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By Lou Manfredini
Originally appeared in USA WEEKEND Magazine.
Reprinted with permission.
Want to improve your home's appearance? Start by upgrading the exterior siding.
We've heard it a thousand times: Location is the most important factor in determining the value of your home. Yet how a home looks from the exterior also is important. It's part of that elusive factor known as "curb appeal."
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Make sure that you pre-clean the concrete surface before acid etching to remove any build-up or dirt or other debris that might interfere with the acid solution contacting the surface. Oil and grease can insulate the concrete from the acid etch solution and thus prevent it from working.
Of greatest importance is the complete removal of the acid solution after etching, because residues of the acid or its reaction products can cause coating failure. The acid and residue have to be removed by scrubbing and multiple rinsing steps until the pH of the surface is neutral, i.e. no more than 1 pH unit less than the rinse water.
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We’ve all heard the axiom - - When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That certainly applies to the President/CEO of Quality Systems, Inc., George A. Henderson. And while Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a book on the subject, Henderson has made
self-reliance a way of life.
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