Ron-I think the orbitals will take much longer than if you just spin makita's.
Depending on the stone you can use a 7 inch black dot vortex pad by itself(its pretty aggressive) or use a resin diamond or electroplated to break the polish.


On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Ron Moore <rmoore@americanstonecare.com> wrote:
Thanks Pat, I have a couple orbital sanders that hook to a vac system, I
was wondering if the spinergy (diamond impregnated pads) would be
aggressive enough to blend out scratch pattern etc...
On Mon, January 16, 2017 7:16 pm, Pat Staples wrote:
> Now that you have figured out you can get a lift in there. I just did a
> job like this where they wanted to shine taken off and a honed finish. We
> used 120 Grit resin diamonds on 7-inch backing plates then went over
> everything with a 100 Grit diamond impregnated pad that we got from M3
> Technologies the diamond impregnated pad removed the resin smears left by
> the resin diamond. I have never used dry diamonds but I guess they may
> work. We used water feed machines and just kept a guy on the ground with
> a vacuum. Very simple job to do but your arms will get a little tired
> from holding up the hand machine for hours on end
>
>
>
> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.
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>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Pat Staples <cpstaples@msn.com>
> Date: 1/16/17 6:07 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.simplelists.com
> Subject: RE: honing advice
>
>
> Then use one of the high reach scissor/platform  lifts, that will work
> well for you
>
>
>
> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Ron Moore <rmoore@americanstonecare.com>
> Date: 1/16/17 4:53 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.simplelists.com
> Subject: RE: honing advice
>
>
> Partners,
>
>
> The lobby floor is still cement, this is early in the construction stage.
>  The is nothing under that we need to worry about.
>
>
> Ron
> On Mon, January 16, 2017 3:30 pm, Pat Staples wrote:
>
>> Depending upon the floor in the building we can only use a single man
>> lift. The bigger ones are usually too heavy to roll across the lobby
>> floor
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Ron Moore <rmoore@americanstonecare.com>
>> Date: 1/16/17 4:23 PM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.simplelists.com
>> Subject: honing advice
>>
>>
>>
>> Partners,
>>
>>
>>
>> We have been asked to hone approx 2,000 sf of marble, vertical, with a
>> wall height of 35'. We can get a lift in, which is helpful. I would love
>> to hear your suggestions regarding this challenge. Thanks in advance for
>> your advice!
>>
>>
>> Ron Moore, President
>> American Stone Care, Inc.
>> 16458 Lone Oak Place
>> Hamilton, VA. 20158
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