metal restoration

Rusty Renewed Rails

KC Restoration’s crews were out this past weekend refinishing stainless steel handrails and removing the damaging effects of winter and snowmelt which both cause the rust you can see on the before image. Our talented technicians are great at transforming rusty to looking good as new and protecting stainless steel from greater damage and more […]

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“Visions of Children” Restoration for American Century Investments

These photos show KC Restoration’s work on gorgeous statues that were important to a great Kansas Citian and the founder of American Century Investments, the late Mr. James E. Stowers, Jr. “Visions of Children,” the statues of children at play by Dennis Smith, is located in front of American Century Investment’s offices. American Century wanted

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Brightening Entrances and Refinishing Railings

As spring temperatures warm Kansas City and some wonderful landscaping begins brightening building entrances around town, don’t let worn or damaged railings or other metal accents to your building tarnish that first impression you work so hard to develop. KC Restoration can bring back the luster to railings and brighten the look of entrances. Check

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Restored copper signage for the Plaza Theatre Building

Check out these photos of a restored bronze sign in a Kansas City neighborhood full of distinctive metal details that give a flair and character to the historic area that is the Country Club Plaza. Metal has always been a favored building material because of its durability, but it can also provide accents to draw

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Going to great heights at the Plaza Colonnade

KC Restoration went to great heights to complete exterior work on the Plaza Colonnade as you can see in the photos, which also show the wonderful results of our refinishing of the stainless steel exterior to the site at 48th and Main in Kansas City, MO. Thanks to an innovative public-private partnership, the Plaza Colonnade

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Custom patinas and finishes for Gieske Metal Fabricators

KC Restoration’s specialty is making your metal look its best whether through custom patinas and finishes for new metals or restoring older metal. We got to deliver some wonderful patinas when one of our clients, Gieske Custom Metal Fabricators created custom metal cooktop hoods for an architects’ high end clients. KC Restoration’s part of the

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Black finish for One Kansas City Place elevators

KC Restoration has been hard at work in downtown Kansas City’s tallest building. One Kansas City Place with its 42 stories of height is one of the most recognizable buildings in the city’s skyline especially when its sides are lit up for important Chiefs and Royals games or for holidays like the recent St. Patrick’s

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Cylindrical bronze elevator in Wichita

KC Restoration’s technicians are back in Wichita working on a very interesting cylindrical elevator exterior located inside a downtown building’s atrium. As you can see in the photos, we changed the entire mirror finish bronze to a satin finish. Our technicians also needed to refinish the top of the elevator shaft since it was visible

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Brilliant Bronze in the American Century Investment Towers

KC Restoration loves buildings that have some great metal accents like the American Century Investment Towers. You may know them as the beautiful twin towers in the Country Club Plaza as they can be seen from a great distance. Yet the interior is even more amazing – everything from the floors and walls to the

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Art Deco Details on the Aladdin Hotel

Check out these photos of KC Restoration’s work on the art deco finishes to the exterior of the Aladdin Hotel in downtown Kansas City. It was an honor to get to work on one of the gems of the city’s architectural heritage and bring the shine back to this historic hotel’s bronze exterior details and

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