Dear Michelle:
Typically bluestone is a good stone for outdoors.
What you have is a severe
What could have caused it? Hard to tell, but since bluestone in its natural state is, like I said, a good stone for outdoors, my only immediate conclusion is that the sealer could very well be the culprit. I make sealers, but I always say that no stone should ever be sealed when installed outdoors. Now, why would I ever say that, instead of pushing my sealer? It is simply because I know better, and I care about your stone more than anybody else – that's why!
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and we removed all the sealer
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I doubt it. First off, if they applied an impregnator, considering how absorbent that stone is it went deep inside at least
Second, if instead they used a topical, such as urethane, how did you remove it?... It can't be stripped with a wax stripper, that's for sure. If you used, say Methylene Chloride, then very good chances are that while the stuff was melting and thinning the urethane, part of it got absorbed by the stone.
Either way, I'm afraid that's the end of it.
Even if it were
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Mauri
Article ID: 1128
Created On: Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Last Updated On: Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Authored by: Maurizio Bertoli [mail@mbstone.com]
Online URL: https://marblecleaning.org/knowledgebase/article.php?id=1128