try a good delimolene stripper, i use citrus kut. it has worked on everything i have tried except epoxy so far...i have also had good luck with just turbo cats or braised diamonds, regular metals just glide over the top. Big Orange from Zep is good but it has a strong smell, Acrylic Coating Removal from Cathedral works  very good, will disolve it in about 10 minutes.



From: Mike Marsoun <nulifesc@bigpond.com>
To: Stone and Tile PROS Technical Support <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 5:33 PM
Subject: [sccpartners] Terrazzo Coating Removal

I am bidding on approx. 3000sf of terrazzo, an old pub in the city. It has a very thick coating, yellowed. Forgot to take a photo. I assume it is cement based matrix because it is so old. I was thinking of scraping off the sealer, dry. See attached tool. I used this once before on terrazzo, with my rotary machine, 3 of them on a weighted disk, probably only 105 lbs total (it is a light machine). It scraped off the sealer nicely but did leave some gouges I had to sand off with a 50 turbo cat. Scraped off just enough so the turbo cats could take it from there, probably about 50%. I found that if you try to scrape it ALL off then the scratches (which are really stun marks) would be excessive. On this new job I would be using my Klindex Hercules, 160kg., with 9 tools, and I can go at a much higher speed. Thoughts?  Also need an idea for attachment to a hand tool for the edges. Thanks guys and gals.