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Exposed aggregate resealing and restoration

A pressure clean and fresh sealer that brings a dull surface back to poured-this-year, at a fraction of what the surface cost.

$18 to $30 per m² with a minimum charge, pressure clean included. Prices may vary with site conditions and variations; the written quote after a site measure is fixed.

Resealing is the cheapest work on this site and the most cost effective: it is the whole maintenance schedule of an exposed aggregate surface. The stone never fades, because its colour goes all the way through. What dulls is the sealer, and renewing it every three to five years is what keeps a surface reading poured-this-year for decades.

What a reseal involves

The surface is pressure cleaned back to bright stone, moss and stains lifted, then dried properly before sealing, because sealer over damp concrete is how milky patches happen. Then the coats go on thin and even, penetrating or film to match what suits the surface now, with a grip additive on slopes. The sealing guide explains the wet look versus natural decision and how the two sealer families behave; the choice gets confirmed with samples the same way a new surface does.

The colour refresh

A paste that has greyed off under years of sun can be lifted at reseal time with a tinted sealer system, deepening the surface a tone or two without repainting anything. It will not turn a cream surface charcoal, and anyone who says it will is selling paint. What it honestly does, restore depth and contrast, is shown on a sample panel before the whole surface is committed.

When a reseal is not enough

Sealed on time, a surface almost always comes back with a clean and two coats. Left for a decade, with oil into the concrete and stone wearing loose at the surface, the honest advice is sometimes that resealing is money down the drain, and that advice is given at the site measure before anything is booked. That conversation continues on the removal and replacement page, and the cost guide shows both numbers side by side so the decision is yours with the facts in front of you.

Priced as a visit, not a project

$18 to $30 per m² with a minimum charge, pressure clean included. Get a range for your area in the calculator or book the site measure and have the sealer identified while you are at it.

Wet look sealed exposed aggregate surface with dark pebble blend
Wet look film sealer, freshly applied

Where we pour resealing and restoration

Balwyn North, Bentleigh, Blackburn, Box Hill, Brighton, Camberwell, Doncaster, Glen Waverley, Hampton, Mentone, Mount Waverley, Templestowe and nearby: where we work.

Price your job

Send this for a free quote, or get a rough figure first in the cost calculator.

How a job runs

Five stages, each signed off before the next

  1. 01

    Site measure and samples

    The area, the levels, the access and the ground, measured on site. Stone and paste samples viewed wet and dry against your walls in daylight, not from a brochure.

  2. 02

    Written quote

    One fixed written quote for the scope measured. Any council crossover permit your job needs is identified here, before anything is booked.

  3. 03

    Form, base and steel

    Boxing to the lines, base material brought in and compacted where the ground needs it, steel mesh on chairs. The day that decides how the slab performs.

  4. 04

    Pour, wash and cure

    The decorative mix poured and screeded, surface retarder applied, and the paste washed off inside its window to reveal the stone evenly. Then the surface is kept curing.

  5. 05

    Seal and handover

    Sealed after cure with the sealer suited to the surface, wet look or natural. The reseal interval and care notes are put in writing at handover.

Questions

Resealing and restoration questions

How often does exposed aggregate need resealing?

Every three to five years as a working interval. Full sun, slopes and daily traffic shorten it; covered areas stretch it. The surface tells you when it is due, water soaking straight in instead of beading is the clearest signal.

What does a failing sealer look like?

The colour flattens and goes chalky, water stops beading, wheel paths wear pale, and a failing film shows milky or white patches where it is lifting. Left long enough, stains get into the concrete itself and stone can begin to wear loose at the surface, which is the point where a reseal becomes a restoration conversation.

What does resealing cost?

$18 to $30 per m² with the pressure clean included, and a minimum charge so small areas are priced as a visit. A 45 m² driveway lands between roughly $800 and $1,350. Prices may vary with the condition of the surface; the written quote after a site measure is fixed.

How long is the surface out of action?

As a guide, a day for the clean and dry, then the coats, with foot traffic back the next day and vehicles after a few days depending on the sealer system and the weather. The timing for your surface is confirmed with the quote.

Next step

Ready to price your exposed aggregate?

One fixed written quote, after a proper site measure and a look at the samples.

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