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Sunday, November 27, 2011

1968 Terrazzo Floor Restored by SafeDry

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This article will deal with the restoration of a 1970 terrazzo floor. Many terrazzo floors from 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971 look very similar to this floor. Many years ago we struggled with these floors. This era of terrazzo floors was not always of the same quality as previous years. Most terrazzo restoration systems have a hard time getting good results from these floors. It is hard to get a highly polished shine and these floors tend to be thinner then their predecessors. This can cause an uneven look and lines of marble loss in the floors.

Today our terrazzo floor restoration system makes these floors more flat, and brings these floors to a highly polished shine. When a floor has a high shine it can hide many flaws. Our planetary floor grinding and polishing system gives our floors a brilliant shine and helps make the floor more flat. In fact, our system produces the flattest floors in the home terrazzo restoration business. Our process uses wet and dry diamond polishing to give your terrazzo floors a shine that will last years and years. Check out the beautiful floor. These pictures tell thousands of words. By Joe Martin

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Terrazzo Restoration by SafeDry

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Today I want to show some of our latest pictures, including some taken today at a job just completed in Sarasota Florida. I also want to talk about how and why I take the pictures of terrazzo restoration floors.
I could do a whole blog of of plant reflections in floors we have restored. I must admit to being a plant lover. If I had terrazzo in my home I would surround my rooms with windows and flowers and plants. Imagine enjoying your plants , not only outside, but on your floor in high definition.
Sometimes I forget to show the entire floor after the terrazzo restoration. I am trying to do a better job of showing the whole floor before and after. We have made marked advances in our terrazzo floors over the years, but in the past few months we have stepped up our game more then ever.
As the owner of SafeDry, I and promise to always keep up to date with all the advances in terrazzo restoration. When we find high quality new products we always Incorporated them into our system and test their effectiveness and place within our system.
I think one of the best ways to show how great a terrazzo floor looks is to take pictures of the reflection off the floor. When you take a picture of a palm tree, on a quality terrazzo restoration, you can see the space between the fron strands. You can see flowers in bloom. I have even taken many pictures of reflections of people standing outside and these pictures look great.
This does not tell the whole story. Terrazzo floors look great at night. In low light you can often times see the whole room reflect off the floor.
The job just completed in Sarasota was stunning. It had a great variety of marble stones and colors. I am sure you will agree that this floor was worth saving. Now on to the great terrazzo floor.

Here are some pictures from another terrazzo restoration done in Sarasota in March.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Sarasota Terrazzo Restoration from 2 April 2011

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Sarasota Terrazzo Restoration

2 April 2011

This blog is a review and report from a Sarasota terrazzo restoration done between march 31st and April 2nd of 2011. I will cover many aspects of the job, but not every step. We at SafeDry have spent many late nights developing our system and as such we will not divulge many details of how we restore terrazzo. As I often say, we restore using diamond technology and without tricks. We use many different diamond polishing technique at the polishing stage in order to maximize the shine of our finished product.

The images you will see in this blog will show off how we have evolved into the top terrazzo restoration company in our field. I will apologize in advance as some after restoration pictures show dust that settled on the floor. Most of our steps are wet, but the final steps are dry and as a result can cause some dust. This terrazzo floor is was installed in 1957. That makes it 54 years old. We cannot even imagine all the abuse this terrazzo floor has experienced in all that time, but the final product resembled a granite counter top.

Terrazzo Stain Removal

This terrazzo restoration had some red stains in the living room we had to eliminate. We first scarped off as much as we could then tried some mastic remover. Scrapping held a little, but mastic remover did not help at all. The solution to the red stain was our HTC grinder. It helped by grinding into the floor and getting under the red stain. Check out some of the pictures.

Red Stain Before

Red Stain After

Tack Strip Removal and Nail Cutting

We always suggest people let us remove the tack strip and cut the nails on terrazzo flooring. Terrazzo floors are very hard. This is because of the Portland cement. Portland cement is more dense then sanded cement so it is harder to remove the nails. If you try to pull the nails from terrazzo flooring you will pull up chunks from the floor. This will result in costly repairs and a repair that may be seen after restoration. As you can see, we had to deal with some nails that we already removed in past carpet installations. If you have terrazzo floors and you are having carpet installed on top, remember to always insist the installer cut the nails if they install new tack strip. You should also insist the installer drill holes for the new tack strip and use only aluminum nails. Even if you never want to restore your terrazzo the next owners may want to do that. By insuring proper carpet installation over you terrazzo you are protecting you property value and it may help to sell your home in the future.

Terrazzo Polishing

After grinding and honing the terrazzo it is time for polishing. Though we grind with a 400 pound planetary grinder, to help remove the most imperfections possible, the shine we put on terrazzo is from our many steps and systems of diamond terrazzo polishing and refinishing. We do not use topical coatings for our terrazzo restoration. The shine you see is the floor. We expect out floors to last seven to ten years under normal wear. The terrazzo floors we restore are not slippery. Diamond polished terrazzo has a lot of slip resistance. Check out the results we got from this terrazzo restoration for a cost less then new tile.