Tropic Green Problem!

[La Twa]

I am doing a 1.5" half bullnose on tropic green that came from bedrosians in salt lake. The top is
a darker olive green and the edge came out almost light blue! I have tried Tepox V from tenax and everykind of penetrant and ager on the market! I have tried cream hardner, oil, grease gun grease, wd40, color for polyester glues and just about everything else i can think of. Nothing even touched this stuff. It laughed at me! I sure would appreciate any advice from anyone on what to do! I have talked directly with tenax to no avail! Please help! Trouble in Salt Lake!

Jeff

[Joe Little]

just let it sit outside a couple of days, it will oxidize and turn darker naturally, since you have already tried to darken it. I would suggest cleaning it real good with acetoone or denaturad alchol.
We have even installed them before they turned dark,and they turned in the house in a few days.

[Dan Dauchess]

exactly. will darken in the sun.


word to the wise - don't use this for an outdoor application because the entire top will darken in a year. don't ask me how I know.....

[Carmine Pantano]

Did you try all those remedies with edge already polished? If so, try to apply after 400 grit & reapply after polish. We find that help a lot.

Good Luck!

[La Twa]

Ive tried after fine cup wheal all the way too finish! Anything i apply to the edge just washes rite off! Even oil will just sit on the surface and wipe off with a rag! Nothing!

[Boyd]

Put it in the sun. It will oxidize more quickly. It will also change inside the house, but it may take a few weeks.
We're not guessing here. It will change and look just like the surface.

Boyd, SFA

[Stone Dude]

Put it in the sun until it changes color. In thought this was a ludicrous solution when i first heard it, but it is THE solution

[Chicagostonepro]

Same experience here. Definitely clean the crud off the edge with acetone first.

[Matt Lansing]

The stone actually oxidizes to turn that dark green color. It is a natural reaction to the oxygen in the air. Putting it outside will allow it to oxidize faster but it is not necessary. Go ahead and install it and just tell the customer about the fascinating stone they just purchased, that they just need to look really closely at the edge and watch it slowly turn green over the next few weeks. The green actually starts to form in small clumps on the edge and then slowly spreads out eventually covering the entire edge. It's pretty cool to watch.

You do want to strip off the color tints and other stuff from the edge if possible as this will slow the oxidation process but it won't stop it. It will still turn dark green just not as fast as if the pores were more open.

[scott m]