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Increase Building Occupant Satisfaction with Metal Refinishing

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Many facility and property managers struggle with how to transform outdated and worn entrances, elevators and other metal interior surfaces into clean, modern and appealing finishes that will enhance the image of their facility. Managers often want shiny stainless steel or custom patina, but they worry about the cost of purchasing and installing […]

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Don’t Let Ice and Snow Melt Ruin Your Metal!

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Winter weather has arrived in Kansas City! Soon it will be time for your snow removal contractors to come spread salt around your building exterior to prevent accidents and protect occupants and visitors. However, the salt they commonly use can be highly corrosive to many of your exterior surfaces. Did you know that the chloride

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Happy Start to KSD School Year!

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Happy 1st day of school to all the students and teachers starting the fall semester at the Kansas School for the Deaf here in Olathe, KS! Over the summer break, KC Restoration’s team had the honor of getting to work on your campus when we donated our metal refinishing and coating services to help make

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Attention to Detail for Kehilath Israel Synagogue

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KC Restoration’s technicians recently completed work on the bronze of the Kehilath Israel Synagogue’s elegant entrance sign. The wear and tear from Kansas’s weather conditions had dulled the metal and led to some of the green oxidization discoloration you can see in the before images. KC Restoration’s refinishing made the metal once again pop against

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William Allen White before & after

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KC Restoration is excited to show off some dramatic before-and-after images of recent refinishing work our technicians completed in Emporia. We got to restore the city’s William Allen White Bust and Memorial in Peter Pan Park. The wonderful artwork sculpted by Jo Davidson commemorates an important figure in Kansas history, an author and Pulitzer Prize-winning

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Curving Bronze Beechcraft Staircase

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As promised, here are more photos of KC Restoration’s recent work in Wichita for Beechcraft. We are proud they trusted us to complete a customized new look for their headquarters’ gorgeous curving bronze staircase. We applied a black patina to the once mirror finish bronze; the rich hues of the new finish lend a sophisticated

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Refinishing Elevators in St Joseph

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KC Restoration is hard at work in St. Joseph, MO. We refinished these commercial satin-finish bronze elevator cabs and entrances in an office building there. Our clients loved the huge transformation; we hope you do too!

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Updated entrance at Catholic Charities Kansas City

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KC Restoration just completed work on the Catholic Charities Building in downtown Kansas City, MO. We refinished the entrance and even the informational plaque explaining the history of the building. Jury and Associates Commercial Realtors hired us to refresh the building’s metal surfaces. We learned that Catholic charitable work took root locally in 1879 with

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Shining impressions at Cerner

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Cerner is known in Kansas City and globally as a forward thinking healthcare company. They also are forward thinking about their campus. Cerner hired KC Restoration to finish their bronze elevator doors for a gleaming finish. They know that details count and hired us to keep their company’s campus looking its best. KC Restoration is

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New work with Kone Elevator Company

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These photos are before and after for a project Kone Elevator Company is working on for the Downtown Marriott. They asked if KC Restoration could transform a standard elevator position indicator into something elegant and classy to fit with the remodel project they are working on. The before is an aluminum framed indicator, with a stainless

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