The front and back porches are getting a new traffic coating to help them shed water – preventing it from leaking into the basement of the Study – and seal and unify all the small cracks in the stone.
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The gray sticky stuff was the first layer to go down, and then workers mixed in sand which gives it a pebbly appearance. There is another top layer that should make it look more like the Indiana limestone that make up the porches.