Baird ,
I would not paint those areas I would use open up the areas with a dremel then mix up a color of polyester fill and fill the voids with a color that would blend with the terrazzo chips. If you paint the areas this will be a Short fix and and if they are cleaning the area on regular bases the paint will be gone before the check clears the bank. Fix it right, your customer will be much happier.
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: Baird Standish [mailto:bairdstandish@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 3:28 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] Painting realistic looking fake stones
Hi, Thanks to the advice I received from a number of you all, I successfully patched a number of holes in an old terrazzo floor (I used stones and matrix supplied by terrazzo and marble supply in illinois). However, due to my ineptness in cutting the sides of some of the holes straight down, some of the matrix on the edges of the patches did not hold the stones and so there is some unevenness in some of the patches. My brilliant idea to fix these is to attempt to paint little cream colored patches on the epoxy matrix around the edges to do achieve a better visual blend. Was wondering if anyone out there has attempted this and what kind of paint should I buy.
Secondly, for the future, what sort of tool is best for cutting straight walls in the patch holes? A worm drive is too big and doesn't cut curves, and the dremel or drill just doesn't budge the stuff.
Thanks,
Baird
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