The two-day course is packed with skills training that can only be learned through a true hands-on experience. One on one tutoring based on your individual skill level. Each student has the opportunity to perform multiple repairs and polish various types of stones. No seats. No stories. No sales pitch.

The students will learn how to make repairs and seams look and feel like a natural product, remove scratches, factory blending, chip repairs, color blending and matching, seam repairs, honing, and the widely coveted knowledge of top-polishing.

Successful participants receive not only the knowledge, complete set of tools necessary to perform typical surface repairs, but they are also eligible to join the NSRA.

The NSRA is a nationwide group of independent, natural stone restoration professionals dedicated to quality and the education of the consumer and our members.

Time: July 21 - 22 2007, from 9 am - 5ish
Place: 30 Hilliard Street, Manchester CT, 06040
Cost: $1,800.00 us dollars
Public registration Ended: July 13, 2007

Airport:
Bradley International Airport
www.bradleyairport.com

Hotel:
121 Pavilions Dr
Manchester, CT 06040
(860) 648-9796

Take a look at what a few of the guys have to say about the class

Hi all Natural Stone Restoration forum members.
It brings me much joy to announce that the open areas of the forum are fully syndicated.

Q: Why is this a big deal?
A: One of the reasons the NSRA was created, was to promote natural stone as a serviceable material. With areas of the forum been syndicated and open to the public, any and all material posted, will also be index by popular search engines like Google.

Q: How does this help promote stone?
A: I know it is not a prime time ad like the one that the man-made material place during the supper blow, but it is a start. Most people that saw that ad will not run to the tape to look for that ad, but they will come online and look-up as much information that they can find. To put very simple, the more positive information that is online about natural stone, the better it will be for us all.

Q: What type of literature can we place in the syndicated areas?
A: Any and all information that places a positive light on natural stone. We have areas for News in the stone industry, Press release, Directories of the trade ranging from stone restoration to quarries, and if you have equipment or service you can place it in the review area of the forum. The only information that would be moved out of the syndicated areas is information that contains trade secrets’.

Q: Why removed the so call trade secrets’ from the syndicated area?
A: A lot of our trade secrets’ are debatable. The last thing we want is for the consumer to read a post about resolving a situation one way, just to have a stone technician arrive and do something completely opposite. This could result in non-payment for that technician. Plus we do not want the consumer thinking that they know as much as the technician and adjusting the fee of the technician. We have all come across situations like this, and that is also the reason we have the trade area of the forum private. We may lose a lot of traffic and revenue but we feel it is well worth it in the long run.

Q: Do I need to send you the information so it can get posted?
A: If you need help posted pictures or videos I would be more than happy to help, but you can post all the information that you wish. Please be advice that you have a limited time to edit your post. To make your post the most effective, chose your tile carefully. Your title is going to be the key words that the search engines use. I have found it best to use the words “how to”.

Q: Is there a fee for this service?
A: No fee

Q: How does the NSRA pay for this service?
A: The NSRA is funded by private donations from the core members of the NSRA.

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