Removing polish from stone

[Musivarius]

Due to the difficulties in getting honed marble in the colours I want, someone suggested to me that brick acid will remove the polish from the surface. They did say I'd need to use a colour enhancer after to bring the colour back out.
Anyone done this? I'm looking to do it with Rojo Alicante and Rosso Laguna.

 

[Pebbs]

Lawerence you could always hone it down yourself....long process I know, or send it out to be done. The colour will be flatter than when polished, however I am always against using a colour enhancher as I have seen it leech so often into the grout.

Pebbs

 

[paul flight]

donot use brick acid on any stone it will harm the marble!!!:yikes:

 

[easyt]

I am not a tiler but isn't marble basically a form of limestone and therefore would be dissolved by acid ? As it probably is not all homogeneous it would be effected differently across the face of the tile ??

 

[Musivarius]

I imagine the person I spoke to (a tile merchant) had in mind just wiping the acid over the surface then washing it off. Does seem a bit of a trial and error process though. And I'm not sure of the effect of brick acid on other materials, ie trousers, boots, skin :smilewinkgrin:
Pebbs, with the colour enhancer are you refering to it darkening the grout? If that's the case then it wouldn't be too much of a problem as I only ever use grey grout and a lot the mosaics I do need to be 'antiqued'.
I will keep searching untill I find a supplier of the honed, I'm sure there is one out there.