String marks on limestone

[jonnyc]

Just started a job with large 900 x600 x20 mm hard honed limestone. The tiles were separated by loops of thin string. In a certain light you can see the string marks on face of stone and also where it has moved in transit cause a blurred looped curved line.have tried wexa and power clean but can't get rid of marks .any ideas ?
i think the string must have some sort of wax or oil in it that has got squashed between tiles

 

[Dave]

Not seen that used before , if it's leached , then it quite possibly could be stained.

 

[Spud]

Give it a clean with a medium grit diamond sprayed maintenance pad once the floor is laid Jonny and they will come up a treat ATS has started to sell them and I tried them out on a job a couple of weeks ago and they are good quality

 

[Lithofin BOB]

Got any ASR on board, test that, neat ,ten minutes, white pad. Will ring you later jonny

 

[Concrete guy]

Give it a clean with a medium grit diamond sprayed maintenance pad once the floor is laid Jonny and they will come up a treat ATS has started to sell them and I tried them out on a job a couple of weeks ago and they are good quality

Thanks Gary, I would never have thought of testing these products on encaustic tiles so that was very helpful.

Stock has arrived and they're all listed on our website in the polishing section pending some better photography.

We've extended the range of grits available over the ones you tested and we also decided to simply print the grit number on each pad rather than a 1,2,3,4 numbering system as we're forever being asked "what grit is a number 2 pad?"

 

[jonnyc]

Got any ASR on board, test that, neat ,ten minutes, white pad. Will ring you later jonny

bob ive got asr and mildew away and will give this a try tomorrow