Stuart,
I would approach this crack the following ways
1.
First purchase some dental tools from the local Army Surplus Store.
Or if you know a dentist ask them for their old tools what you are looking for
is the professional dental pic
2.
Use the dental tool and acetone clean out the crack this should eliminate
the dark area in the crack.
The dental pic will not open the crack any larger than it
currently is.
3.
Use a Polyester fill Clear if possible and the crack will be
filled and you will hardly notice it.
What making the crack noticeable
is the dirt that down in the crack remove the dirt fill the crack.
If the clear is not of your
choice then mix a color to best match the stone.
I always tell my customer
that a crack is a crack and the customer will always know where the crack is
but the average person coming into the home would not notice it.
Hope this helps
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: Stuart Young
[mailto:santafefc@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:12 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] thin cracks in travertine
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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.
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 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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