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I have some 'Glaze and Seal' stone impregnator left over from a job I did. (Not to be confused with Glaze and seal Saltillo Glaze) It says its water based and has price tag of $80 a gallon.
Hopefully it won't stain much. Travertines come in all shapes and finishes. Mine is Durango honed. The edges polished nicely. I had the polishing discs left over from my granite kitchen job as well. If you have a lot of iron in your water eventually it will stain some. We do so I expect some color change. The stone I'm using to face the base has a lot of iron staining already so maybe it will blend. I'm going to give it all the sealer it will absorb and let it do its thing.
I was wondering about using travertine for my "side" surfaces - which I have yet to complete! Are you worried about the stone staining? What kind of sealer are you using?
Thanks boerwarrior. Yesterday we stripped the forms, polished the travertine edges, gave the travertine its first coat of sealer and had a 300 degree curing fire. The outside temp of the dome didn't raise a bit.
You may have noticed pencils sticking out of the tile. Those are recesses to hold the pencil rebar for the stucco lath. I still have to add some fire brick on top so there are no horizontal areas that would allow water to puddle. I want the first 5" of brick to show but the rest will get stucco.
The fire started in a very remote area on the Clavey River near the junction of the Tuolumne River (red 'x' in circle on the map). No lightening but hundreds of kayakers participating in an event. No roads for several miles. No official cause released.
That map is depressing but not as bad as actually seeing the fires. was this an accidental start or unknown? I watched a govt briefing that believed the Al queda bunch was complicit in starting forest fires in the US. Any word of that?
Texman
PS not a conspiracy guy, it just kinda makes sense.
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