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I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE MY PROCEDURE. this is an old post from another forum, but after Reg posted his pics with the black galaxy, i thought i would share my procedure with everyone.
THIS IS A TAN BROWN ISLAND IN OUR SHOWROOM. NOT REALLY ANY OVERALL WEAR OR DULLNESS, JUST A FEW SCRATCHES HERE AND THERE. THE TIME IT TOOK FROM SETUP TO CLEAN UP WAS ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES.
THIS IS AFTER THE TIN OXIDE
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR SIDE OF THE ISLAND, YOU CAN SEE THE AREA THAT I FINISHED. THE SURFACE IS TIGHTER AND IT HAS A HIGHER SHINE THAN THE REST OF THE PIECE.
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Cameron DeMille
MilleStone Marble and Tile Inc.
MilleStoneMarble.com
...and a very helpful person also. Like many others of you out there, thanks Cameron for all your helpful insights and answers.....I honestly don't know what I'd do without this Forum.
awesome, thank you. if any of you will be attending Stone Expo in Vegas, i will be in the Stone Fabricators Alliance booth doing a few demos, as well as a few other guys. i will be covering some marble counter top stuff, and the other guys will be doing granite polishing. if you get a chance stop by.
those resin pads are Alpha ceramica. they are a bit pricey, but they take a beating. for how much money you can make off polishing seams and scratches, $35 per pad is nothing.
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MilleStone Marble and Tile Inc.
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That is a very well done job, and i like the combination of the alpha pads. I do have the Turbo aswel as the ceramica but for some reason i dont get a very good finish if i use the turbo pads all the way to 3000 grit but i have noticed from your photos that there is a difference when you stop at 1000 grit with the turbo and then you continue the polishing process with 1000 grit ceramica. I am definately going to give this set up a go. You are right the ceramica pads are a bit pricey but they do deliver good results.
That is a very well done job, and i like the combination of the alpha pads. I do have the Turbo aswel as the ceramica but for some reason i dont get a very good finish if i use the turbo pads all the way to 3000 grit but i have noticed from your photos that there is a difference when you stop at 1000 grit with the turbo and then you continue the polishing process with 1000 grit ceramica. I am definately going to give this set up a go. You are right the ceramica pads are a bit pricey but they do deliver good results.
Reg Pinto
"From The Land Down Under"
when i use the ceramicas, i use them wet to dry. #2 (900-1200 rpm) on the makita, with a ton of pressure. after the water dries up i go for a few seconds to get that unmistakable squeel/squeak from dry diamonds.
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Cameron DeMille
MilleStone Marble and Tile Inc.
MilleStoneMarble.com
I was trying to find the link to a video I had access to before on youtube by Huligar from NSRA. Can't find it right off. He was repairing a seam...what helped me from it was seeing the different angles he went at the granite. Watching him helped me to "nail" a black granite sample I had earlier, more or less, nailed but was now struggling with. The below link should cover that...I just found it so I haven't watched the whole thing. Busy right now...thought this might be helpful to some. Is this what ur looking for Gary.
Cameron , Thanks for posting the tools & abrasives and instruction on your method on restoring this damage counter-top. Yes Roger with a inexperienced tradesman he or she will leave dish marks to the lack of their Knowledge. But with the proper training and practice, turbos should not to a issue..... So the bottom line is, If anyone is new to this type of restoration, getcha some training first from one of the advertiser's here or somewhere else.Trust me, you don't want to learn this on your own(OJT) because it will come back to bitecha.
Tan Brown AKA Chesnut Brown has a couple of notable attributes.
1) Tan Brown has some level of resin dependency
2) Ultra Violet light exposure even for a brief period of time starts to degloss a factory level luster, this is not only true for the resin component, it is true for the mineral content as well.
The correct application of diamonds/training one can duplicate a weathered granite surface. For the repair shown above I would have chosen a different set of diamond abrasives.
The correct application of diamonds/training one can duplicate a weathered granite surface. For the repair shown above I would have chosen a different set of diamond abrasives.
200, 500, 1000 turbos and then go to ceramica 1500, 3000 alfa buff lots of presure wet to dry from 1500 and up wet to 1000 dry after every step to see that the polish is even. lots of practice in the shop. does help to see some one doing it life and lots of practice in the shop
LOTS OF PRACTICE!!!! I basically taught myself how to do this. I took my restoration knowledge to a fabrication shop. Learned to fabricate they would cut arround small scratches and throw away the material. I would save some of it and mess around in my free time. Not sure what the pads were that we used. Or actually what they are called I could look them up if anyone wanted the info. Only actual advice I can give is dont apply pressure just let the pads do the work!!!
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