I bought my granite surface plate from a company in the Oak Ridge National Laboratories facility and it is matte black. It is used but in excellent shape and I would not really be concerned with the sheen whatsoever. The place I am temporarily working has a largish Starrett CMM machine and the entire base is made from a large pinkish granite slab and it is also matte. I can guarantee you it is extremely flat and smooth. Sheen from what I have seen has little to do with it. Peace
Pete On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > On Friday 28 March 2014 19:29:57 Jeshua Lacock did opine: > > > Greetings, > > > > I just received a grade B granite surface that has a very dull/matte > > finish. I was planning to use it for both reference and photography and > > the image advertised showed it glossy (which is why I ordered it). I > > contacted the vendor and they told me it is impossible to make granite > > have a natural gloss to it. At the same time, my other granite surface > > is shiny as glass. > > Me thinks you need to escalate that with your source, he is lying. Go look > at any tombstone. I have a 12 x 18 I carried out the door of Grizzly up in > Muncy PA several years back that is just like a mirror, but fairly close to > black. > > > Does anyone know what I could coat the surface with to make it look more > > glossy while maintaining its accuracy? I sure would appreciate it! > > Shipping costed me as much as the stone so sending it back isn't really > > an option. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeshua Lacock > > Founder/Engineer > > 3DTOPO Incorporated > > <http://3DTOPO.com> > > Phone: 208.462.4171 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------ _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
