Hi
I have been doing some thinking about speed
pricing and time and thought.getting a samich 12 inch 3 headed machine to do
counters
And small bathroom floors. The machine
rotates at 1000 rpm can hone and supposed to be able to polish too
Sounds like there is a big speed
difference in the industry. I use a 175 rpm swing machine hawk XHD seems to
have all
The power needed to do stone and concrete.
But 175 is not very fast. Also have a 400 rpm 3 headed Cimex machine
For commercial work or larger jobs, definitely
processes faster than the 175 hawk. Cimex makes a diamond finisher model that’s
880 rpm
So the question I am posing to all
partners is will the 1000 rpm machine speed things up enough to pay for a 3500
dollar machine.
It takes about four hours to do a small bath
floor 40 sq ft 200, 400, diamonds 800 honing powder and then polish,
If there isn’t any lippage and we don’t
get picture frames we skip the honing powder. that 4 HRS includes transporting
everything in from the truck setting up
protective plastic and taping and drop cloths setting up the floor machine,
doing the areas that the floor
machine wont fit in so we use the Makita or
Milwalkee hand machine and when finished reload the truck get paid and go to
the next job.
When clients want 3 bathroom floors done it
takes me 2 days to do it. Or a day and a half.
Do you think I should be able to 3 in one
day with the faster machine
Would appreciate anyones thoughts on this
Thanks
KEN DE MELIS
MARBLE PERFECT
603-393-2776
From: Paul Bunis
[mailto:pbunis@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011
12:31 PM
To: Restoration
and Maintenance
Cc: Restoration
and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] diamond
container
Nice Box !!!
Sent from my iPhone
This has worked well for me. They stay nice and flat.
Picked up this case at home depot.
From: Fred Hueston [mailto:fhueston@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011
7:24 AM
To: Restoration
and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] diamond
container
Putting them in a
plastic bag will also allow them to accumulate mold and mildew as well. I like
Johns ideas. If you must put them in a bag , than use a mesh bag thats
breathable.
On Tue, Aug 2,
2011 at 10:16 AM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
wrote:
Stuart .
Plastic bags are not the best way to store or carry you
diamonds. The plastic never allows the Velcro on the to dry and will shorten
the life of the Velcro.
There are several ways to handle you diamonds,
1. Have a tool
box set up for you floor diamond and your hand diamond pads.
2. Place you
diamond pads in an open plastic container and place them on a shelf in your
truck.
3. Use a wire
or a plastic strip slide you diamond onto the wire or plastic and hand them on
set them on a shelf in your truck .
I prefer to have and open plastic container and place my diamond
into these containers then take my container into the job site. If you have
guys that loose things then I recommend giving the technician a tool box with
the diamond in them and if he loses them he replaces them
From: Stuart Young [mailto:santafefc@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011
9:57 AM
To: Restoration
and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] diamond
container
Up till now, I
have been storing and transporting my diamond pads in plastic bags. This
system leaves a lot to be desired. Do any of you have a good system for
storing and transporting your diamond pads?
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Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:59 AM
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Kitchen Top !
John,
Do you mean either step 3 OR 4 or both 3 AND 4?
Sent from
a smartphone.
Date:
Tue, 2 Aug 2011 08:57:17 -0400
Subject:
RE: [sccpartners] Kitchen Top !
Roger,
If you want to bring a great shine to a serpentine stone there
are a couple of ways to achieve this.
1. Hone it if
there is damage up to 800 or 1800
2. Then use 5X
and crystallize it
3. Use dark
granite polishing powders and a crystallizer and wet the powder with the
crystallizer using a steel wool pad #1 and polish the powder into the stone.
once all the powder is polished into the stone, flip your pad over and kiss
then add a little more crystallizer and you will have a great shine and finish.
4. Use MB 20
polish.,
1 feel you will achieve the best result using the granite
polishing powder and the crystallizer.
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: Micah [mailto:micahgautier@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011
11:03 PM
To: Restoration
and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Kitchen
Top !
What's ur question? Are u
concerned that the mb 20 is not as good of a solution as if u honed the top?
What is the client looking for? This would be a factor
Micah
It's how
you set your standards higher than your competitors that sets you apart. Always
do the right thing to the best of YOUR capabilities. Who cares what anyone else
is doing if you can sleep with a clear conscience.
Devin
Vance
Classic Marble Restoration, Inc.
954-815-8023; classicmarblemail@gmail.com
www.classicmarblerestoration.com
On Aug 1, 2011
8:35 PM, "Roger Konarski" <qm144@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> I have a large kitchen counter top to service, the top is serpatene. I
have MB 20 – which gave favorable results. My question, would I be doing
my client a disservice if we honed and Crystallize the top. Because I have
someone I can send who can get the job done. I feel guilty about doing it that
way, but how would most of my competitors handle the stone.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Roger Konarski
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