Alucobond and glass restoration on an 18-story Tallahassee tower
Decades of Florida heat and humidity, cleaned off Alucobond panels without triggering a repaint.
The Turlington Building is an 18-story office building in downtown Tallahassee, Florida. Its exterior is windows and Alucobond metal panels.
Decades of heat, humidity and grime
Years of Florida heat and humidity had taken their toll on the building envelope, leaving it stained and covered in grime. In 2007 Presto was brought in to deal with it properly.
Why the panels were the risk
Cleaning Alucobond is a job with a sharp downside. Get it wrong and the panels have to be repainted, which is a far more expensive proposition than cleaning them. EnviRestore Metal Stain Remover was used to clean the panels thoroughly without damaging their original finish.
Metal Protector MD, a waterproof coating that keeps the panels from staining, went on immediately afterward so the result would hold for decades rather than months.
The windows
To clear the stains from the building’s many windows the team used the Glass ReSurfacer System: a polishing pad, a cleaning and polishing chemical designed for the job, and a high-performance protective coating.
That system has been used many times to save damaged windows rather than replace them, which is where the real saving sits for contractors and building owners.
Products used on this project
- EnviRestore Metal Stain Remover — Alucobond panel cleaning
- Metal Protector MD — metal protection
- Glass ReSurfacer Final Polish — glass restoration
- Glass ReSurfacer Pad 6″ — the polishing pad
- Glass Defender — glass protection