Marble Floor help!!

[Randydaniel18]

Guys and gals, I just got offered a job to do Marble Floor. I've never done it but I want to get into it.

Here's the issue at hand. I looked at the marble floor, which the color is black. It's extremely dull and it has a Wax sealer on it. Some person in the past put a wax sealer on it, no it looks horrible.

Can y'all give me some advice on what steps to do and prices?

I heard people mention Honing powders and some mentioning monkey pads. If so what grits?

Off the top of my head, I thought I might need to strip the wax using a marble floor stripper, then use a neautralizer followed by a marble floor polish. Then afterwards use monkey pads?

Am I totally off? If so what steps and pricing. Remember the floor is in bad shape. It's 540 square feet.

Thanks y'all!

 

[kingjoelking]

You do not want your first marble job to be a black marble. It is not made for testing. It is horribly unforgiving and any goof will be seen. With that being said. Strip it first. My money says it is probably fairly shiny underneath that topcoat. Then team up with someone local that has done quite a bit of stone and pass the job on to them and work with them so you can learn the right way to do these jobs. That way you can also learn how pricing works and why some jobs cost more then others, what problematic things to look for and so on and so forth.

 

[Bee Busy]

If it's black with white veins then it's probably Nero Marquina? Me, I'd strip the coating off with a floor stripper then use resin diamonds with weight 220-3500 and polish with 5X or Stone Pro Diamond Renew. I don't think you will get much clarity with powders or those pads.

 

[Cameron DeMille]

I would strongly recommend against taking this on as your first job. It won't be fun and you most likely won't make money. As a matter of fact, you have no business charging someone money to practice on their floor. It's unprofessional and irresponsible. If you were asking about honing or polishing travertine, it would be different, you'd have a lot bigger cushion. This is not the way to do it.

 

[Randydaniel18]

Cameron, I read what you and the others said and decided that your right. I'm going to pass on the offer and subcontract it out. During that process I can watch and learn from the other company.

What is a fair price for honing, polishing and restoring marble floors?

It is black marble. Approximately 540 square feet.

 

[Jeremy]

Get your sub to quote it to you and then mark it up & offer to help so you can get some training.

 

[Cameron DeMille]

Cameron, I read what you and the others said and decided that your right. I'm going to pass on the offer and subcontract it out. During that process I can watch and learn from the other company.

What is a fair price for honing, polishing and restoring marble floors?

It is black marble. Approximately 540 square feet.

It depends on your area and what your overhead is. You could be looking at anywhere from $1000+ and up. Anything less would be lowballing IMO.

You can lay a practice floor in your garage and use different materials to work on. it's helped a lot of guys in the past. You can get the feel for the machine with diamonds, see what they do, try different polishes, etc. It's good way to keep yourself out of trouble.

 

[boazcan]

What would you build the floor on? Just put it on the slab and take it up later or some backer board?

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[Bee Busy]

Thick roofing paper from Home D or Lowes
...I used flat wood in the past and it sucked breaking that up

 

[Cameron DeMille]

What Bill said.

Use 3M spray adhesive (Home Depot) to stick the paper to the concrete. Then thinset the tile to the paper. When you need to tear it up, just get a shovel under the paper. That's how we install for our class and it's just like a normal floor.