Stuart,
 
Can you be more specific about the color of stone?  Does the area look as though it is damp or saturated with moisture or oil?  Do you know if this is a Chinese stone?  Is the stone backed with reinforeing mesh?  Is the odor just in one spot or over the whole countertop area?  Does it occur only when it is wet?  Is the odor more of "musty" smell?
 
I have seen this described before but need more information.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Stuart Young <santafefc@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Has anyone ever come across this problem? How do you deal with it?
Stuart Young
Santa Fe Floor Care


From: Dr Fred <fhueston@stoneandtilepros.com>
To: Restoration and Maintenance <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 6:23:59 AM
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Big hand polishing project

no that is way too long..you should be able to knock those tops out in two to three days.

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Baird Standish <bairdstandish@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
I'm trying to estimate a project that involves honing and polishing a really beat up bunch of white marble counters (actually mostly work tables for making candy, but some are the sales counters).  They are in an old candy store and most of the work tables are covered with gook (mostly melted sugar) and have numerous knife scratches and nicks.  the total square footage of the counters is approximately $150.00 square feet. By applying the principals that John taught me, I am coming up with about 39 hours of work. This works out to 5 minutes per every 2 square feet per "cut", time 4 cuts (50, 100, 200 and polish), and an efficiency factor of 65%.  This would take care of the edges.  After looking at these numbers, do I appear on target or have a missed something?  We haven't done that much large scale hand honing and polishing, and when we have, I have had a hard time keeping track of how long it takes.  Also, always wrestling with the size of my driver pads and diamonds (I have experimented with anything from 3" to 7" including the metal plate with the 3 sockets cut in it.  Have never used the three head contraption).  I included some pix below.  Thanks for any advice.
Baird

candy pic 1.jpgcandy 2.jpgcandy 3.jpgcandy 4.jpg

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