the customer and got the ok to use a product that we knew.

Anyway just heard a story that it happened to someone else only with a different water based sealer.  I think siloxanes are corrosive (high alkaline) when not diluted.

But I know that diluted in a sealer they are in small amounts so its not normal for this to occur. Does anyone know why it does occur. Has anyone else had this happen to them?


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Stu Rosen
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