Diamond plate our nightmare

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We recently received a contract from Costco to come in a polish all the diamond plate in the store. Not something we normally do, but they were insistent that we come out and do it. They met out price after a little back and fourth but 26 man hours later we are done. This is some hard work. Any body that does on a daily basis is really earning their money. My whole body is sore, but we got through it. Since they were extremely happy with the results we were given the contract to do all 8 in the Dallas Metroplex and also the maintenance contract to come back once and quarter and polish it up again. I won't discuss price on here. Its not something we do. I can't discuss products either as none of the products we used were from Autogeek. I can tell you what machines though. We used a makita rotary and a Rupes 21 and some meguiars MF pads. Other than that we used metal polishes and specific metal polishing pads and compounds. This is just another example of a company recognizing our work and were willing to pay the price for quality work. This was some rough stuff
 
Looks good ,what's the purpose of doing that couldn't they replace it with a different material.Is this right in the store where customers see it all the time.you better get some better safety gear other that a hair net over your mouth.There are several ways of removing the residue off the diamond plate making it lot easier nice job.
 
Nice work! I didn't realize there are 8 stores in the metroplex
 
So I take it you used cutting wheels on the rotary and rouge bars? Maybe did a cutting step with the rotary then finished it with the 21? Thanks for sharing. Glad you guys got some more work out of the deal also.
 
7.3powerstroke said:
So I take it you used cutting wheels on the rotary and rouge bars? Maybe did a cutting step with the rotary then finished it with the 21? Thanks for sharing. Glad you guys got some more work out of the deal also.
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Yes we did use those products and that was our steps.
 
GSKR said:
Looks good ,what's the purpose of doing that couldn't they replace it with a different material.Is this right in the store where customers see it all the time.you better get some better safety gear other that a hair net over your mouth.There are several ways of removing the residue off the diamond plate making it lot easier nice job.
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In the time frame needed and our price was actually cheaper
 
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