Check out how good this 30 year old slate floor cleaned up.
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Marble Polishing Downtown Austin
Check the reflection of the ceiling in this marble floor. This commercial building is off of Congress near the Capital. The dark brown granite was fine so we used a special abrassive resistance tape on the granite borders. Then we used 5 different diamond grinding steps on the marble. These 5 diamond grinding steps removed the scratches in [...]
Tile & Grout Cleaning Lago Vista
Here’s a couple of pictures during the a tile and grout cleaning job.
Tile Cleaning & Color Sealing Georgetown
Here a before and after picture of some kitchen tile and grout cleaning & sealing. Mrs Homeowner recieved a lifetime warranty with the Custom Haystack acrylic color seal.
Marble Polishing and Etch Removal Round Rock
Below is a before and after picture of a marble floor we restored. You can see some heavy etching in the before picture on the marble that polished out.
Shower Cleaning and Color Sealing Georgetown
Here’s some before and after pictures of a shower we cleaned and color sealed.
Concrete Acid Stain Georgetown
After the recent flooding we had a client with glue down carpet that had to be replaced. They were looking for an affordable option so we gave them one. We stripped the glue off, grinded the concrete with 120 grit diamonds, acid stained, and sealed it. The pictures below show the progression.
Saltillo Cleaning & Sealing Austin
Technically this is not Saltillo, it’s D’Hanis. Saltillo has more of a pillowed look and D’Hanis is flat. Anyway we normally don’t have to completely strip these type of surfaces. But the mystery topping on this floor didn’t play nice with our sealer. I mis-read it during the estimate so the client got a good [...]
Efflorescense Removal Austin
Here’s some pictures of some efflorescense on a flight of stairs at a commercial building. You may notice the before pictures look like the efflorescence was pouring out from the tile on the step. That’s because it is. The step is hollow because the thinset holding it in place has lost it’s bond with the [...]
Efflorescence
So what is efflorescense? What causes it? Efflorescense is the salts and minerals in cementatious materials like grout, thinset & concrete. All grouts, thinsets and concrete have it present. The problem is when the efflorescense comes to the surface. Water is the culpret here. Water/moisture brings the efflorescense to the surface. Water can come from [...]
