Will try them.  With the Alpha Ceramica ex would I just go higher on the diamond scale (1500 - 3000 and not polish?)
b

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Fred Hueston <fhueston@gmail.com> wrote:
You may also want to use diamonds for engineered stone such as the Alpha Ceramica EX


On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Baird Standish <bairdstandish@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks John.  I'll report on on how the test goes.
Baird


On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:26 PM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:

Baird,

 

The resin terrazzo is no harder to do than cement based terrazzo.  If the floor is coated with wax the first step is to strip the floor. Then you can determine where you need to start.

I find that most terrazzo is left at a 80 to 100 grit terrazzo plug. These diamond have a tendency to leave a deeper scratch pattern behind.

If the floor has never been cut before then I would start with a 50 resin then 120 ,220 400, & 800 . the reason I would go this high is due to the dark stone and the dark / black resin. Then polish it.

 

On these floors it not a bad idea to do a light application and I mean light application of crystallization it will bring out a brighter shine.

 

 

John E. Freitag

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Cell 407-615-0134

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From: Baird Standish [mailto:bairdstandish@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:41 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] Restaurant Terrazzo

 

Hi,

We are looking at t terrazzo floor in a restaurant (see photos below).  I have a fair amount of experience with cementious based terrazzo but this looks like perhaps a resin base, and there is more resin than there are stones.  I was told that the floor was cut before (which may be) but the managers don't really know much about it and it appears that the floor has a thick layer of acrylic.  My experience with cementious based terrazzo is that the rocks get pretty glossy but not the cement unless I cut it as if it were a concrete floor (many honing levels and no polish).  Does anyone have any suggestions about this stuff?  I am doing a little test on Monday.

Thanks.

restaurant terrazzo photo 1.jpgrestaurant terrazzo photo 2.jpgrestaurant terrazzo photo 3.jpg

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