Barry,

 

Are you sure this is a sandstone floor? It looks to me to be the new travertine plank type of stone. If this is truly a sandstone floor then you are going to need to plan on using a lot of diamonds. If this is a travertine plank stone then you would treat it like any travertine stone.  regardless I would use the 50 grit lippage diamonds form StoneCare central and the 100 grit lippage diamonds. Both of these diamond are metal diamonds and will cut the lippage fast and will last longer than a resin diamond.  So you will need to cut the floor with the 50 metal, then the 100 metal then probably switch back to a 50 resin , 100 resin ,220 resin and then determine what hone level you aregoing to leave the floor at. I would finish with a honing powder to give the floor that final finish look using either a 250 or  400 grit honing powder.

 

The floor then can be sealed using an Impregnating seal or a color Enhancing Sealer.

 

 

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 have a customer with a sandstone floor in the kitchen and dining rooms that is composed of brown alternating tiles that are 24" x 5".  In many areas there is bad lippage and she wants it removed.  I have never done lippage removal and I would like some advice on the lippage discs that you use because I need to buy some.  The floor is honed and, over most of the floor, the tiles look dirty, but it seems as if they are universally "etched".  It can be from the installers grout or something.  the floors need to be honed and sealed.  what suggestions do you have for the best sealer to use.  i have some spare tiles and i was going to try so color enhancing sealer to see the results.  i realize that i am asking a lot of questions, but i never worked on a sandstone floor and i am wary of doing the job correctly.  Photos are attached.



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Thank You,
Barry V Raduta
Diamond Stone & Tile Care
215-816-7689

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