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I think you need to look at the big picture her :
At the moment the majority of stone floors are domestic and travertine so will fall into the DIY / Get a man in catagory, small hand poss floor machine. This area requires knowledge of stones and chemicals you use on them.
Stone is on the up no question but predominantly its travertine that is on the up tho the Jura's are starting to appear at reasonable prices. These stones are not going to need big cleans for at lease 4 years.
Commercial work, foyers, clubs, precincts are big lays split into 2 catagories. 1. Those that slapped trav down to look posh in clubs and foyers tho there is a precinct I know of. These will need floor machine cleaning about now I would think as time goes. Remember all these trav floors this far are honed and you cant go taking surfaces off
2.Those that have nice quality stone floors like a jura or a marble or a granite. These floors if just dirty will take a cleaning with a floor machine like the others but also these can be honed and repolished. These floors are generally down for the long haul and wear so the surface may be removed. Its at this point that the honing, training spending of money gets serious.
Given that as I have said previously stone is still in its infancy and the serious stones are to come it would at this time be an idea to work your way into this line slowly. Gain experience with stone, look at the market, do you want to hone or just strip, do you have the balls to play with a foyer floor.
At the moment the majority of stone floors are domestic and travertine so will fall into the DIY / Get a man in catagory, small hand poss floor machine. This area requires knowledge of stones and chemicals you use on them.
Stone is on the up no question but predominantly its travertine that is on the up tho the Jura's are starting to appear at reasonable prices. These stones are not going to need big cleans for at lease 4 years.
Commercial work, foyers, clubs, precincts are big lays split into 2 catagories. 1. Those that slapped trav down to look posh in clubs and foyers tho there is a precinct I know of. These will need floor machine cleaning about now I would think as time goes. Remember all these trav floors this far are honed and you cant go taking surfaces off
2.Those that have nice quality stone floors like a jura or a marble or a granite. These floors if just dirty will take a cleaning with a floor machine like the others but also these can be honed and repolished. These floors are generally down for the long haul and wear so the surface may be removed. Its at this point that the honing, training spending of money gets serious.
Given that as I have said previously stone is still in its infancy and the serious stones are to come it would at this time be an idea to work your way into this line slowly. Gain experience with stone, look at the market, do you want to hone or just strip, do you have the balls to play with a foyer floor.
