face polish black absolute?

[nonnsgranite]

so i finished a piece of 3cm black absolute that went between two walls the other day.. no sink or anything. get a call back yesterday and the homeowner said it was "cracked". I thought, how could this be possible.. our guys are pretty honest when it comes to installing and its not like the piece took forever to create.. well i get there and what it appears to be is that an electrician was standing on the granite to install light fixtures. cracked the granite in 2 places where it was resting on the cabinets.

question of the day: can you face polish black absolute? cracks are not that bad and ive fixed different colors. i heard you cant face polish this stuff????

[machineoperator]

I've worked with stone for 15 years. Is it possible to face polish black absolute? To get a machine polish, it is hard enough to do in the shop, but to do it on the job site would be a pain but not impossible. use alpha polishing disc, not velcro backed pads, I've had luck with there twistouch turbo polishing disk and some polishing powder, something with tin oxide or aluminum oxide, with a black buffing head also you may have to use an enhancer to help darken. after all this you may get the polish to match or you may not. I would consider replacing the top and talking with the person responsible for breaking it.

[swarfmacdaddy]

Backcharge!! But then again the culprit wont care as his employer will eat it. Unless they take it from his check.

[nonnsgranite]

ended up doing just fine using some tin oxide and such... just tried a various ammount of things.. doesnt look too bad... yeah backcharging was my next option.. you break it you buy it.. not the company...
thanks for the tin oxide sugggestion

[debogus]

Just found this post
I'm a detail,customer service man for a company here in socal
,
Glad it turned out for you. Yep the tinoxide and a enhancer will generaly get you by.,within reason
Using a lead wheel with tin ox/pot gris is even easier(old school) But those are banned here.
Also working the entier pc so you dont see transitional fogging.
Been doing this crap for 20yrs .The only time I swet is a pc next to a window
or in the middle of a room. The distortion in reflection will give it away.

Job security
They pray for me to fix their blunders
Does that make me god

Dave

[cnckiller]

I've seen it done, but debogus said it windows are killers. A little nook or shelf is one thing but farm sinks and windowsills are another. Honed is easier of course. Alpha pads all d way, variable polisher with a good bearing, lead head is good, tinox is good, etc...
$$ is what it's all about though, free work? Ha! Backcharge that puppy!
Backcharge and replace gets my vote, take the nasty customers opinion out of it as much as you can. The subtle valleys in the surface will always make the person cleaning it frown