Advice on Marble Cleaning

[BLewis]

I tried to post this early this morning however it didn't go through. Cleaning a clients marble entry here in about 2 hours. She ask me to polish it and I told her we didn't do that currently and didn't have the necessary equip. She got a quote from company out of Louisville for 1 k, so she just decided to have it just cleaned instead.

My question is this, is there anything I can do after cleaning to improve the overall look of the marble?

P.s. I know the cleaning procedures for marble I was just wandering if there was anything else I might be able to do.

 

[dealtimeman]

Stop by your supply house and pick up a set of monkey pads and give me a call.

i am not anywhere near a pro but with monkeys and a cheap budget ( on customers side) you can still make 400-500 in two hours with the monkeys. We just tell the customer that a full on restoration is very costly but we can do a maintenance polish with results for a discounted rate.

most of the time it is a yes!

 

[Larry Cobb]

Billy;

You have two choices . . .

1. Monkey Pads - start @ 400 or 800 , then up to 1500

2. Powder Polish Compound - One Step Usually with Squeegee Rinse

http://www4.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=1018

Larry

 

[pinosan]

I tried to post this early this morning however it didn't go through. Cleaning a clients marble entry here in about 2 hours. She ask me to polish it and I told her we didn't do that currently and didn't have the necessary equip. She got a quote from company out of Louisville for 1 k, so she just decided to have it just cleaned instead.

My question is this, is there anything I can do after cleaning to improve the overall look of the marble?

P.s. I know the cleaning procedures for marble I was just wandering if there was anything else I might be able to do.

There some factors that need to be taken in consideration before one gives you advise on marble polishing specially if you need to do it in a budget to
beat someone else's price.

1. conditions how is the marble. is it scratched. is it dull in the traffic areas and shiny on the edges?
2. what color is it

With that information you can determine what is it you can do next to improve the appearance of the stone.

For example, black, green brown marble when dull in the traffic areas, will need to be polished with diamond pads all the way to at least 3500 grit.
If you only do a powder polish you will end up with the same appearance if not worse.

give more info and if possible put some pics of the floor.

I'm sure there was a reason why the other company charged what they charged.

marble is not rocket science but it can get you in deep crap if you don't know what you are dealing or how you are dealing with.

 

[dealtimeman]

I spoke with billy and he said the floor was in good condition.

just needed a polishing.

 

[pinosan]

in that case a powder polishing will thrill the client.

 

[Ron Lippold]

Billy call me today..

 

[J Scott W]

Martin is right on the money when he says you need to know the condition of the floor before you can state what must be done to improve the appearance.

It may be as simple as 1 or 2 grits of Spinergy pads / Monkey pads. You may need to go through several grit levels of Spinergy pads or it may need a combination of pads and polishing.

Here are some photos to show what different grits of Spinergy pads can do. I think I will have to make two posts to fit them in.

 

[J Scott W]

No what condition the marble is in after cleaning and know what level of gloss you want to reach. Then you can determine what grit to start with and when to finish.

 

[acs702]

Scott, that looks amazing! Almost like magic!


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