Quartzite & Porcelain polishing Tony Deluna (11 Jan 2023 18:29 EST)
Re: Quartzite & Porcelain polishing Bob Murrell (11 Jan 2023 19:45 EST)
Re: Quartzite & Porcelain polishing Tony Deluna (11 Jan 2023 20:16 EST)
Re: Quartzite & Porcelain polishing Bob Murrell (11 Jan 2023 20:21 EST)
Re: Quartzite & Porcelain polishing Tony Deluna (12 Jan 2023 04:21 EST)

Re: Quartzite & Porcelain polishing Tony Deluna 12 Jan 2023 04:21 EST

Bob, I will try everything you suggested.
thank you!

Tony DeLuna
Cell 925-437-1559
Biz 925-625-9625
www.PatriotStoneRestoration.com

> On Jan 11, 2023, at 5:21 PM, Bob Murrell - bmurrell at m3techinc.com <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.simplelists.com> wrote:
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> If you are using Alpha Ceramica diamonds, they should work fine.
> Try using your granite powder with Crystallizer (no water) and #0 steel wool. Wet to dry over and over until you get the desired pop.
> Not sure how they managed to scratch porcelain but it will be the same roughly as above. It will take longer as a quality porcelain is actually harder than granite.
>
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>> On Jan 11, 2023, at 8:16 PM, Tony Deluna <tndeluna@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bob
>> On the Quartzite The polish is really close, I would say 95% but I can still notice a very very slight difference. My tech used Ceramica diamond pads wet.
>> My customer has a large island & counter top with a few grinder marks here & there that were originally left on the slab that they didn’t notice when they bought it.
>> Because the Quartzite is so hard I don’t want to have to do the whole counter to blend it out if I don’t have to.
>>
>> The Porcelain countertop is a one piece slab. A brand new install. The installers put some long scratches here and there.
>>
>> I’ll probably do the test myself tomorrow. What type of diamond pads would you recommend?
>>
>>
>> Tony DeLuna
>> Cell 925-437-1559
>> Biz 925-625-9625
>> www.PatriotStoneRestoration.com
>>
>>>> On Jan 11, 2023, at 4:45 PM, Bob Murrell - bmurrell at m3techinc.com <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.simplelists.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tony,
>>> What type of diamonds did you use?
>>> Treating the quartzite similar to granite normally works.
>>> Not sure why you would want to repolish the porcelain but this also should respond similar to granite. I e done this successfully several times in the past. Should be no reason to use any low grit diamonds as I would just replace any damaged tiles, if possible.
>>> Do a test to confirm the results and procedure. Call me to discuss if you need to.
>>> Good luck
>>>
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>>>>> On Jan 11, 2023, at 6:30 PM, Tony Deluna <tndeluna@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Pro’s, happy new year!
>>>>
>>>> I’m preparing a couple of samples for a few  customers…
>>>>
>>>> First test
>>>> Tajmahall Quartzite Sample; I can’t seem to get the polished shine to 100%.
>>>> After diamond honing up to 3,000 We used the MB 20 granite polish then MB 22 which worked better but still not good enough…
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Second test
>>>> Level Marmi - Statuario Michelangelo Slab Polished Porcelain Sample;
>>>> I can’t seem to get the polished shine to 100%.
>>>> Diamond Hone finished at 1,500 then polished with Cerium Oxide glass polishing compound. Not good enough…
>>>> When we diamond honed wet to 3000 with Ceramica pads it was leaving brown marks from the pad so we backed off and finished at 1500.
>>>>
>>>> Please advise.
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Tony DeLuna
>>>> Cell 925-437-1559
>>>> Biz 925-625-9625
>>>> www.PatriotStoneRestoration.com
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