Barry,

 

Not all stone are going to restore alike, depending upon the makeup of the stone you may not get the same finish you got on a floor, unless the stone is the same stone. I have in my training center a black marble on the floor which you honed and polished to a great gloss finish. however since you left training I added another black stone to one of the wall areas, it does not get the same shine and gloss as the stone that is on the floor. If you are looking at the stone in these restrooms and they currently do have the same finish as you achieved on you recent floor then you probably are not going to get the same results as you did on your floor.

Take a look at a stone where there is little to no damage, are you achieving the same finish on you stones as the finish where there is little or no damage.

Many time we a restoration contractor look for the same results on ALL stone and there are times the stone is the stone and the finish you achieve is the best finish you can achieve on the stoen.

Barry as you may recall the black stone I have in my training center has areas that takes a polish better than other areas IT’S THE STONE you cannot change the makeup of stone….

 

If you spent the time on each hone then there should be NO reason why this stone will not polish, the deep gloss comes from the proper honing, if you did not spend the proper time then you are not going to get the shine!!!

If that the case you need to hone it again.  My bet is the stone is the stone and you have achieved the best finish you can..

 

Can you send pictures ??? this would help,

 

To all partners when you have a problem , please SEND pictures this help if we can see the problem you are having

 

 

John E. Freitag

President/Director

The Stone and Tile School

Office 407-567-7652

Cell 407-615-0134

jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com

 

 

www.thestoneandtileschool.com

 

 

 

 

hi folks,
i am one week into the process of restoring black marble in a public men's restroom.  the walls were very badly etched from harsh cleaners around the urinals and the toilets.  they were actually gray and off white in color.  the upper walls were badly etched from cleaners splashing on them over 13 years.  here's what i did.  i used a hand machine and honed with 120, 220, 400, 800, and 1800 diamonds.  in some areas i began with 50 diamonds on the bottom tiles because they were so bad.  . all of the bad etching was honed off and i felt good about the job up until i did a couple of test areas with 5x to see the end result.  the marble got shiny but it looked "translucent" and even "cloudy".  i recently did a black marble floor in a kitchen and i could "see through the stone" when i finished but that did not happen with this stone..  i followed all the rules and what i was taught on the restroom walls but it doesn't look the way it should. 
i have not showed the customer the test spot yet.  is there anything else i can do?  i am on a time deadline and cannot redo the one wall that i took to 1800, but i can rescue the other walls because one is only up to 400 and the other only 220.  before i began the stone was not really very clear and bright, so maybe it will never meet my expectations.  any ideas what i should tell the customer if the rest of the job yields the same results that my test area looks like?
thanks........barry
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Thank You,
Barry V Raduta
Diamond Stone & Tile Care
215-816-7689

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