Taking it higher will produce better results as Mike says.
Calacatta is generally easy to polish
It polishes fast-you could be on something called calacatta but maybe different.
Or maybe the lobby is just bet up and the lippage is messing you up a bit.
Really you shouldn't have to do 5x twice so something in your process may be off.
Are you running the diamonds long enough?
You could try crystalizer but with white marble it can be tricky.
How much 5x are you using and for how long.

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> On Nov 11, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Mike Marsoun <nulifesc@bigpond.com> wrote:
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> I'd go to 1800 to close it up a bit more before polishing. You will give them a better quality product.
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>> On 12 Nov 2015, at 4:58 am, csantospago@gmail.com wrote:
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>> Hi partners,
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>> Started a big lobby last night and it went very slow. Some lippage issues and pretty beat up in the high traffic areas. Most of the floor I will do 220 to 800 but some areas I will need to start at 120.
>> I used 5X last night and it seems I need to do it twice to get a nice polish. Problem is it's so time-consuming.
>> I was thinking maybe MB 12 or finishing with a crystallizer to get a better result.
>> This Calcutta gold seems to be harder then Carrara and cuts slower.
>> Any ideas on how to speed up this process and get a better polish would be greatly appreciated.
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>> Thank you all, Chris
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