Good luck William!

My thoughts and prayers go out to the Reis family. I had the privilege of some wonderful conversations with Michael on the bus in Italy. He was cheerful and insightful despite the rigors of the travel and long days. He will be sadly missed by all of us in our industry. A true professional in every s...

So sorry to hear Dan.

Congrats Dan!

Boyd wrote:Looks like Nacarado which is harder than a weiner dream.

Diamond cutter nightmare.

Boyd, SFA

Boyd,

You better translate for our Brazilian friends! Gotta love our Congress

Thanks Mark.

Get you some of the gray 3M Scotch Brite pads. We use these for field touch-ups and they are great for blending uneven surface finish. Or get some honing powder and refinish the entire top. Would those work on honed ubatuba? I have a kitchen we did about 10 years ago. Customer wants to clean it up ...

I did mine with I-web and I also use an iweb seo tool to help with stuff like page tags, meta-tags etc.

Great segment. Brazil is a must visit location, especially if you buy stone!

My plan allows additional lines for about $ 10. a month. I added my kids when they were about 13 or 14. Handy when they are out and about, you can keep tabs on them. My kids were on a much closer leash at 8, so no phones for them at that point.

Nick, I don't anything about machines. My brother Kris said they will not work on the Omag.

Nick wrote:Yes Linus I will buy your cones for $50 a piece. You can mail them to me tommorrow.

I just got four for $62 a pop brand new, last ones they are 60mm long though....

Thanks for the help Nick

Anyone have a few extra they would like to sell?

On a smaller scale, check out the arena in Verona if you go to the stone show. Amazing large blocks etc.

Sorry to hear you won't be playing for now.

What Peter said. The commercial grading does not have to do with processing tolerances. Any good supplier will replace or credit a slab that varies that much.

Mark,

Very nice photos and presentation. You are the "Antolini" for stone marketing in the US

ronald hannah wrote:Used extensively, well maintained and lovingly cared for.

Yes I assumed you had used it, I was just amazed at your maintenance. Well cared for indeed!

That's what I was thinking. Doesn't look like it has ever been used.

Welcome

Something to consider... What about cracks, fissures, odd markings in the slabs?

great to hear

I will be there too with some of my shop guys. This should be the best workshop event yet!!

Welcome Fernando. If you need material direct from Brazil, you will not find a better company to work with.

Nice to see an article that tells it like it is. Isn't it interesting that the kitchen dealers are specifying quartz in much higher numbers, despite it's drawbacks. Any guesses to their motivation?