Greetings Ron, I use concrete diamond tools for limestone, they are a much harder bond and hold up well. Aloha Stephen Webb 808 280-7387 newlifemarblerestoration.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <rmoore@americanstonecare.com> To: "Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:30 AM Subject: RE: [sccpartners] counters > 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. > > > -- > Powered by http://DiscussThis.com <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 > > > > > > > > -- > Frederick M. 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