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What is a stone sealer.
Ornamental stonework in buildings
today is a common thing. It looks pretty and it should last forever,
right? Actually, the forces of nature can ware stone down in a
surprisingly short time. Between water and wind and cold weather, you
may be facing a more serious problem then you think.
This is not just true for the pretty stuff, but also for the walls,
brickwork, and floors. Water will damage anything given enough time, and
it may not always take that much. (The Grand Canyon was made by the
Colorado River, and that’s a BIG hole.) While you might not end up with
several thousand square miles of canyon, you may end up with cracked and
broken stonework.
If you experience whether below 32ｺ on a regular basis then you have
something else to worry about: Ice. When water gets down into tiny pores
of the stone, and freezes, it expands and begins to break the stone.
Then more water has room to collect, and that too freezes. This begins
to make micro cracks, which quickly spread and grow to serious cracks.
Stone sealants are an absolute necessity. They create a seal against
water and condensation, protecting you from the water and ice problem,
they even make the stone less affected by the weight it supports (even
just walking on your stone eventually may break it down.)
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