Another good point! And I will emphasize on this one in
numbers,
In the early 90’s when I met Dr. Fred I remember he said
in his class always do a sample. It had been 10 years already that I was
in the trade and 5 in restoration and I always did tests. In 2002, I got
so good, so perfect at my trade, who the heck needed tests anymore!
What does the Doctor know???
Well I have eaten my pants ever since, one blunder after
another. There are so many kinds of stones, cosmetically enhanced, sealed
with who knows what!
If you ever get caught in the momentum of speed, just remember
this, you need a steering wheel to drive , especially at high speeds. Well that’s
what a test is, the steering wheel.
It not only dictates how fast you press on the accelerator but
the tests guides you through the course !
Don’t ever let go of the steering wheel. No matter how
good you become!
And in my opinion, the best tradesman out there is the one who
does the test first.
Antonio
Marble Maestro
and
President of BNI Westmount
From: fhueston@gmail.com
[mailto:fhueston@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Dr Fred
Sent: May-13-09 7:09 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Fw: Lobby Restoration
Good suggestions. You may
want to try a stright polish first. I have had some luck there. However you may
have to go with a light hone to remove the yellowing. The Oxalic may work on
the grainte, the only way to know is to try it first.
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:37 PM, <anthony@777-7797.com> wrote:
I would stop at 800 using this
procedure, because of the white Thasos, it’s not as easy to pop as some
other marbles
From: Roger Konarski [mailto:qm144@yahoo.com]
Sent: May-12-09 11:33 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Fw: Lobby Restoration
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On option one, what grit would you stop @ ?
Give him three choices! 1- Budget price, you will grind and
polish everything to a marble shine finish, this means the White Thasos will
return to a beautiful shine while the border will be grinded, lippage free
but they may lose some darkness and shine. The granite will not return
to its original color but it will have an acceptable consistent color and
future maintenance will be a breeze. 2- After #1 offer to enhance the border
with a sealer for an extra charge, this will bring out most of its dark
color, but gain less shine than full polish 3- Last option do a complete grind and
polish like # 1 and then run all your diamonds and flexing on the borders to
the maximum diamonds 8500, but your problem will still be the
polishing. To polish the Black granite you need a granite powder that
normally contains some black dies which would ruin the white adjacent marble.
So seal the white marble after all diamonds and marble polishing is done,
finish the black with the proper Nero absolute powders , then you
repolish the marble floor (especially close the black border) with marble
powder. This should clean up your black residue.. Not impossible but
you need a lot of time , a lot of being careful and a lot of patience. Inform the customer, do a
test so he can see and let him decide! From: Roger Konarski [mailto:qm144@yahoo.com]
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