i did a historical restoration at ft leavenworth ks where i restored 200 windowsils made of tennessee pink..it does polish up like crazy. I did alot of mine with sandpaper because they would not allow any wet grinding (seriously!) because they were afraid of mold...so I had to do it dry and could not find anyone with flexible dry marble diamonds..(they are probably out there, and i didnt kill myself calling around). I would suggest looking at some of the vortex 7 inch maintenance pads, that would knock it down pretty good for a honed appearance..call me if want, 816 918 0135


From: "rmoore@americanstonecare.com" <rmoore@americanstonecare.com>
To: Restoration and Maintenance <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:50 AM
Subject: [sccpartners] National Archives (Tennessee marble)


Hello All,

We are about to begin a four year resoration project with the National
Archives in Washington, DC. One of the areas of concern for me is the
honing of areas of Tennessee marble where it was used (new instalation)
for door casings, elevator casings etc.- vertical surfaces and they don't
like the high shine. This material is hard. Very high shine and we want to
bring it down a few notches so that it will "look older".

Please remember we are talking about vertical surfaces (11,000sqft) and we
would like to know if there are any tricks of the trade, short of using a
flex hand machine and some honing powder or Aquamix?

Looking forward to your input. Thanks in advance.


Ron Moore, President
American Stone Care, Inc.
16458 Lone Oak Place
Hamilton, VA. 20158
540-338-5559 o
301-602-2307 c
www.americanstonecare.com


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