Marble Floors!!!!!

[diamondtiling]

what a rubbish video!my nan could do better than that

Thats how the job is done, hours and hours of polishing. What part of that process could your Nan improve on?

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[basshunter]

my nan would grind and hone first.she is nearly 90

 

[diamondtiling]

I do like that second video though..

 

[Terry Cottar]

you try to explain something complex by showing a video like that....rubbish.

try this YouTube - Norton Diamond Disk Stone Polishing Pads Training Video

this is the last step in a long process-producing the monolithic look

Actually you are wrong and Dave is right. The video you are referring to is only a maintainence system not a grinding and honing process. That machine is absolutely no use to grind lippage.

tel

 

[basshunter]

ok i am wrong.that video is rubbish though😛rrr:

 

[Terry Cottar]

ok i am wrong.that video is rubbish though😛rrr:

No mate you are not wrong! It was just a small misinterpretation

tel

 

[Spud]

Sorry captain but I have to disagree. I have never met a tiler who can lay a floor completely flat. That is not a slur on you or anyone who fixes natural stone. But it is impossible to lay a large area with large format tiles completely flat. It may look flat but If I go on it with a Levighetor and a planetario head my machine will find lippage. The difference in what we do is we leave the floor so flat you cannot even see the grout lines and that is how the Monolithic look is achieved.

tel

I have seen alot of well laid floors rippled by poor grinding and badly polished room corners where the guys polishing just use wax instead of getting right into the corners with a smaller machine, a well laid floor makes the polishers life far easier and a well ground floor does give a better finish as the floor looks more solid

 

[CBTC]

I'd agree with Terry C's comments above. I might add to the OP that a great deal of floors that are commonly termed ' marble ' or ' stone ' are terrazzo, which requires the grinding process whether for the tile type or the flow out type with brass sectioning, as a required final step. It is this that some clients describe when asking about 'stone tiles' having seen them on holiday. (They don't usually have the required floor depth!)
I assume he knows the dif, having laid floors, though others may not.

 

[Dontiler]

agree with Terry! for grinding and honing need to use diamond pads