Adam, I will CAUTION you using your turbo to clean marble stone or any other surface next to a wood floor without protection. If there is any compromise in the grout or the caulk between the wood and the stone, tile ,Etc. you could have problems. It only takes a small amount of water to attack a wood floor. Perhaps up to now you have been Lucky. \ Mu rule of thumb is protect, protect, protect. I don't like problems or insurance claims. 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: info@restoreyourtiles.com [mailto:info@restoreyourtiles.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:09 PM To: Restoration and Maintenance Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Travertine Floor ! Roger, I can clean this with my turbo with out taping. We clean floors next to wood all the time. This one will only take more time. Give me a call. By the way, the architect realy screw up mixing wood and stone together. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Roger Konarski <qm144@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:27:04 To: Restoration and Maintenance<sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Travertine Floor ! 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 > -- > Powered by http://DiscussThis.com > Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your > subscription > preferences: > http://www.discussthis.com/members/sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com > Start a new conversation (thread): sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com > > > > -- > Powered by http://DiscussThis.com > Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your > subscription preferences: > http://www.discussthis.com/members/sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com > Start a new conversation (thread): sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com > > > > -- Powered by http://DiscussThis.com Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription preferences: http://www.discussthis.com/members/sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com Start a new conversation (thread): sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com -- Powered by http://DiscussThis.com Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription preferences: http://www.discussthis.com/members/sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com Start a new conversation (thread): sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com
