Tuesday, March 23, 2010

jerusalem stone spaulding


Ive been refinishing stone for 16 yrs. and have not seen so many jerusalem stone floors spalding and basically destroying the surface. I live in florida which is  of course under sea level, which means a lot of moisture for a sub flooring. why and what would your best solution be for this problem for majority of them being a high polish.
 
 I've been seeing a lot of these floors that have been installed at least five years ago starting from 2004, and have seen them start spalding after 8 months from installation. The only reason ive come up with is either a stone mineral defect because of the moisture or a factory fault.
 
 And also I know there are a lot of stones coming from the factory from a saw cut finish going straight to epoxy fill and the polishing, by them cutting out steps there are a lot of people that have crema, travertine and other soft stones that are peeling from the edge. Have you heard of these problems and do you think they are related.
 
 

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