Barry,
Yes you have worked on Crème Marfil ! you worked on it in training. If their was only a grout haze on the stone you could use a 5X powder on it if you were going to have a gloss finish. However if you are going to leave the floor at high honed finish then hone the floor to remove the scratches and then finish with an 800 grit honing powder and then seal the floor with StineCare Central Solvent based Sealer.
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: stonerestorer@gmail.com [mailto:stonerestorer@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Barry Raduta
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 6:14 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] creme marfil
Hi folks!
I am going to be working on a crema marfil tile floor ( never worked on this stone). The floor was recently installed, but the installers scratched it up and sealed it with a impregnating h2o-based sealer trapping in quite a bit of grout haze. the owners had a mfg rep from the sealer company come over, as well as the installer, and try to get down to the grout haze using different cleaners but to no avail. I plan on diamond honing at 220, 400 and then honing powder to catch any picture framing.
Here's my question. The owners want a satin finish ( not a dull honed finish)and not a highly polished finish. Should I use my go-to polish ( stone medic ) and just polish for a short period of time? I suspect that crema marfil does never polish to a very glossy finish----I have never worked with crema marfil. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Thank You,
Barry V Raduta
Diamond Stone & Tile Care
215-816-7689
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