Stonesculpt provides a full range of stone restoration services, including:

• Cleaning from biological growth, mineral salt deposits, efflorescence, pollution, carbon build-up, graffiti and removal of oil, wax, and other stains

• Crack repairs

• Composite patching with color matching

• Repointing

• Reinforcement with stainless steel rods, epoxy injections

• Re-creation of lost fragments and Dutchman stone replacement

• Honing, polishing, and surface finishing

• Application of water and oil repellents, waterproofing membranes

• Patina application

A note on terminology: within the trade there are distinctions between restoration, preservation, and conservation. These words are often interchanged in common usage and there is no need to get particularly worked up about it. We use restoration here because its common meaning is clearest and most often used. However, for those who prefer greater precision, we offer the following:

• Restoration tends to deal with altering a building or artifact that is thought to have been inappropriately repaired or altered in the past, with the objective of returning its design or appearance to what it was at a previous time.

• Preservation gained prominence at the end of the nineteenth century and reflected an intention to arrest change.

• Conservation seeks to offer ways of managing change to best ensure a building's (or artifact's) future and thus may include both restoration and preservation.