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Our featured project for the month of December is the Tempe Marketplace, (Tempe, AZ). The Tempe Marketplace opened in 2007 and has over 210,000 square feet of concrete pavers throughout the main shopping district. The property manager, Jim Tyson of US Diversified wanted to improve upon the look and maintenance of the existing pavers. It needed to look cleaner, show more of the color variation of the concrete pavers and be easier to maintain long-term with less man hours. When the project was initially installed, the architect specified a water-based acrylic sealer. This sealer lasted less than six months due to the extreme conditions of heavy foot traffic and daily cleaning with ride-on scrubbers. US Diversified was clearly in need of a high performance sealer to refinish the job.
US Diversified began working with Pave Seal of Arizona who kicked off the project by cleaning the concrete pavers. This included an acid-wash, neutralizing of the concrete and even purchasing a machine that effectively removes chewing gum. Once they finished cleaning a section, the area was roped off until the following night. On the second night they applied Polyurethane 250 Gloss with a low-pressure sprayer and then back-rolled the sealer. To provide slip-resistance, once the Poly 250 tacked up, a mixture of 60 and 90 grit aluminum oxide was applied with an air compressor and a small sand blast gun. With these steps complete, a final coat of Poly 250 Satin was applied. On the following afternoon the roped off area was opened up to traffic again.
Pave Seal worked in sections of 4,000 to 6,000 square feet to keep general mall traffic flowing. They also needed to use plywood with lag bolts to keep store doorways open so that customers could enter and exit the stores without walking on the wet sealer. The total project took 5 months to complete, and once the weather began to cool off, an accelerator was used to speed up dry time to keep each section to a maximum of 2 days.
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