Lorne,

 

First what type of stone are you polishing? Send pictures if possible.

 

Depending upon the honed level  the tile is at this will dictate where you will start honing and a what grit you will stop at. If the tile is at a 400 hone then I would hone up to 800 and then polish, if polishing by hand , if the stone is at a lower hone let’s say 220 then you will need to do several hones to achieve the finish you need prior to polishing .

 

I would recommend honing and  polishing the stone after it’s installed. This will be much faster and you will achieve a better polished finish. The problem with honing 1 tile at a time is making sure you achieve a good hone and polish on the edges of the tiles. Plus the fact that one tile at a time is going to take a lot of labor hours.

 

Trying to lay the material out on a floor and using a floor machine, my concern is that if the floor is not perfectly flat then you will have issue working on these tile and could break  a number of tiles. You may have tile moving, tile may not be the same thickness and now you are dealing with lippage , the water  etc. is going go under each tile seeing they are not grouted. Now you need to clean each tile before sending to the installer to install.

 

I would  higher recommend honing and polishing these tile after they are installed. You may want to polish several tile to be placed in the corners to make you life easier. Make sure that the installer doers not have the woodwork installed prior to you honing and polishing these tiles. With no woodwork you can hone and polish tight against the wall and eliminate most of not all the hand work.

 

Another thing to consider if the tiles are at a 400 hone and it’s a light colored stone once the floor is installed you should be able to go right in and polish the stone using a 5X powder and not have to do any honing.     

 

 

 

 

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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Sounds like a hand tool job. You might try placing the tiles on a patch of 50 sqft of thick cut pile nylon carpet lay tiles out like its installed on the floor and see if you can put a swing machine on them. It’s worth a try.

 

 

Tiles is a pretty general term what ype??Stone?What process did u use to polish them?Any pictures???   if you want help we need way more info --- On Sat, 8/8/09, Lorne Greenberg <lorne@fabracleenstoneandtilecare.com> wrote: From: Lorne Greenberg <lorne@fabracleenstoneandtilecare.com> Subject: [sccpartners] polishing tiles To: "Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com> Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 7:04 AM I need some advice about polishing tiles.  A client ordered the tiles honed but was now thinking they wanted it polished.  The tile company gave me 2 tiles to test that were similar, one polished up after 1 step, the other after 3.  The question I have is that if they accept our bid, they want the 1900 sf of 16” tiles to be polished before they are installed.  Do I have to do these 1 at a time to prevent any breaking, or is there a way to lay them out and do it that way? Powered by http://DiscussThis.com Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription preferences Start a new conversation (thread)

 

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