Barry,
Now I have all the information. The salturnia marble is in the travertine family. The reason you have shinny spot, the stone has hard spot and soft spot within the stone. In the polishing process many facilities polish the stone to a high honed finish or a medium hone finish. When this is done it is not uncommon to have different shine on the stone.
Honing and polishing will solve your problem. Question , does the customer want a gloss finish or a high honed finish??? If the customer wants a high honed finish then if there is damage in the stone start with a 220 then 400 and finish with a 800 grit honing powder and the stone will have a high honed finish. Then Seal with an Impregnating sealer.
To add some additional shine to the honed finish you can actually use a white pad and light spray down a solvent based Impregnating sealer and work into the stone and the reaction of the sealer and the heat from the white pad will add a little more Shine to the stone. You may need to spray down more than one application, work the sealer into the stone until completely dry.
John E Freitag
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From: stonerestorer@gmail.com [mailto:stonerestorer@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Barry Raduta
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:29 PM
To: Stone and Tile PROS Technical Support
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Glossy Travertine
Thanks John,
I did the razor blade test and there is no topical coating. I am taking your advice and using resin diamonds rather than twisters. Is it possible that it is Saturnia Marble which I know is a similiar composition as travertine? I am always nervous about using resins on travertine because of the possibility of opening up "holes" in the stone.
Thanks........Barry
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:23 PM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:
Barry ,
If you think there is a coating on the floor test those areas by using a razor blade to scrape the areas that are shinny. If you get anything off with the razor test then use some alkaline based stripper to test to make sure it will remove the coating. Then you can decide to strip the floor if necessary. The shinny spots could be the different wear patterns in the floor.
John E Freitag
Director
The Stone & Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: Dayron [mailto:dayron@perfectmarblefloors.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:18 AM
To: Stone and Tile PROS Technical Support
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Glossy Travertine
You said the floor had some shine, could it be wax, or crystallizer. Most of the times homeowners dont know what precisely has been done to the floor. I would strip the floor first just to make sure its not a coating
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On Oct 17, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Fred Hueston <fhueston@gmail.com> wrote:
The red or the white twister should be aggressive enough to hone the surface. The problem with the pad method is that the floor may not have a flat appearance. In other words the floor may look wavy. I prefer using diamonds, but it depends on what the customer expects
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Barry Raduta <barry@diamondstoneandtilecare.com> wrote:
Hello Partners,
I have restored quite a few travertine floors, but I usually started with tiles that have a honed finish. I have been successful using twister pads and a polishing compound to yield a glossy shine and all of my customers have been ecstatic with the results. I am currently proposing a job where the travertine already has a glossy finish (for the most part) and I am wondering if I should continue using my methodology of twister pads and polish or use resin discs and polish. My concern is whether the twisters will completely hone down the glossy finish or not. I know that I can test an area to see, but I thought that one of you have encountered this situation. There are hardly any deep scratches on the floor that require the resins. Thanks for your input.
Barry
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