David.................


Help...................


I have been asked about refinishing marble and the words "Monkey Pads" popped into me noggin.


Can you (or someone) please give me the guts on them.

Sorry, Yankee talk........ tell me all about them, how they are best used, on what type of floor, etc;


I believe (think), they can be use under my 'Mex; ??

If so, do I need to use additional weights. ??

Much appreciated.

Shorty.

I've seen the light, and changed my wicked ways.
www.get.shorty.com.au

they don't work

I used them on marble and terrazzo. then gave them away to an experienced floor tech  (who does no carpet) he advised me "they're no good"

$500.00 down the drain

I went to Myteefest last year in SanDiego. Monkey Pads gave a 2 hour class on theory and then half a day out in the parking lot messing with samples of marble. Everybody got a shot at a restoring a severely damaged 4x4 square piece of marble. They do make them for the 'Mex and stated that it was easier with the 'Mex.

After considering it more carefully; it's along the idea of someone selling you an upholstery tool and telling you it's easy, when you've never cleaned upholstery before. They show it in use on a nice synthetic and your pleased at punch at how easy it is and how much money you are going to make. If you're lucky the first sofa you clean is made of Herculon, if you're unlucky then you get a polished cotton piece with blood on it.

Things are rarely as easy as they look. There are many types of stone, granite and marble that monkey pads are not a good tool for. They are not good for restoration work - in the class they used diamond pads and then the monkey pads.

I have used Monkey Pads and they do put a high shine on Marble or Travertine. However you can get in big trouble with them. When a floor is dull none of the scratches, etchs, etc show up. When you put a polish on it they really show up. So it's important to properly set customer expectations. Also the polish is not as pure as a good stone guy would do.
I would say Monkey Pads are good for Mrs P, who has two children and a dog, small marble foyer that has never been polished and after you clean the carpet you upsell to put a shine on it. But not to be used in the 1000 sq ft and up foyer of a multi million $$ house. They are real easy to use but like i say you can finish with a nice shine and there is now a big etch that the shine made pop. Monkey pads won't do anything for that.
Any stone guy will tell you to stay away as these won't do near the job they do with diamonds and powders.
If you want drop me an email and I'll send you some before and after pics

I was just sitting down to order some Bridgepoint pads for stone polishing and saw this post. I see that Powerflite(copycats) have their own version too. Are these the monkey pads of which you speak?
Thanks.