Part of a Limestone restoration we did this week, paving had been sealed twice and both times failed for whatever reason.
We removed the failed sealers, cleaned & re-honed the surface, then sealed. 3 areas were restored around 130 square metres in total.
Nice roger we've just laid a black limestone patio I maybe recommending your services to the client once the patio has settled down etc. like the colour enhancer you've used the last photo is that wet or dry ?
exoticpete wrote:Nice roger we've just laid a black limestone patio I maybe recommending your services to the client once the patio has settled down etc. like the colour enhancer you've used the last photo is that wet or dry ?
Pete,
Still slightly wet, this photo is after the paving had been sealed for around 4 hours.
Cheers Steve,
First photo doesn't really show how bad the previous attempts at sealing this paving was, we are now using a rotary machine on these, brushes or pads depending on what needs to be done.
The stone & the pointing was excellent, just a shame they didn't know how to seal, not one of yours but in our area Chobham.
That's a very nice job. I'm going to be laying two patio's in sagar black limestone over the next month. One of the clients asked me about sealing and I told him you'd get a varnished effect after but it will protect the paving.
TBH I've never been a fan of the look of sealed paving but I like the look of the one you've done very much and will show the client the picture above before he makes his mind up.
Thanks for the sealant info. I'm looking to seal my smaller limestone patio and was looking at the recommendations here on pavingexpert.com but the Aqua-mix isn't listed. Any idea how long this will last before needing re-treatment?
My patio is 11 years old and pretty faded. I didn't realise that you could get colour restorer for it so I have cleaned it by hand with a wire brush followed by pressure washing. I'm quite pleased with the results but i don't want to be doing it again. See photo for before and after details:-
Don't want to be to negative here, but I wouldn't seal that patio as it is, from the photo you have in the bottom left hand side very clean & faded paving and the rest is still holding colour ?
Or is this a photo of part cleaned?
Re the Aqua-Mix you won't find it in any of Tony's tests as this is one he hasn't tested, as far as I know, life expectancy of the sealer is around 3-5 years.
R&A Pressure Washing wrote:Don't want to be to negative here, but I wouldn't seal that patio as it is, from the photo you have in the bottom left hand side very clean & faded paving and the rest is still holding colour ?
Or is this a photo of part cleaned?
Re the Aqua-Mix you won't find it in any of Tony's tests as this is one he hasn't tested, as far as I know, life expectancy of the sealer is around 3-5 years.
Hi Roger, yes the photo is of the patio part cleaned. I took it to show a friend the difference a good going over with a wire brush makes.
Do you know the coverage rate for Aqua-mix for this type of limestone?
