Jon Olson
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| 05 Apr 2007 12:29 PM |
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Hello everyone. Wow! some really good ideas and points here. Love the picture as well. SS is really is its beginning. We have only scratched the Surface you might say. Yes in your showroom you should be showing the drain boards, Cove, !/4 BS with a tile look on top of a 3/8 tile cove.
I had some other ideas as well what about a cooling device under a portion of the top. That kept produce and Meats including Fish (Cant do that with Granite) fresh while its being prepared?
Lighting is going to be very big. Backlighting Solid Surface has many possibilities. So far we have talked about CT's . But there are other areas where SS is an outstanding product. Furniture, Medical and not just Hospital CT'S I have seen it used on medical equipment trays, !/4 panels that light up with videos or messaging.
We cant sit back and wait for it to come to us . We have to be proactive. Yes many of you make a living working with Granite same hear we sell more Granite tops than SS. So I' am not blind to that world. But I see that SS is on its way back . I don't plan on being in the back seat.
One very influential designer . Told me that "Granite is so wanting. Its now just a commodity." That,s the beauty of SS its on its first leg.
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Karl Crooks
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| 05 Apr 2007 01:06 PM |
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Jon I have read the same thing in a national mag..... Granite is so common now that it is no longer THE product to have ...... we will see ........ As the market turns....... Sounds like a soap on TV. |
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| 06 Apr 2007 08:42 PM |
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Those are some great ideas, Jon.
We have already done some great backlighting work with Avonite Glass products. With a painted bottom and rope lights underneath, it actually looks really trick. One of the app.s we used it on was as a nightlight in a bathroom vanity. I liked it so much, I am going to do it my hall bath when I get the time.
I personally prefer SS, but I can't deny the job security in stone (bear in mind we are a R&R company). |
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| 06 Apr 2007 08:45 PM |
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The design winner in Surface mag, Gene Macdonald of Creative Arts did back lighting in Avonites glass line in a bar for the local Hilton. |
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Karl Crooks
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| 06 Apr 2007 10:02 PM |
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We made some cool items back in the day, just add light and watter and you can't go wrong. |
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| 06 Apr 2007 10:12 PM |
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Karl thinks about replacing the word cool, with smoked...  |
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| 06 Apr 2007 10:13 PM |
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Well, you could replace the word made, with smoked as well... |
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| 06 Apr 2007 10:19 PM |
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Your kiiling me Dave |
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Jon Olson
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| 12 Apr 2007 08:51 AM |
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Here's a link to a show in NY .I understand there will be some SS here used in different formats other than CT'S . For those of you trying to expand your business pass countertops this might be a show you want to go to.
I dont care about granite. So I,ll go to this show if the Boss lets me.
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| 12 Apr 2007 10:01 AM |
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Take some good pix if you go John, and we are all very glad that you care so much about SS ! |
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Jon Olson
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| 13 Apr 2007 07:15 AM |
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| 13 Apr 2007 02:36 PM |
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Back to the "I don't care about granite" line.
Recd. my Surface magazine this week. 66 pages
Recd. My Stone World magazine this week. 314 pages  |
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| 13 Apr 2007 02:43 PM |
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I talked to Kevin Cole this week. He feels your pain. This year I think you'll see much more attention paid to Solid Surface.
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| 13 Apr 2007 02:54 PM |
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Even though many SS fabricators dabble (install) stone and many have gotten in to full blow fabrication of both, I would submit that Surface mag has to get back to its roots. Has to. While I don't speak for Cygnus' wallet. are there not enough all stone magazines out there? One of them I recd. this week had a full page EOS ad in it. Not much else to speak of as it relates to SS.
Kevin Cole is a smart guy and I'm sure the powers that be see the direction of both sides. |
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Jon Olson
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| 13 Apr 2007 02:58 PM |
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Good points Dave. Kevin is listening
PS EOS is the solid surface of choice for Granite fabricators. For obvious reasons. |
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| 13 Apr 2007 03:20 PM |
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EOS has a nice ad on page 37 of the March issue of Stone Business magazine. The one line in the ad that's interesting is: "Not available in home centers." |
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| 13 Apr 2007 08:08 PM |
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Guys, keeping in mind that I was one of the ones asking the same questions, Jon is on target. Things have changed in their direction. We do indeed have a friend in Mr. Cole.
Enough about that, lets just say I believe.... |
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Jon Olson
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| 17 Apr 2007 09:33 AM |
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Medical ,Medical, Medical. Go get some of this. Its about to be very very very big. You are never going to see granite in a Hospital room .
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| 17 Apr 2007 09:52 AM |
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[QUOTE]FEDSAWDAVE wrote
EOS has a nice ad on page 37 of the March issue of Stone Business magazine. The one line in the ad that's interesting is: "Not available in home centers."[/QUOTE]
Dave:
Surprisingly enough, we agree again. That is a very interesting line in the ad.
It lets fabricators know that they won't be competing against heavily-discounted material as offered by the major manufacturer's to their big box fabricators.
It also shows that EOS cares very much about how they're perceived by fabricators. This can only be a good thing for fabricators and EOS, ultimately.
Joe
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Jon Olson
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| 17 Apr 2007 10:09 AM |
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Anybody want to design something using EOS? It will be a first. |
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