John,
Thanks for your feedback! One question, once you it taped down, I assume you use a floor machine to scrub the surface. Is that correct?

Thanks,

RK

--- On Tue, 6/15/10, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:

> From: John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Travertine Floor !
> To: "Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 9:10 AM
> Roger, 
>
> The way to go about this job VERY CAREFULLY !
>
> The way I would go about this job would be to do the
> following.
>
> 1. make sure the wood is properly caulked or grouted, so
> there are no cracks
> for gaps next to the wood or the marble.
>
> 2. mask the wood floor with blue tape first. Cover All the
> wood.
>
> 3. then cover the blue tape with a  red tape ( both
> tapes can be purchased
> from StoneCare Central) cover all the wood.
>
> 4. start your process. If you get a good tape down you
> should be able to run
> over the tape from one section to another. If the tape
> pulls from the wood
> then you will need to stay inside the tape and do the edges
> by hand. I don't
> think you  will have any trouble with the tape as long
> as you use the tape I
> recommended especially the red tape.
>
> On most jobs I do not recommend more them 1 technician per
> job HOWEVER  in
> this case I will recommend you have one tech doing the
> cleaning and the
> other tech their to vac up as you go this will eliminate
> the risk of water
> getting on the wood and causing damage.
>
> CAUTION --- YOU MUST PUT DOWN THE BLUE TAPE FIRST ON THE
> WOOD, IF YOU DON'T
> AND USE THE RED TAPE FIRST YOU COULD PULL THE FINISH OFF
> THE WOOD,THE BLUE
> TAPE WILL PROTECT THE FINISH.
>
> ONLY TAPE OFF THE AREA YOU CAN COMPLETE IN ONE DAY. DO NO0T
> LEAVE THE TAPE
> ON THE WOOD OVERNIGHT! 
>
> HOPE THIS HELPS
>
>
> John E. Freitag
> President/Director
> The Stone and Tile School
> Office 407-567-7652
> Cell 407-615-0134
> jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
>
>
>
> www.thestoneandtileschool.com
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Konarski [mailto:qm144@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:56 PM
> To: Restoration and Maintenance
> Subject: [sccpartners] Travertine Floor !
>
> How do you go about cleaning a travertine floor that is
> surrounded with wood
> planks? See the attached picture for an example. I have a
> potential job to
> clean an unfilled travertine floor that is very dirty. I do
> these jobs
> regularly, but not sure how to protect the wood. Again the
> attached picture
> is an example not the actual potential job.
> Thanks,
> RK
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