Thanks John but client is hell bent on topical and believes this avoids mold

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Perfect Marble

> On Aug 7, 2014, at 5:34 PM, "John Freitag" <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:
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> Dayron,
>
> From the pictures the job look very poor to say the least. Pressure washing
> is my recommended way to clean stone. If you elect to clean I would
> recommend only using 900 PSI for the cleaning. Topical finishes on a
> exterior deck is asking for problems. The topical coating can and will
> probably cause the surface to be slippery and trap the moisture in the stone
> not allowing the stone to breath.
> Recommend stripping off the topical, do a good ddep clean with a alkaline
> based cleaner then seal with an Impregnating / penetrating Sealer.
>
>
> John E Freitag
> Director
> The Stone & Tile School
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> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 12:55 PM
> To: Stone and Tile PROS Technical Support
> Subject: Installing of red travertine
>
> Hey gang saw a potential client today with an outside deck of red
> travertine. She had had numerous workers try to (topical) seal it and did a
> horrible job.  I'm no installer but she said they pressure washed and thru
> sand for grout joints.   Is this the correct way to do this.
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