Mike ,
On other thing I would not be
concerned with the metal strips they are probably zinc strips like the ones
they use in terrazzo.
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: John Freitag
[mailto:jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 9:42 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] agglomerate
Mike,
Here’s how I would approach this
job.
1.
I would clean the
floor using a neutral cleaner or a striper / degreaser using a soft brush, this
will go into the grout lines and this would help remove any loose sand from the
grout. Not all but most.
2.
Then if the floors
has scratches I would hone with a 220 then 400
3.
I would velcro my
diamonds onto a hog hair pad. Using at least 4 or 5 diamond pads , this will
give you pads some flexibility and where the stone is not flat go into those
areas better.
4.
Then I would polish
with Stonecare Central 5X polishing powders. Caution ALL so call 5X
powders are not created equal, I know the 5X polishing Powders from Stonecare
Central will work.
5.
As always the proper
time is important on the honing and the polishing to achieve the deswired
results.
If you polish after the
400 on this stone the result will be very good, I would put in my contract
stating that the floors contains sanded grout and therefore anytime during the
honing or polishing process sand could be pulled from the grout and therefore
you cannot guarantee a totally a scratch free floor.
In my training I teach
the proper timing methods for honing and polishing to assure you get the
results every time on every stone.
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: Mike Marsoun
[mailto:nulifesc@bigpond.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:24 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] agglomerate
I have this job coming up with this agglomerate. Have not
worked on one of these in many years, any thoughts? Has sanded grout so I steered
them away from a full flattening, concerned it will come out in places and
scratch, also do not want inconsistent looking joints as some will be ground in
and others will not, did not price to flatten the edgework, rather to blend.
There is metal schluter type expansion joints, stainless steel by the looks,
and thinking if I do not completely grind these in I will have to stay off
them. So now selling them on a re-hone (220-800/1800 resins) grind then 5x. I
want to keep it simple and I could not charge THAT much more for the full grind
to justify all the additional risks…
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