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Slippery Rock Gazette
Stone Restoration and
Stone Restoration and
Maintenance Corner
Maintenance Corner
M3 Technologies and Majestic Stone Care
M3Technologies, Inc. is coming up on 30 years of providing quality products and technical assistance to hard surface restoration professionals across the country and around the world. Gad Schmidt started the company in 1995. Based out of beautiful Cohasset, Massachusetts, the company is a highly-focused supplier of abrasives, chemicals, and specialty equip- ment, all geared towards the restoration and maintenance of marble, terrazzo, granite and all natural stone, concrete, and ceramic
tile surfaces.
The M3 Majestic line of quality stone care products is, without a doubt, one of the leading brands of chemical products for the hard surface restoration and maintenance professional in the industry. The Majestic No-Rinse pH Neutral Cleaner is our number two selling product for a good reason: it is the best maintenance cleaner for natural stone available anywhere, period. It is used in hospitals, airports, casinos, commercial properties and even by homeowners around the world. It contains “optical brighteners” so that it requires no rinsing and leaves the surface sharper and crisper than competitive products. Every completed project should be left with instructions on how to use Majestic No-Rinse pH Neutral Cleaner. Remember that when clients use their own maintenance product, your work cannot be guaranteed.
M3 offers high quality epoxy resin diamond discs, like our TX Triple Thick series. These semi-flexible diamond discs are a staple for every marble, terrazzo, and limestone flooring restoration contractor for grinding, honing, and/or polishing. I dare say these are some of the most popular diamond discs on the market, and very cost effective, too. As an example, many marble (or similar) floors typically require the honing of traffic wear patterns using a 220 grit, 400 grit, and on some floors as high as an 800 grit, before beginning the polishing process. Of course there are some floors, like serpentine (green marble) that may require going higher in grit before polishing. FYI, epoxy resin diamonds are typically more colorful than other resin matrix diamonds.
We have other similar epoxy resin diamonds too, like our TYP Typhoon series,
Bob Murrell
M3 Technologies
Photos by Bob Murrell
which is even thicker than the TX discs. Also, the Rosette series are epoxy discs with a different water channel configuration. It depends on the project as to which of these epoxy resin diamonds are the best fit. Another series of epoxy resin discs are the AA Turbo series, available in 3, 4, 5, and 7-inch sizes. The 5-inch size is mainly used for hand tool work. They are thinner and more flexible for doing edge (border) work, vertical surfaces, and countertops.
There are other diamonds available like our DICP Premium Flexible discs, which are a more aggressive phenolic resin. They are typically used on harder surfaces like granite but will cut marble, too. The phenolic resins typically do not provide as high of a shine at the same grit level as an epoxy resin disc. The DIFL Granite Diamonds and the HC Superior Hard Concrete Diamonds are also phenolic resins.
Then there are the metal-bond series diamonds that M3 offers. The Magnum series segmented diamonds discs are very popular for concrete work. They are available in very aggressive 6 grit to 220
Neutral Cleaner – Majestic No-Rinse pH Neutral Cleaner is the best maintenance product for all natural stone, terrazzo, concrete, and ceramic tile installations.
Left: The M3 Technologies epoxy resin lineup starts with the industry standard Triple Thick (TX) and includes the Rosettes (ROS3 & ROS4), Typhoons (TYP3 & TYP4), and AA Turbos (AA3, AA4, AA5, & AA7). Epoxy resins are easily identifiable because of their bright colors.
Phenolic Resin Lineup – M3 Technologies’ Premium Flexible (DICP3, DICP4, DICP5, & DICP7) are a great general purpose resin diamond for all natural stone, terrazzo and concrete. The Granite Diamonds (DIFL3.5) are excellent diamonds for honing and polishing granite. The Superior Hard Concrete resins (HC) are specifically made for use on concrete for honing and polishing.
grit for heavy stock removal. We stock both electroplated (LT series for marble and similar stone) and segmented metal- bond diamonds (Daisy/Toolip series for all natural stone and concrete) for lippage removal. The very popular ELF Flexible Metal-Bond series are great for general
grinding and honing operations. These Flexible metal bonds are very useful in many situations. I’ve personally used them for mild lippage removal, some coatings removal, and general light to medium stock removal situations.
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