Thanks John. I agree on one-stop shopping. We should get stonecarecentral to give is a little announcement on new products. Soetimes I buy stuff elsewhere and then find out that stonecarecentral has it. I just discovered their stone sealer this afternoon (although it may have been around for a while, not sure)
B  

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From Baird Standish
Managing Partner
Facility Specialists,LLC
1616 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Ph: 215-732-7505
Fx: 215-740-6436

On Mar 31, 2010, at 3:15 PM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:

Braid,

 

I have used the StoneCare Central Color Enhancing Seal ( Solvent Based ) and it works very well. The other sealer you mentioned will work but I think you’ll find they are more expensive. I prefer 1 stop shopping and that’s why I use Stonecare Central for all my products. Frankly I don’t want to waste the time ordering products from several different sources, or traveling to local distributor to pick up product . this waste my time and I would rather be making sales calls and networking that chasing down products. That the purpose of StoneCare Central, a one stop shop and with the partner discounts you can’t buy products of equal value any cheaper anywhere else.

 For the other products you mentioned I have not seen them perhaps Dr.Fred has some additional information on them.

 

I will attempt to secure samples and test, if they work then I will report back

 

John E. Freitag

President/Director

The Stone and Tile School

Office 407-567-7652

Cell 407-615-0134

jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com

 

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From: Baird Standish [mailto:bairdstandish@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:59 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Cleaning and Sealing Slate.

 

Hi, What specific brands of impregnating and color enhancing sealers are people using?  I have mostly been using Lithofin MS Stain stop for neutral and either lithofin or Aquamix.  I see that Stonecarecentral has some new products.  Does anyone know about these?  

 

Also, slightly of the subject but has to do with cleaning products - Has anyone tried either Cathedral Stone's Mason RE  or Arte Mundit  type 1-5 from FTB Remmers?  These are white poultices that are painted on masonry or stone, allowed to dry and then peeled off.  A conservation Architect that has hired us for some work was showing me some test applications of these this morning , but didn't know much more about them.

Baird

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:38 AM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:

Roger,

 

Cleaning slate is need on regular bases, just as any other stone there are pores within the stone that will trap dirt and needs to be cleaned. Regarding sealing of slate depending upon the finish the customer wants there are several sealers you can use.

1.       Impregnating Sealer

2.       Color Enhancing Sealer

3.       Stone Loc  which is a topical seal  BUT allows the stone to breath, this product can deliver a mat to a gloss finish.

 

 

John E. Freitag

President/Director

The Stone and Tile School

Office 407-567-7652

Cell 407-615-0134

jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com

 

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www.thestoneandtileschool.com

 

  

 

From: Roger Konarski [mailto:qm144@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 12:18 AM
To: Restoration and Maintenance


Subject: [sccpartners] Cleaning and Sealing Slate.

 

 

I get request to clean and seal slate. My question does slate really needs to be sealed? The slate is always a dark color so it normally does not look dirty.  I really don’t see the need for cleaning it the same as I would a dirty limestone floor.  What are your thoughts?

 

Thanks,

Roger Konarski




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