> 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
>
>
>
> John,

Yes sir. My main goal is to secure a maintenance contract with each client
I see in DC.  We have been fortunate in the last couple of years to have
landed several already. I have also partnered with several service
companies that do carpet, wood, glass, metal and they run all stone work
through me. As you know Washington is ALL STONE. Any way, I appreciate
your advice and am working hard every day to build our clientel. With the
exception of the Limestone counters,the main issue that I deal with on a
daily basis is comming accross floors that have been crystalized.  The BIG
service firms have a group of unskilled troops spraying that crap all over
the city. You know the drill. Easy-Cheap-Shiney. We'll got to run. Thanks
again.

Ron Moore
American Stone Care, Inc.
>
> 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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