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We do many products, but our strongest product is solid surface. Here lately when we have been going out on granite or quartz bids we have been leaving behind a little education. Wilsonart has published a small handout and I know alot of granite guys have been hammering on this, but too bad. Its a small booklet expaining the different products. I’ve instructed all to leave them behind on the counter when going on sales calls. Better than half, I’d say, have been reading the material then calling our shop and buying the large particulates in solid surface. I have called and ordered a case of those brochures. We will keep handing them out. It’s working, sales have increased in solid surface and decreased in granite. Since we sub out all our granite and quartz right now, that works for me. I’m keeping very close track in Moraware the number of people that we are switching. This also includes our retail outlets. I will post a link of what the brochure says at the bottom. Place your orders. http://www.wilsonart.com/solidsurface/catalog/misc/BR1062/BR1062.pdf
Mory
Tell us how it works out. I like the idea. I don’t think the guys at StoneAdvice are going to like it much.
Mory,
Doesn’t WilsonArt have a brochure that mimics the old Corian V. Stone one DuPont had out?This one is better, all in all, but I think they could have mentioned that SS can be cracked with heat exposure. The “future color-matching problem” is a bit much. They leave themselves open when they do the sink thing. SS tops with traditional u/mnt sinks have almost the same problems as stone. Scratching the sealant? That’s a new one on me.
Good on them for using sealed granite in the kool aid test. They did not oversell the repairability. And the questions at the end were first rate. I can’t believe I forget the NSF thing all the time. All in all a good brochure.
I’m looking into this one.
Thanks, Mory.Tom, the thing about sealers is that some put it on so thick that it mars easily. From what I have read, the proper way is to put it on and then take it all off, leaving it only in the cracks and fissures
A lot of people writing in for advice on findstone.com are dealing with scratched and blotched sealers. They also say that even the sealer won’t prevent stains!
Al,
I wonder if that’s the sealant or sealer’s fault?
We would hate to have the hacks in this industry define us.Tom
Al, I’m a little confused here. Put the sealer on then take it off? The purpose being to fill the cracks and fissures? Filling is what Transparent Flowing is for. A high quality sealer does the rest. Again, i may have missed the point in the article.
Hey, I just read about it on findstone.com, but they seemed pretty sure that leaving too much sealer on the surface (as a coating) was the culprit with finger prints and such. I had one homeowner tell me every time they used their new granite counter top, they left a new mark on it. I figured it was the sealer (person) not the sealant as Tom pointed out.
They had several threads about stripping the excess sealer from tops.
Isn’t the transparent flowing for pitted stones or highly fissured stone? Kind of a do it yourself resining?
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