2023 Commercial Design Trends
Commercial design is constantly evolving. What was popular last year may not be this year. The trends today may be completely dated by 2025.
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Don’t Let Ice Melt Corrode Your Surfaces
Cold weather, ice, and snow are all on the way. Soon you will be calling a contractor to remove snow and ice from many surfaces to prevent accidents on your property. Unfortunately, the material used to melt the ice and snow take a toll on many exterior and interior metal surfaces. Ice melt products are
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Prevent Metal Corrosion This Winter
Metal corrosion is a concern primarily in parking garages due to the steel rebar that is in the concrete to reinforce it.
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Preserve History with Restoration of Plaques and Memorials
Plaques and memorials have meaning. They pay tribute to a special place. They remember a loved one or someone who left a lasting legacy.
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Refresh Your Metal With Patina
Patina is an aging process that happens naturally when metal is exposed to the elements and use. When metal is left untreated, over time the metal oxidizes turning it a different color (i.e.: brown, black, or green), or it can darken the color of the metal. For example, cooper transforms from a shiny penny shade
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Winter Tips for your Metal
After this morning’s commute dealing with the metro’s 2nd round of winter precipitation, we thought it would be the perfect time to post about the effects of winter weather on the metal accenting your buildings and some tips on how best to handle ice, snow melt, and the rust or corrosion that can be left
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Protect your metal furniture from rust damage
Here in KC we are ready for summer! People are preparing their patio sets and grills for outdoor living. But the early summer showers hitting the Midwest remind us that when water, iron, and oxygen mix, rust could also be around the corner. At KC Restoration we know firsthand how destructive rust damage can be.
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Removing Rust from Stainless Steel Handrails
KC Restoration has been hired to refinish and remove all the years of rust from the stainless steel handrails in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts’ parking garage. We’re proud to have our restoration expertise trusted and relied upon by the Kauffman and JE Dunn who is running the project. Here are some photos
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Rust Removal
Damage or years of wear and tear can lead to rust on metal, but that rust can also spread to surrounding areas. As you can see in these photos taken outside the Town Pavilion Building in downtown Kansas City, rust from exterior metal handrails was absorbed into the surrounding granite, causing a very unattractive and