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The 8 Beatitudes of Natural Stone Care
The “Eight Beatitudes” of keeping your natural stone beautiful (the way it should be). For building managers, developers, homeowners and designers. 1. Choose your stone wisely – don’t mix granite with marble with wood with metal interspersed, unless you want to spend big money with maintenance and aftercare, probably substandard. The care, smaller machinery and […]
Continue readingNatural Stone And Tile Restoration Called Into Question?
THE RELIABILITY AND HONESTY OF MARBLE, TERRAZZO AND NATURAL STONE CARE REFINISHING COMPANIES A lot has been said and written about contractors, construction companies and roofers regarding the integrity of their services — rumor has it that some will do anything to get a job, and some of your cash flowing their way…. Lou Manfredini, […]
Continue readingLimestone, Marble, Granite Restoration and Cleaning Education
At Sungloss Marble Restoration, we are very high on educating our customers, and have been for over 22 years. The more our customers know about the stone restoration options we can offer them, the more informed they can be when choosing how to beautify and raise the curb appeal of their property, condo, or home. […]
Continue readingLEED CI and Sungloss
We are proud to have been part of a recent office renovation project in the office space of Perkins+Will, a premiere architectural firm in Chicago. Through Pepper Construction, our work included cleaning and restoring existing slate flooring with earth-friendly products. The slate was then color-enhanced and sealed with a low-VOC, water-based sealer. This project was […]
Continue readingRecession Update – Green is Growing
We recently read an interesting study at Greenseal.org (link) which finds that despite the recession, 4 out of 5 people are continuing to buy green products and services today. This shows the reach of the green movement and also the power of consumers to tip the scale towards change. It tells us there are two […]
Continue readingExcitement over LEED and Marble Restoration
Sungloss Marble Company has recently been involved in projects where businesses or municipalities have desired a LEED certification. With all the excitement and interest in LEED, I thought I’d touch generally on what that means. We’ll have more specifics on the individual projects in future posts.
Continue readingNatural Stone Reclamation
I was curious about how marble is recycled—it is a natural product we work with every day, but don’t often realize how sustainable it is as an architectural material. A brief Google search produced a few webpages, some unexpected topics on marble reclamation: A story from Emory University about recycling marble flooring in a historic […]
Continue readingFinancial Considerations and Stone Care in Today’s Economy
In the current atmosphere of financial uncertainty, homeowners may find themselves putting off all but the most critical contractor work. There are a few things to think about when deciding to postpone stone restoration. We’ve seen a whole range of stone wear, and some circumstances warrant more concern than others. High traffic or what I […]
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