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It is a concrete wall office building. The concrete is sandblasted and gives the appearance of being painted, but there is no paint.
The former tenant had neon pan channel letters. The holes have been professionally repaired, the color match is close but not perfect, partly because the color is a solid, not textured like the sandblast, and the wall looks spotty.
How would you finish the repair so that the repair becomes invisible to the average viewer? The building is in South San Francisco if any of you do this sort of thing and want the job.
Thanks for your advice. Vic G
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Victor, I would drive in or dig out the fill if it is caulk, with a drill probably. The do the fill work with body filler and use some to rough the texture to resemble the wall's. Probably then use a opaque stain to match color and airbrush for density. This all works very well of brick. I'm sure that your job requires extra effort. Good luck, Bronzeo.
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Actually, the request is serious, and I appreciate Jack's taking a shot at a solution. The client owns multiple commercial centers in the Bay Area and likes for their properties to look good.
The answer might be to contract with a faux finisher to get up there and blend it in. Problem is, those folks have so much business that there is little interest in taking on a little one time job, especially up in the air. That is why I am looking for suggestions here.
------------------ Victor Georgiou Bob Loves Signs Inc Danville, CA email blssign@pacbell.net
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Hey Vic, The Faux finish would be the way I would do it,you know, scratch it, speckle it, or try that stuff called Zolatone. You spray it on and it comes out speckled to look just like stone, like granite. I have a friend who does that sort of thing and will pass the offer on to him. In my younger days I would'nt have waited another minute...how high up is it?
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Find a spot to get a chunk of the same concrete from a not so obvious part of the wall. Grind it up fine as possible to a fine powder.Add this to a small amount of neutral tinting base of a good quality flat exterior latex till it makes about the same color. Fill the holes with paintable caulk & paint it with the color ya just made. hope this helps ya!
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Talk the customer into painting a well designed mural that will cover the offending area,so the "average viewers" eyes will be so busying looking at the painting.The holes will seem to disappear. Then you will be able to paint the Same design on ALL his properties to Match that one!This way you can take advantage of what seems like a promblem and turn it into color for him and money for you. Just a thought,hope this helps
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Get some mortar patch and be done with it! Unless you're planning to charge this customer $1000 for patching some holes, you're wasting your own time. Sure, there are several ways to make these holes "disappear" but GG man, do you really want to get up there with an airbrush or faux finish kit? Give your customer two prices....one for patching the holes $250. And one more for patching the holes perfectly for $1000. I'll bet I can guess which one he chooses.
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