Installing of red travertine Dayron (07 Aug 2014 14:20 EDT)
RE: Installing of red travertine John Freitag (07 Aug 2014 17:34 EDT)
Re: Installing of red travertine Perfect Marble 2 (07 Aug 2014 18:23 EDT)
RE: Installing of red travertine John Freitag (08 Aug 2014 18:05 EDT)

Re: Installing of red travertine Perfect Marble 2 07 Aug 2014 18:19 EDT

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

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Dayron Padilla
Perfect Marble

> On Aug 7, 2014, at 5:34 PM, "John Freitag" <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:
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> Dayron,
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> 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.
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> Subject: Installing of red travertine
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> 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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