John,
Thanks for the info. Some more info on the job. The floor is checkerboard white thassos and black absolute. Yes they only want a honed finish. So I assume your recommendation for handling the job is the same strategy.

Normally when it comes to honed granite, you want to use a color enhancer as a sealer. To me that present a problem because you only want to enhance the granite. Thus I would envision taping off the white thassos and color enhancing the granite. Then removing the tape and sealing the entire floor. Any suggestions  or feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks,
RK

--- On Fri, 6/18/10, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:

> From: John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Granite Floor !!!!
> To: "Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
> Date: Friday, June 18, 2010, 8:15 AM
> Roger,
>
> The mastercraft machine will work fine, you may add some
> weight to the first
> grind if you're going to flatten the floor. Does the
> customer want the floor
> flat or just honed? There is a difference. If they only
> want the floor to be
> at a honed finish then you do not need to flatten it. Hone
> the floor with a
> 400 grit granite diamond, I use the 3 inch Ceramic pads
> from StoneCare
> Central. They are the DI-CP pads call Margie and she know
> the pads.
>
> Then I would mount the diamonds on a hog hair pad, you can
> buy a industrial
> Velcro from StoneCare Central it comes 4 inches wide and 36
> inch long. Cut
> this into 3 to 4 inch squares and glue them onto anew hog
> hair pad. I like
> placing 5 diamonds to a 17 inch pad. When attaching the
> Velcro to the pad
> use some super glue, the Velcro has a self adhesive on it
> the glue just make
> it stick better. Let the pad set over night with some
> weight on it
>
> Your ready to grind if the final result is to achieve a
> honed finish I would
> try starting with a 400 grit granite diamond, NO your
> marble diamonds will
> not work! I would not use any weight on the machine for
> this process. Once
> the honing is complete if you have any picture framing use
> a honing powder.
> This will remove the picture framing and leave the floor at
> a nice honed
> finish. To remove the picture framing you may need to use a
> 250 honing
> powder then follow up with a 400 powder. Then seal the
> floor
>
> If you have any other questions, please let me know
>
>
>
> John E. Freitag
> President/Director
> The Stone and Tile School
> Office 407-567-7652
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Konarski [mailto:qm144@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:10 PM
> To: Restoration and Maintenance
> Subject: [sccpartners] Granite Floor !!!!
>
> I got a call today on new granite floor insulation; I
> believe they said it
> was polished black absolute. They want a hone finished on
> the floor. The
> positives are that the floor trim has not been installed.
> While I can top
> polish granite with no problem, I have never ground flat a
> granite floor. I
> was told it is about 300 sq. ft. I have Mastercraft (that
> needs to be
> replaced). I also have a Clarke MP1800, would one of these
> machines do the
> job and what type of grinding disc and pads would you
> possible recommend?
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
>
>
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