You may also want to try going to a higher grit . Do you have a burnisher or access to one,,if so you can try the polishing twister pad on it as well. You can also try the 5x by starting wet and going dry with a hogs hair pad.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Kris Dougherty
<kris@marblefloorsandmore.com> wrote:
John,
Thank you for the information.
When we did the areas with densiflier I did not notice much of a difference. Maybe I should let more soak in for longer?
The best results was when we started with 100 and worked up to 800 and then crystallizer. But the floor absorbed moister very easily.
So I added a penetrating sealer and then crystallizer and I got a little more shine. The floor is cement base. I was thinking about either using grainite supplies or trying to polish the floor like it was just cement and start with 100 metal and then densifier and dry 200,400, 800 and high speed 1500 and 3000.
What do you think?
Kris
John Freitag wrote:
Kris,
Go back and crystallize the floor you will increase the shine and the color.
Unless the green is a Taiwan green. If it's Taiwan green you will not get a
deep shine or a nice glossy finish.
On cement based terrazzo you can grind it use a densiflier after the 220
hone then hone up to 800 or 1800 the floors will look very good. Want toi
add additional shine then Crystallize the floor it will look great. in fact
you could hone to 400 or 800 then crystallize and develop a great shine.
The terrazzo institute recognizes crystallization as an acceptable method of
polishing terrazzo.
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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-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Dougherty [mailto:kris@marblefloorsandmore.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 3:17 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] how do you get the factory polish back on
Dr Fred.
I have been testing a terrazzo floor in a school. The floor has a light green color to it. The pics I took did not turn out the way I needed.
Here is my opportunity.
The floor was waxed. All the wax was removed.
The floor I could get a gloss on but not the deep shine I would have liked.
I tested from 30 to 800 and 5x. With different combinations in different areas.
I used all marble polishing supplies.
Should I try granite supplies because of the lite green and maybe the chips are not marble as I was guessing?
The floor was poured in 1950's.
Kris
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Mike Marsoun <nulifesc@bigpond.com <mailto:nulifesc@bigpond.com>> wrote:
Are these archived. I will be out and would really like to hear
this. There is a TON of engineered stone down here...
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*Subject: *[sccpartners] how do you get the factory polish back on
engineered stone
Engineered stone can be faced polished very easily but getting
back the factory shine can be tricky. tune in tonight at 7:30pm
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