Cavasil can be purchased at most any West Marine, or boating outlet where they sell fiberglassRegardsScott WilsonWilson Stoneworks Inc
Sent from my iPadQuestion- where do you get the cavasil? Also your comment got me thinking that maybe I could use fiberglass mesh instead of rods to secure the mortar. Another idea would be to treat the foundation like terrazzo and use chips and terroxy instead of nortar for the base, and then apply the purple skim coat. The problem with the terroxy-chip thing is that my garage has bags of unused Georgia white chips from my last terrazzo repair job and they don't want to sell me kess material than I could use for sandbagging the next Katrina.________________________________________From the desk ofBaird StandishManaging PartnerFacility Specialists, LLC15 West Highland Ave. Suite EPhiladelphia, PA 19118Phone: 215-732-7505Fax: 215-546-9160actually on this one, we mixed the terrazzo chip with the terroxy epoxy (from the terrazzo supply house) and added cavasil a fiberglass thickening agent made from peanut shells, we made it as thick as peanut butter..we troweled it in using the duct tape to mold it..then we shaped it the next day with cupwheels...my terrazzo installer showed me that technique..it worked awesomely.I know you re talking about marble but the idea is the same
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:41 PM, john jackson <kcstoneguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
here is a pic of how we rodded terrazzo steps...4 years later, not one has broken
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:34 PM, john jackson <kcstoneguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
yeah I slice a horizontal slot and epoxy in a stainless steel rod I get at home depot. I wrap the repair with duct tape and pack the rapidest in it, the tape keeps it from running out..it will set up in 10 minutes. for the white veins I usually paint that in with an artist brush and spread with a razor blade..let it set up then I sand with 40 grit sand paper..i never run the steps on the diamond pads,just try to match the rest of the marble..im doing a repair on Jerusalem stone myself next week the same way..if you try to make this whole repair with epoxy it ususally cracks
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:21 PM, Baird Standish <bairdstandish@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi John. That seems like a good and probably only solution. Would you place the rods horizontally across or gave them sticking up vertically from the bottom? I was thinking about fashioning a sort of cage, but maybe that's too complicated b—
Sent from Mailbox for iPhoneOn Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:13 PM, john jackson <kcstoneguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
that's rosso levanto...good luck finding any...if you can you could make straight cut and insert a 2 cm piece then grind and shape it once in place....probably wont work if this is something to be walked on like a step...what we do on terrazzo and white marble is rod the repair then wrap it in rapid set repair mortar which makes it really solid, then just do like skim coat with the epoxy..you are looking at purple with with veinsOn Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:06 PM, Baird Standish <bairdstandish@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi. I have a large chip in a marble step on a church alter where the bullnose would need to be refashioned. I am wondering, instead of just pouring epoxy into the chip and fashioning it with a putty knife, etc, If there is a better way, such as taking a mold of the bullnose and/or the entire chip and fashioning a piece that would more or less fit into the chip. Thanks,Baird
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From the desk of
Baird Standish
Managing Partner
Facility Specialists, LLC
15 West Highland Ave.
Suite E
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Phone: 215-732-7505
Fax: 215-546-9160
http://www.facspecs.com/
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