How to Make a Granite Patch Look Like Granite
demonstrates a fast and easy approach to matching the repair with the substrate
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: SELF-CURE MORTARS
Starting August 1, 2023, Self-Cure Mortars will become our default, stocked product, readily available for your immediate purchase and delivery.
Detroit Cautionary Tales, Part 2: Coating Does Not Equal Restoring
Someone had attempted to restore the area by filling in the cracks and using caulk, a product that stretches and contracts as a building moves. It’s also waterproof, which, as I mentioned, is a bad idea.
Aggregate Embedment & Jahn Patches
When you have varying color and texture, the best solution is to add an aggregate to the surface of the patch.
Detroit Cautionary Tales, Part 1: Silicone Caulk is the Wrong Patch
In this two-part series, I share cautionary tales learned from Cathedral Stone Products founder Dennis Rude, who is one of the nation’s foremost masonry restoration experts.
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Promoting Historic Masonry Repair through Education and Relationships
How specifiers, engineers, architects, contractors, and other preservation professionals can use a little education in historic masonry repair to prevent costly mistakes.
Making Seamless Repairs to Terra Cotta, Part 2: Remove and Repair
Cathedral Stone Products help restoration professionals achieve a generational repair that introduces no new problems.