Project Solutions

2010:

} Project Spotlight Location: Carlsbad, CA

Restoration of a Tumbled Travertine Master Shower

 

 

   

 

 

PROJECT PROBLEM: This shower had three years of mold, mildew, soap scum and hard water mineral deposits that were within the pits and on top of the travertine and grout surfaces. 
                                                                                                                                                                 SOLUTION: Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. was hired to remove all contaminants, and to seal to protect. The Master Technician’s removed all contaminants and sealed the travertine and grout with a premium, penetrating natural look sealer. The shower looked new again, like it had just been installed! Problem solved!
 
 
} Project Spotlight Location: San Diego, CA

Master Shower Restoration of Ceramic Tile/Grout/Fiberglass/Glass/Metal; Removal of Silicone and Installation of Resin in to Perimeter Joints

   

 
 
 
 
PROJECT PROBLEM: This Master Shower had two different types of mold, mildew, soap scum and hard water mineral deposit build up. The glass and metal had soap scum/build up and hard water mineral deposit build up. Also, the silicone joint material around the metal frame had a tremendous amount of black mold that had formed between the metal, tile and silicone. And the perimeter grout was cracked and stained with mold.
                                                                                                                                                                 SOLUTION: Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. was hired to perform “The Shower Makeover”, which completely restored the tile, grout, metal and glass surfaces to look like new again! We used several of our proprietary systems to restore the various materials. We finalized the project by sealing the tile grout using a premium, penetrating natural look sealer; sealed the glass and metal using our proprietary sealants which achieves a non-stick, easy to maintain surfaces; and installed our proprietary resin joint material instead of using silicone (because the silicone would mold again). Problem solved!

2009:

} Project Spotlight Location: San Marcos, CA

Customized Resurfacing of Granite Flooring

 

 

  

 

PROJECT PROBLEM: The homebuilder had originally specified honed, Black Absolute granite tiles for this model home’s Master Bathroom floor. But the supplier, supplied polished Black Absolute tiles and the polished tiles were installed. Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. was commissioned to remove the polish from the tiles, in place. This is a difficult process to perform on granite in general, especially a granite tile floor (with various planes and low spots; and sanded black grout) in a finished model home (the granite butted up to white carpet). But not for Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co.
                                                                                                                                                                 SOLUTION: The Master Technicians of Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. masked all of the surrounding surfaces, and honed the surfaces by a combination of: chemical etching and mechanical, diamond grinding by hand and by machine. Then the Master Technicians sealed the granite and black sanded grout to protect using a premium, penetrating, natural look sealant.
Problem solved!

   

2008:

} Project Spotlight Location: Temecula, CA

Restoration Cleaning

 

 

PROJECT PROBLEM: Three different so called stone care and restoration companies had previously tried to fix this problematic floor for a large stone and tile supplier. None could come up with a solution. None could even improve the situation. We immediately knew what to do, and as you can see from the “CLEAN” test sample that we performed, were able to effectively resolve the issue for the tile supplier and the homeowner. This is actually a porcelain tile floor with sanded grout that instantly started to stain right after the homeowners moved in to the home. Many people believe that porcelain does not need to be sealed, including this prominent stone and tile supplier (this is a prime example that porcelain does benefit from being sealed with a premium sealant).

SOLUTION: Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. was commissioned to fix this problem or the entire installation would have to have been ripped out and re-done with a different material. This would have cost the supplier approx. $30,000, but NSC’s Master Tech.’s were able to remove all of the stains and contaminants from the porcelain and grout, and then NSC protected the porcelain and grout using a premium, penetrating, natural look sealant.
Problem solved!

 

2003:

} Project Spotlight Location: Laguna Niguel, CA

Stripping of an Improperly Applied Sealant

 

PROJECT PROBLEM: Masonry suppliers exterior showroom floor: An inexperienced company was previously hired to beautify and protect the various stone floors on their exterior showroom floor. This company used a coating that looked great for two weeks before the floor started to turn white (from the moisture trapped between the wrong sealer type and the stone).                                                                                                   

SOLUTION: Natural Stone Care was hired to fix this unsightly problem. NSC’s Master Technician’s stripped the stone and grout of the coating and sealed the slate with a premium, penetrating (natural look) sealant.
The white, calcium and mineral deposits never came back.
Problem solved!

 

2001:

} Project Spotlight Location: Fullerton, CA

Customized Resurfacing of Travertine Flooring

PROJECT PROBLEM: The homeowner’s of this Fullerton, Ca. custom home were tired of maintaining their polished travertine flooring. Scratches and etch (dull) marks became very pronounced in the reflection of the travertine tiles. They were also extremely frustrated with the pits and cavities that developed over the years.

SOLUTION: Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. was hired to come up with a solution for the homeowner’s problems. NSC’s Master Tech.’s transformed the original, highly polished travertine to an easy to maintain, honed surface. The Master Tech.’s patched/repaired all of the various pits/cavities within the travertine, and machine ground the stone and removed scratches/etch marks, to ultimately achieve a uniformly satin surface. Once the resurfacing was performed, NSC’s Master Technician’s applied a premium, penetrating, natural look sealant to protect the stone and grout.
Problem solved!

 

1999:

} Project Spotlight Location: Santa Ana, CA

Customized Resurfacing and Repair of Travertine

Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. was interviewed by OCN- the Orange County News channel at the newly constructed, Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse.

PROJECT PROBLEM #1: The newly installed travertine tile had a highly honed surface finish from the supplying quarry/factory. This high hone finish was extremely slick and slippery when the morning dew formed on the tile surfaces. There were a few slip/fall incidents, causing the Property Manager to find a solution to their problem.                                                                                                                      

SOLUTION: Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. was contacted to come up with a solution. NSC produced a sample for the Property Manager that created traction to the stone, even after being sealed. Furthermore, the overall appearance of the 26,000 square feet of stone was retained and matched the appearance of the rest of the buildings travertine surfaces.                                                                                                             

PROJECT PROBLEM #2: The steps, planters, benches and walkways throughout the new facility were severely damaged. This damage was caused by the careless acts of skateboarders performing their tricks/stunts on the smooth travertine surfaces. The edges of travertine steps, planters, benches and walkways were severely chipped/gouged, and required a custom color matched, two part epoxy resin system to bond/build/overfill the large chips/gouges.                                                                                            

SOLUTION: The craftsmen of Natural Stone Care & Resurfacing Co. mixed custom colors of the two part epoxy resin system, and overfilled the large chips/gouges, then machine ground and hand sanded/smoothed the edges of the stonework to match the original look/sheen/feel of the original installation.