Thanks Randy and Stuart, and Debbie because this board is great when we bounce ideas off one another.

 

Stuart- I think you are on to something. Most of the job was polished wet. I remembered polishing a section dry with 5x and it came out a bit darker. I just had no time or energy to polish an entire shower and floor dry after honing and working into the evening. We all know what that is like. Nice talking with you on the phone.

 

Randy- Great info. I’ll go with that as a last resort, but I would try enhancing after honing.

 

Jason

 

 

 

 

JASON

 

I HAVE DONE BOTH:      Has anyone ever tried to polish after enhancing?  Or enhance after polishing and got results?

 

I HAVE FOUND ENHANCING AFTER YOUR HONING EXAMPLE-- AT A 400 RESIN, ENHANCE AFTER STONE DRIES OUT THEN WAIT SOME TIME TO POLISH THE STONE WILL LOOK DARKER AND ENHANCE MORE THIS WAY.

 

ENHANCING AFTER A POLISH AND THE STONE DRIES, THE STONE ENHANCES LESS BUT DOES ENHANCE A LITTLE.

 

I  DID BOTH WAYS OF ENHANCING LAST WEEK, THAT WAS THE VISUAL RESULT.

 

RANDY

 

CLEANING EDGE

 

 

 

 

Thanks guys for all the responses.

Im thinking it must have been enhanced prior. Rod I really worked my diamonds at 220 and up but then again who knows.

I use a 600 psi spinner after each step so theres no residue.

It is a very dense stone so I don’t think water changed the color. Although when wet it looks the normal color.

 

Has anyone ever tried to polish after enhancing?

Or enhance after polishing and got results?

 

Jason

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: rod medel

To: Restoration and Maintenance

Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:15 PM

Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Polished limestone

 

You can try to enhance and see if if it blends,if highly polished that stone won't absorb much of that enhancer I would go light work into the stone with a micro fiber towel and wipe off.

As for why it is lighter

1.It may have been enhanced before and when you ran diamonds which I assume you did and if you were going to hone and polish I would also assume you went down to at least 220 grit which surely would have taken off a previous enhancer and since I am sure you wouldn't have ran your 220's to the edges than part may still have had the enhancer making it darker.

2.When you hone a stone like that limestone if you go down to say a 120 or 220 and get it to that honed of a state in order to really get the color all back when you get to polish you really have to work your diamonds don't rush thru the grits I have ran into the same problem you had but then went back thru my lower girts basically re honed then by the time I was at 800 I was virtually there I finished with 1800 and mb-12 was a perfect color match with a section we didn't even do.

Good Luck....

Always Test small sections or extra tiles if available.

Randy Frye <rfrye@comcast.net> wrote:

I’d first try to enhance it.

From: Jason Francis [mailto:jfrancis@protocolfloorcare.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:38 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] Polished limestone

 

Hi fellas,

I ran into a situation I have not come across before and am looking for some feedback. I honed and polished a dark brown polished limestone floor yesterday. The end result was about three shades lighter than the tiles on the wall. Why? And what could be done to get it to match? A color enhancer?

I found stepping up to 1500 grit helped some but not very much. Your comments are appreciated.

Jason

border=0> Protocol Jason Francis Stone Restoration Pro   jfrancis@protocolfloorcare.com 333 Norton Road Red Hook, NY 12571 tel: 845-758-6262 fax: 845-622-4886

 

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