Eric,
First you should never try to neutralize a floor using a pump up
sprayer, second if you are still getting etch marks after polishing you are
still not using enough neutral cleaner. You need to use at least 4 to 5 ounces
of neutral cleaner for every 1 gallon of water , and you need to measure it not
guess at the amount. After 5X polishing vac up the polish and apply a heavy
coating of neutral cleaner.
Then polish the next section of floor and repeat the
process. You worked on this stone in training and had no problems.
Next question, who’s neutral cleaner are you using ??? all
neutral cleaners are not created equal. The process is simple just make
sure you are using the correct amounts of cleaner to water.
The spinner tool and truck mount vac in my opinion is a
waste of time, all you need is a wet and dry vac, no set up time and no hosed
running all over the place and as long as your truck is running your wasting
fuel.
Follow the process you learned in training and you should not
have any problems. Call if you need additional advise.
Regards
John E Freitag
Director
The
Stone & Tile School
Office
407-567-7652
Cell
407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
www.thestoneandtileschool.com
From: subewl@gmail.com
[mailto:subewl@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Eric - DGG
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 10:10 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] 5X Slinger
Trust you all are having a fine Easter weekend.
First marble polishing job since being trained
by John & Butch in beginning of March. 320 sq Crema Marfil foyer, powder
room & hallway. Seemed like a nice simple first job. Right.
The prescription was 220, 400 & 5X polish.
Everything went fine up until the polish. After drying there appeared to be
splash etching marks on the stone. My first assumption was that the mix ratio
of the neutral cleaner was too light, so I quadrupled it. Repeated the polish
which removed the etch marks, only to have new ones appear.
Okay, so maybe using the pump sprayer to lay
down the neutral barrier wasn't such a good idea, even though it appeared
flooded. Switched to the academic bucket & mop method. Took extra care to
lay it down thick. Yet still the marks appeared.
The only other variable was how I removed the
slurry. Used both wet vac & our truck mount spinner. Neither seemed to make
a difference.
I even tried just doing 10 sq at a time before
extraction, as opposed to the normal 20. Same problem.
Not a great photo, but the etch marks should be
obvious.
I was even sparing on the 5X as I discovered
that the one pound container we had was only going to cover 250 sq.
I know I'm a newbie, but this is ridiculous.
Any clue as to what I'm doing wrong?
Eric Lewis
DirtyGroutGuys.com
West Chester, PA 19380
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