cleaning marble and granite

guys, do to the fact that you are already in the homes, do you all take advantage and bid on the stone floors and counter tops?

The stone guys charge $7 and up per sqf for floors and start at $20 for countertops. and some of them charge as high as $750.00 per seam.

$750 per seam.........WOW!!! I can't get that money around here. But then it's like with everything, demographics play a factor.

Have a good one. Mark

Have to go and look at a green marble counter this afternoon. Not looking forward to it as I know green can be a real bear to work with. Why do people put marble on counters always boggles my mind. Any suggestions?

Just got back from looking at the counter. Lots of etching, a few tiny holes, even areas where it looks like it was used as a cutting board. Said she's been using vinegar and water to clean it.
 Now if I could only figure out how to post pics, I'd put them up.

Try this


Edited by Mark McMaster - 16/June/2008 at 6:59pm

That top is a mess and not for the reasons you may think.
To polish the surface you can start with the 100 grit and finish up at the 800 grit followed up with a little 5x and water.

The mess that I see is with the edges. I can see oil and it looks like the edges were never polish. to correct this, mix flour and a degreaser and use as a poultice before you polish the profile.

The seam is not as bad as you may think. You have two ways of doing this. the first is to cut away the seam and anything that may stop you from pushing the slab closer before re-seaming the top. or you can just remove the seam and layer your colors as you are playing connect the dots. Once you have you colors, simply polish with your 500, 800, and 1000 grit.

I hope you get paid what this job is worth.
If you give me the sizes, I can show you how I broke it down, not saying that it will work for you, but it can give you an idea what other people do.

Nice work Joh. Beautiful work Joh actually!!! The one I looked is 2ft X 14ft. She only wants the one done.