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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Believe me, white "blooms" do NOT make a very cool
stain pattern. The floor is incredibly ugly. It's an upscale house but if any
one walked in to potentially buy it (it's not for sale), they'd run out
screaming--the floors are absolutely terrible. Besides the various blooms, there
are lines next to where red paper and apparently tape was applied--clearly
showing where moisture leaked out next to where it was trapped by the tape. Long
lines, looking like broom stick lines, do not make a floor look creative. Plus
most of the floors were to be very dark colors (and were when first applied).
Now they are all incredibly light due to all the blooms--thus not effective as
thermal masses even if they looked OK (which they do not). My floors were
supposed to look mottled--the creative, random pattern you refer to--but the
blooms do not add to such a pattern. It is beyond a disaster. I have had
numerous tile and concrete experts to view it already and without exception they
state it's a disaster. It truly is. And that's without even mentioning the huge
patches where everything has peeled up (and continues doing so...)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jason@amicusgreen.com href="mailto:jason@amicusgreen.com">Jason
Holstine</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=Greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Greenbuilding] Redoing all
floors</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Can you etch the concrete to remove the current
sealer, strip the stain with paint stripper, let the concrete properly dry and
cure, then go back and stain and refinish?<BR><BR>Also – any concrete will
naturally have a certain unpredictability in the finish pattern, with random
burnishing and highs and lows of color. So I typically recommend take
advantage of that, fly with it, and stain with a creative, random, very cool
stain pattern. You won’t know what’s mistake/old mess-up and what’s
intentionally part of the pattern.<BR><BR><BR>On 7/27/11 2:29 PM, "Ktot (g)"
<<A href="ktottotc@gmail.com">ktottotc@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I explained that in my initial email--less than half
the required curing <BR>time for the concrete. Thus moisture is trapped
under the sealer, creating <BR>white "blooms" everywhere. Also whole patches
of stain and sealer are coming <BR>up which may be due to poor combination
of products, use of diesel/propane <BR>heaters, other, or also the lack of
cure time.<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Corwyn" <<A
href="corwyn@midcoast.com">corwyn@midcoast.com</A>><BR>To: "Green
Building" <<A
href="greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org">greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org</A>><BR>Sent:
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:19 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Redoing all
floors<BR><BR><BR>> On 7/27/2011 1:09 PM, Ktot (g) wrote:<BR>>> I
have a brand new home (finished mid-May) that is completely
off-grid.<BR>>> Solar and wind power, solar thermal radiant heat and
hot water, and<BR>>> passive solar design.<BR>>><BR>>> The
problem--the stained concrete floors and countertops are
defective.<BR>>> The countertops should be an easy fix--sanding and
applying another<BR>>> layer of epoxy. But the floors are very
problematic.<BR>>><BR>>> First, the supposedly very experienced
contractor who did them is<BR>>> refusing to take responsibility for
their defective work--they didn't<BR>>> allow the concrete even 1/2
the curing time required--but my attorney is<BR>>> addressing
that.<BR>><BR>> What exactly is wrong with the floors?<BR>><BR>>
Thank You Kindly,<BR>><BR>> Corwyn<BR>><BR>><BR>> -- <BR>>
Topher Belknap<BR>> Green Fret Consulting<BR>> Kermit didn't know the
half of it...<BR>> <A
href="http://www.greenfret.com/">http://www.greenfret.com/</A><BR>> <A
href="topher@greenfret.com">topher@greenfret.com</A><BR>> (207)
882-7652<BR>><BR>>
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