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Limestone, Marble, Granite: Award-Winning Designs and Maintenance
This unusual marble chair caught our eye while perusing through some architecture and design magazines. We wondered if it was a bit gaudy. On second thought, there are almost an infinite number of design schemes and interiors, and the chair surely has a home somewhere. And where that is, Sungloss Marble Restoration Company can maintain […]
Continue readingEcological Marble Restoration, Environmental Narrative
Sungloss Marble Restoration Company Account Rep John Leonard was privileged to recently attend a Chicago lecture by Maya Lin, who spoke much about her work fusing art, architecture, and memorial monuments, and her latest environmental conservancy project What Is Missing (whatismissing.net). John reports: Her lecture included many slides of her work, highlighting her site-specific works […]
Continue readingLimestone Cleaning, Marble Restoration, and LEED Certification
Sungloss Marble Company has recently been involved in projects where businesses or municipalities have desired LEED certification. With all the excitement and interest in LEED, we thought we’d touch generally on what that means. We’ll have more specifics on the individual projects in future posts. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is simply a […]
Continue readingLimestone Cleaning and Other Basic Stone Maintenance Concepts
At Sungloss Marble Restoration Company, we’ve helped so many of our residential customers to understand basic maintenance techniques for marble bathroom vanities and granite kitchen counters. Since those surfaces are so common, and we receive questions about them over and over again, we thought our maintenance tips might bear repeating for newer customers (and established […]
Continue readingGranite Polishing, Sealing, and Relative Costs of Marble and Stone Maintenance
During this uncertain economic time, we are repeatedly asked questions about stone maintenance costs, procedures, and value. At Sungloss Marble Restoration Company, we emphasize customer education, to help everyone to be on the same page when it comes to making decisions. Here are a few issues that have come up recently: Natural Stone Sealing. It […]
Continue readingWater-Related Issues in Marble, Limestone, Natural Stone Maintenance and Refinishing
With all the rain around Chicago this Summer, we at Sungloss Marble Restoration company are reminded of the many ways unwanted water can wreak havoc on natural stone. Two come to the forefront of our minds: Efflorescence. One time I started explaining this phenomenon to a customer and he asked, “isn’t that a band?” True, […]
Continue readingMarble, Travertine, Granite Maintenance Similarities and Differences in Rome
Sungloss Marble Restoration Company was thankful to have our part-time Estimator John Leonard reporting from Rome last month while on vacation. In this final report, he describes more of the natural stone he saw while in Italy. He writes: I have been blown away by keen similarities between the marble, granite, travertine, and terrazzo I […]
Continue readingMarble, Travertine, and Granite Care (or lack therof) in Rome
John Leonard continues his series of blog posts from Rome: as an Account Rep for Sungloss Marble Restoration Company in Chicago, I still have my Estimator hat on while walking the streets of Rome. I’m seeing marble, granite, and travertine everywhere here! I’ve been trying to snap pictures of floors, statues, columns, stairs, and other […]
Continue readingReclamation, Plunder, and Restoration of Marble in Rome
Continuing on from the last blog entry, our rep John Leonard writes: while in Rome, I am making a point to observe the marble, granite, and travertine so prevalent in the archeological sites, churches, and public spaces. As I learn more about the history of the architecture and building practices, I see a pattern over […]
Continue readingSungloss Marble Restoration Visits Travertine, Granite, and Marble Filled City of Rome!
Sungloss Marble Restoration is happy to report our part-time Account Rep and Blogger John Leonard has been fortunate to join his wife in Rome, while she co-teaches an art and architecture seminar through Ohio University (a link to the program can be found at: ouiarome.wordpress.com). This opportunity affords our beloved rep ample time to soak […]
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