Re: removing excess sealer from travertine Baird Standish 17 Feb 2011 19:29 EST

Were going to try the color enhancing sealer that stonecarecentral
sells. The other sealer just sat on the top and didn't penetrate well.
Am going contest the new sealer next week.

On Thursday, February 17, 2011,  <flooramor@aim.com> wrote:
>    Good to hear. Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Did you end up putting anything on the floor again?
>
> J
> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct ConnectFrom:  Baird Standish <bairdstandish@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:20:32 -0500To: Restoration and Maintenance<sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>ReplyTo: "Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] removing excess sealer from travertine
> OK, we tried a few different things, but what worked well and quickly was a dry 400 velocity pad on a pad driver. Took off all of the excess but left a honed finish with a nice sheen.b
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:03 PM,  <bkornet@fabracleen.com> wrote:
>
> FYI. You are required by law to have every MSDS at you fingertips. Make sure you have copies in your shop, office and trucks. Brian Kornet
> Fabra Cleen
> "Getting All The Dirt Since 1949"
> 212-777-4040
> fabracleen.com
> fabracleenstoneandtilecare.com
> From:  "Classic Marble Restoration: Tim" <marblerenu@aol.com>
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:26:43 -0600To: Restoration and Maintenance<sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
> ReplyTo: "Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] removing excess sealer from travertine
> The Tile Shop sealers I believe are privately labelled by AquaMix. They changed about 3 years ago. They just carry the Superior label.
>
> Tim Lesnar -
> Classic Marble Restoration
> 612.250.0041 - c
> 763.784.2483 - office
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> info@restoreyourtiles.com wrote:
>
> Superior sealers are sold by Tile Shop stores. The manufacturer is from Michigan if that will help you.
> Again, we used on that staff alkaline stripper and it worked, you can also use Betco Ax-it stripper since it is honed finish. There is no need to use MEC
> To achieve wet look buff the enhancer in and remember that a little sealer like that goes long way (thicker coat will dry slower).
> Adam Bartos
> BiO Tile
> 773-575-5515
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baird Standish
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:54:31
> To: Restoration and Maintenance
> Reply-To:"Restoration and Maintenance"
> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] removing excess sealer from travertine
>
> Ok. All great advice. I am going to the Tile Store now to get MSDS
> sheets. On-line the Tile Store recommended treating with their
> Pro-strip ( I checked that MSDS and it is a blend of Meth Chlor and
> other typical stuff).  They also recommend it for Aqua-mix enhance n
> shine. Aqua- mix recommends nano-scrub but used the exact same
> language, so probably is same stuff/same company. Still can't get the
> MSDS sheet for the original sealer online.
> B
>
> On Wednesday, February 16, 2011, Bill Selik  wrote:
>> If the customer wants a wet look you will have to polish it after stripping
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: "flooramor@aim.com"
>> To: Restoration and Maintenance
>> Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 5:40:25 AM
>> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] removing excess sealer from travertine
>>
>> Baird,
>>
>> Just to understand better, the floor is honed but client wants a wet look?
>>
>> J
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Baird Standish
>> Date: Wed, 16
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