Hello Baird, I had a Travertine slab countertop similar to what your
describing. The installer used fine grit sandpaper to cleanup a couple areas
along a seam. I used Aqua Mix Mable polish (Reviver) to blend the areas. I
used a angle grinder, 3" flexible pad driver and a natural fiber pad. Stone
Care Central has Marble polish called Stone Pro Signature for about $18 a
pound. Good luck .....

-----Original Message-----
From: Baird Standish [mailto:bairdstandish@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 10:42 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] Polishing around seams

Hi everyone. I'm looking for some advice on a little polishing
conundrum.     We have a church client for whom we restored their
terrazzo sanctuary floor this summer.  As part of the job we hand
cleaned (but did not polish) a vertical 30' long by 15' high highly
polished marble "screen" behind the alter. The cleaning worked fine,
but in some areas where the marble partitions come together, the
polish is gone leaving a dull butterfly effect typically extending
about 2-3 inches on one or both sides of the seam and running along
the seam for between 5 and 12 inches (sorry, no photos).  There are
about 5 or 6 areas like this. I suspect that, in the past, volunteers
cleaned the screen with some sort of cleaner that etched around the
seams when not sufficiently dried after cleaning.

I am looking for something of a quick fix, perhaps a topical
application like mb-8 or carnuba wax. Haven't experimented yet.  I
want to avoid powder polishing the seams and  creating a situation
that requires extensive powder polishing of areas beyond the seams in
order to properly blend the polish and, in the process, adding time
and expense that we don't have.  Thanks for any suggestions.
Baird

 From the desk of
Baird Standish
Managing partner
Facility Specialists,LLC
215-732-7505

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