Baird,
If you have a local terrazzo installer many times they have chip
around they will sell you , if not thay can tell you where they purchase their.
The latex additive can be purchased at Home Depot or some of you
tile supply stores carry it.
The concrete dye can be purchased some time from Home Depot or
the local cement companies usually carry the dyes
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: Baird Standish
[mailto:bairdstandish@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 2:09 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Terrazzo question
HI John,
Where would be a good place to buy the chips, latex additive
and dye?
Thanks,
Baird
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:49 PM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
wrote:
Georgia,
First how large is large? ¼ inch, ½ inch
or more?
There is 3 ways to fix this .
1. If the area is large over ½ inch you
could purchase terrazzo chip and fill the gaps with that using Portland
cement and a concrete dye to match the existing terrazzo
If you elect to go this route then you
will need to make the opening large enough so the marble chips will fit into
the hole, are the chip in the existing terrazzo #0 #1 #2 or larger. This
you will need to know prior to ordering. Hopefully there are small chip #0 and
#1 .
If this is the case then take
Portland Cement for and dye to match your current base, when mixing you need to
use 90% latex additive and only a small amount of water. Then add you chips,
and mix the cement base and the chips together.
Then fill the area , when filling the
area you need to slightly over fill the area so you can grind it flat once it
cures.
After the hole is filled then take some
terrazzo chip on spread on top and using an object that you can roll with roll
these loose chips into the hole this will make sure you have the proper amount
of chip in the repair once you grind it.
On cement based terrazzo allow it to
cure for 24 to 36 hour depending upon the depth of the fill.
Then use a medium to coure grinding
wheel and start grinding until you are flat with the existing floor.
Then run up the rest of your grits until
you are ready to polish or seal.
If during the honing process small hole
open up you will then need to mix up a grout material of Portland Cement anhd
the dye color grout the floor and let it cure for 24 hour , hone off the excess
and then polish or seal.
2. If the hole are not too large then
you could mix up a polyester fill ( Akemi K-Bond Etc.) and add the color and
make the fill one color.
You could also add terrazzo chips to the
polyester fill and then grind them off once cured.
3. The third way would be to mix up
Portland cement add the dye and fill the hole with a solid color, some will say
you can use grout the color of the base. This will work but I recommend if you
go this way then be sure to mix the filling materials with a latex additive 90
%
Keep in mind when using latex additive
the pot life of the product is shorten
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: rivera.gm@gmail.com [mailto:rivera.gm@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Georgia
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 10:27 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] Terrazzo question
Good
morning group,
I hope all is well. I have a question about terrazzo. This is a cement
based terrazzo, dark in color and the area I am wondering about is too dark to
take a photo. It is in a bar where the sodas drip on the floor.
After a while the terrazzo floor has several large gaps in it because of the
acids of the drinks. What would be the best thing to do to fill in these
holes?
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