On this job you should be able to hone 220, 400 then polish with 5X. in
areas that have bad damage then do a 120  grit, however if you need to start
with a 120 grit this means you have scratches or damage in the 50 to 120
range.
If the 5 X is not polishing for you there could be a couple of reason  not
enough 5X powder , too much water with the 5X or if you have been honing
with a neutral cleaner ion you honing water you may still have neutral water
in your water tank.  The other possibility you are not spending enough time
while your honing.

John E Freitag

John E Freitag
Owner/Director
The Stone & Tile School
Office 407-567-7680
Cell 407-615-0134

www.thestoneandtileschool.com

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Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 10:47 PM
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Subject: Re: Calcutta gold polished lobby floor.

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:
>
> 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:
>>
>> Hi partners,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thank you all, Chris
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