Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes]question for Tony

PS, my experience is with polishing silver, have not polished many stones. Have polished plexi windows on my sailboat, using cut polish.
T

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost, but we are making good time." <aldridgetony97@...> wrote:
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> Floor 'tiles' are a very different ball of wax, first off I would talk to someone in that trade. If I had to hazard a guess, I might try and get a terrazzo machine first, or sand the stones down to about 1500 grit, then put a resin (epoxy?) sealer on it.
> Those stones are very soft and quite out of my experience.
> Tony
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, john public <brad_macaboy1234@> wrote:
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> > Tony, how would you polish these types of stone: 1. lapis lazuli 2. limestone, like one would have on a floor. Thanks.
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> > --- On Tue, 3/12/13, john public <brad_macaboy1234@> wrote:
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> > From: john public <brad_macaboy1234@>
> > Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] way off topic
> > To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:21 PM
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> > tony, can I email you off-list about polishing?
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> > --- On Tue, 3/12/13, Lost, but we are making good time. <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
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> > From: Lost, but we are making good time. <aldridgetony97@>
> > Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: my 2 cents on headlights. toothpaste
> > To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:09 PM
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> > Tom, as an ex silver jewelry manufacturer, I can vouch for what you say about abrasives in toothpaste. We used to use abrasives down to 8,000 grit, then polish to get rid of the 8,000 grit scratches.
> > Tony
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> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "n61cm" <jim@> wrote:
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> > > Good thing he didn't brush his teeth with it!
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> > > Jim
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> > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@ wrote:
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> > > > It's VERY important to remember that toothpaste is abrasive, and
> > > > 'whitening' toothpaste is more abrasive than average toothpaste. The result of
> > > > polishing headlights with toothpaste should be the same as polishing any metal
> > > > or glass with abrasives.
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> > > >    Even fine abrasives leave groove patterns in what is polished. The
> > > > finer the polish, the finer the grooves. And whether
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> > > > straight line or swirl or circles, etc. will also affect the grooves that are
> > > > left.
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> > > >    Look at a CD or DVD. The groove in one of those (one groove, from
> > > > edge to center) is too fine to be visible to the naked eye. But tilt the disc
> > > > in the light and you will see rainbow patterns reflected, as the light
> > > > refracts off the groove.
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> > > >    I expect that you can achieve good results with a fine abrasive. I
> > > > don't know that toothpaste is fine enough. But now that they're clean, get
> > > > an LED minimag lite and shine it through from the bulb socket. Move it
> > > > around and see how the light comes through the lens, and whether it is getting
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> > refracted or the lens focus is affected.
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> > > >    You might want to get some very fine silver or other polish to follow
> > > > the toothpaste.
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> > > >    ALSO, notice that the refracting grooves also happen whenever anyone
> > > > uses emery paper or a fine file on electrical connections. It doesn't take
> > > > much to cut through any coating on the connection and expose the base
> > > > metal, thereby decreasing the electrical conductivity AND opening the door to
> > > > corrosion starting.
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> > > >    That's why electronic engineers always say NEVER 'clean' any
> > > > electrical connection with anything harsher than a pencil eraser.
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> > > > Tom
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> > > > In a message dated 3/9/2013 9:52:51 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > jcrcpa@ writes:
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> > > > Last week I cleaned the headlights on my cars based on a utube video.
> > > > colgate whitening toothpaste. rub on rub off. made them clear as ... well
> > > > it made them clear. I will report back after a few weeks.
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> > > > Chuck
> > > > 84 300sd
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