Stuart,
I would recommend taking a 12x 12 piece of marble and restore half of the back side of the tile. Tape off the tile in half then refinish one half and leave the other half un touched. This way you can tell your customer even if your floor would be as bad as the back side of a stone you can refinish. I recommend using a black marble. This make a very impressive comparison.
If you want you can do this with other tiles and take the tile that would best match the customer floor on your sales call.
On the front side of the tile you may want to use different diamond grits to put scratches into the stone. 50, 120 , 220 400, etc. this works as a sales tool to show your customer different scratches that can develop in the stone and will assist you in determining at what grit you would need to stay your honing at.
These are just a few things we teach in our training on how to sell to your customers and then this also ties into how we calculate the time needed to complete the job. Once you know where you are going to start at then the rest is just simple math.
Hope this helps
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: Devin Vance [mailto:classicmarblemail@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 4:51 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Catch 22
I use "before and after" photos in my brochure and website to aid in visualizations. It does not convey the same effect of performing the sample on their floor - but they get the idea.
Devin Vance
Classic Marble Restoration, Inc.
954-815-8023; classicmarblemail@gmail.com
www.classicmarblerestoration.com
On Jul 6, 2011 4:46 PM, "Stuart Young" <santafefc@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Gentlemen,
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> When I "resurface" a stone such as travertine, I like to show the home owner what the floor will look like before we actually start the job. I usually do a demo on one or two stones so that the home owner will know what she is getting. I do this before I ever talk price. ( I am so confident in this process, that it almost always clinches the sale. ) I like to do these demos in front of a window where natural light is streaming in. That seems to be the best place to demonstrate to the owner how good the floor will look compared to the "unworked" surrounding areas. However, the owner sometimes thinks "what if I don't like it?" There will be this area that looks distinctly different from the rest of the floor if they don't go through with the job. How do you handle this? Is there any better way to do this?
>
> Stuart Young
> Santa Fe Floor Care
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Baird Standish
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:47 AM
> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] No subject
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> Hi. How long do you all let the floor dry before crystallizing? I often run into a problem with the crystallizer darkening the stone, which means that there is too much moisture in the stone?
> Baird
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> On Jul 6, 2011, at 9:59 AM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:
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> Randy,
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> Going up to 3000 is over kill, the serpentine has some calcium in it so there will be a polishing reaction using the 5X polishing Powders. The crystallizer will just give it the final pop to the finish.
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> Also not all crystallizers are pink.
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> John E. Freitag
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> President/Director
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> The Stone and Tile School
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> Office 407-567-7652
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> Cell 407-615-0134
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> jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
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> From: Randy Frye [mailto:rfrye@comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:00 AM
> To: Restoration and Maintenance
> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] No subject
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> We start at the appointed grit, carry the grits to at least 3000, then granite polishing paste, finalize with the pink stuff.
> Good luck
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>
> On 7/6/11 1:20 AM, "Roger Konarski" <qm144@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I have been asked to restore a serpentine bathroom. Shower, vanity top, tub surround and floor. This is one stone I don't like to restore. Looking for suggestions on handling this job. Honing followed with MB 20 or should we just use the pink stuff on the stone?
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> Thanks,
> RK
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