Ron,
There are a couple of was to handle the situation you have.
The first one would be to develop a maintenance contract with
these business to maintain the tops, this would a good re-occurring
income for you. However if you enter into a maintenance agreement ,I would first
ask if there was any other stone in the building that could become a
maintenance contract, areas like lobby floors, elevators etc. if there is
additional stone work then this would make a perfect maintenance contract.
If not then the next option would be to look at the films that
Fred has described. These are very effective on counter tops and table tops. Once
thing keep in mind these films do give the stone somewhat of a artificial look
to them.
The Tuff Skin that Fred is referring to, is the best one I have
seen. The main distributor is in the Las Vegas area and has used this product
in that area in a number of hotels. The caution that need to be taken
with this product is that could over time be picked away from the table edges
and the products does not to my knowledge bend around bull noises etc. This
product will scratch if sharp objects are dragged across it.
The decision is in the hands of the owner, as to what look they
are looking for and how often the table and counters would need honed and
polished. Cost for the services etc are all factors you would need to present
to the customer when selling either service.
I would suggest securing some of the Tuff Skin materials a do a
sample, the application is fairly easy. Unfortunately I cannot put my
fingers on the phone number for the Tuff Skin rep phone number, I will try to
secure it today and email the information .
Regards
John E. Freitag
The Stone and Tile School
From: fhueston@gmail.com
[mailto:fhueston@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Dr Fred
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:16 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] counters
Ron,
Have you tried using that new
film protectant. It rolls on like Saran wrap. I think it is called
Tuff Skin.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:18 PM, <rmoore@americanstonecare.com>
wrote:
Friends,
We are picking up more and more service contracts in downtown DC. that
have lots of stone counters, conference tables, etc. We would appreciate
feed-back as to different approaches to polishing, cleaning, removing
etching from limestone tops and re-polishing. (the more info. the better.)
We have tried several different things with mixed results. We hope to find
something that we haven't tried. Remember, most of these buildings are
major law firms and as such the decor, carpets, walls, everything needs to
be protected. Try using water on a limestone conference table to grind out
etches in the stone and re-polish while keeping your mess to a minimum?
Look forward to hearing from you. (Dr. Fred, give me some love!)
Ron Moore
American Stone Care, Inc.
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