The heat from the fireplace is not going to ever get that hot to burn, second the polyester will bond tighter and harder. I’ve use a torch before to remove polyester from stone and it take a lot of heat to burn it.
An epoxy would also work but it may yellow.
John E Freitag
Director
The Stone & Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
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From: Scott Wilson [mailto:polishedrock210@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 4:54 PM
To: Stone and Tile PROS Technical Support
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Fire Place Repair
Just curious,why polyester and not epoxy? I owned a commercial /charter boat in the keys over twenty years,and did tons of fiberglass work over the years,polyester has a fairly low melting point and burns like crazy
Just asking
Blessings
Scott Wilson
Wilson Stoneworks Inc
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On Nov 5, 2013, at 1:46 PM, "John Freitag" <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:
Roger,
I would use a polyester resin, to do the repair not an acrylic. The propping up should work but when you remove the 2x4 what’s going to hold the piece in place?
You need to attach the piece you are going to prop up with the 2x4 to something. If you cannot get any glues behind the stone you may want to drill a small hole into the stone and into the sub straight and inject some glue or epoxy into the hole to help hold the piece in place.
John E Freitag
Director
The Stone & Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
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From: Roger Konarski [mailto:qm144@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:50 PM
To: Stone and Tile PROS Technical Support
Subject: [sccpartners] Fire Place Repair
I need to do repair on a fire place marble, please see attached picture. I was thinking about propping up the broken pieces with 2X4 and filling the crack with tinted knife grade acrylic. My question is, will heat affect the acrylic? Also what do you think about my course of action to fix the problem.
Thanks,
Roger @ Restoration Stoneworks
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