12-09-2016, 12:38 PM
Hello Leofry,
I wanted to go over a few things with you regarding natural stone. My company has a stone division as well as carpet, flood, metal, wood. I have been doing stone since the early 90's. In the early 90's diamond disc technology was somewhat new, before diamond disc it was bricks I believe. What im going to say may come off in terms of (you cant do it) but I promise its not. I honestly do not wish what I had to go through learning this craft on my worst enemy. So in other words im saying take caution, there is no worse feeling then being in the middle of a stone restoration job and nothing is working + its all on you to figure it out. I would highly suggest apprenticing on a few jobs get some experience before you take one on your own.
There is no procedure or proven diamond system that works for every stone imo. You can get lost in the sea of different diamonds out there and not all work the same. For example I have used "granite diamonds" for one job that did not work for the next granite job.
Also on the how long do diamonds last question, well there is no answer... all natural stone is different and diamonds will act different depending on what your doing. The kicker is sometimes diamonds that are working for a particular job may last a total of 300, 400 or 500 square feet.
Long story short - This is nothing like carpet, there is no proper procedure. Stone restoration is an art or craft that only comes with experience and even then you learn something new everyday. The person that tells you they know everything about stone restoration, polishing etc...... take caution. I have been doing this since the early 90's to present day and can show plenty of my work. Some of my technicians I train can take a year if not more.
Please if you can apprentice or go on a few jobs in progress to see what its like before jumping in..(.like I did)... it may give you a much better understanding before you take this on. I truly hope this helps and again im not saying its not for you or anything of the sort.... but may give you a reality on what it takes etc. before jumping in.
Best of Luck Leofry
I wanted to go over a few things with you regarding natural stone. My company has a stone division as well as carpet, flood, metal, wood. I have been doing stone since the early 90's. In the early 90's diamond disc technology was somewhat new, before diamond disc it was bricks I believe. What im going to say may come off in terms of (you cant do it) but I promise its not. I honestly do not wish what I had to go through learning this craft on my worst enemy. So in other words im saying take caution, there is no worse feeling then being in the middle of a stone restoration job and nothing is working + its all on you to figure it out. I would highly suggest apprenticing on a few jobs get some experience before you take one on your own.
There is no procedure or proven diamond system that works for every stone imo. You can get lost in the sea of different diamonds out there and not all work the same. For example I have used "granite diamonds" for one job that did not work for the next granite job.
Also on the how long do diamonds last question, well there is no answer... all natural stone is different and diamonds will act different depending on what your doing. The kicker is sometimes diamonds that are working for a particular job may last a total of 300, 400 or 500 square feet.
Long story short - This is nothing like carpet, there is no proper procedure. Stone restoration is an art or craft that only comes with experience and even then you learn something new everyday. The person that tells you they know everything about stone restoration, polishing etc...... take caution. I have been doing this since the early 90's to present day and can show plenty of my work. Some of my technicians I train can take a year if not more.
Please if you can apprentice or go on a few jobs in progress to see what its like before jumping in..(.like I did)... it may give you a much better understanding before you take this on. I truly hope this helps and again im not saying its not for you or anything of the sort.... but may give you a reality on what it takes etc. before jumping in.
Best of Luck Leofry