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Gazzer
Firstly do you have the tools to do the job ? Then Have you used them before? Pads dont last for ever and marble is harder on the pads than travertine or Limestone I have found. The same for the bullnosing bit.
Yeah its all a learning curve but you have to start somewhere.
On a few jobs I have done, I was able to bring tiles home and polish them up in the workshop or outside in my own time.
Take a polythene sheet with you too as its a messy job.
Yeah its all a learning curve but you have to start somewhere.
On a few jobs I have done, I was able to bring tiles home and polish them up in the workshop or outside in my own time.
Take a polythene sheet with you too as its a messy job.
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Aston
hi
have you though about taking the marble to a stone masons or stone specialist and getting them to do it?
you could then put a bit of profit on for yourself? if nothing else, you will get it done by somebody who has the correct equipment and you'll get to know the going rate for future reference.
have you though about taking the marble to a stone masons or stone specialist and getting them to do it?
you could then put a bit of profit on for yourself? if nothing else, you will get it done by somebody who has the correct equipment and you'll get to know the going rate for future reference.
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SquareEyes
thanks a lot everyone, you've all helped me come to a more realistic price for doing this. I never considered taking it to a stone masons before to see how much they would do it as I always tend to try and get it done myself, but I like the idea.
In the end I've gone for a middle ground of what you've all said. calculating the time spent from my daily price / a linear price from my metre-age which should help me get an average, plus wear on equipment. seems fairer to me and the client really.
I have the polishing kit and have polished some marble on the last couple of jobs, but I didn't have an idea of what to charge for it. It was amazing to see just how good a finish you can get with them. Once they've been buffed up you can't tell that it wasn't factory finished.
The pads I have a dry pads - does anyone have any preference to dry or wet pads?
In the end I've gone for a middle ground of what you've all said. calculating the time spent from my daily price / a linear price from my metre-age which should help me get an average, plus wear on equipment. seems fairer to me and the client really.
I have the polishing kit and have polished some marble on the last couple of jobs, but I didn't have an idea of what to charge for it. It was amazing to see just how good a finish you can get with them. Once they've been buffed up you can't tell that it wasn't factory finished.
The pads I have a dry pads - does anyone have any preference to dry or wet pads?
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