Paver Sealing & Sanding
Tiburón

Tiburón is a gated community of roughly 800 acres in North Naples, between Tamiami Trail and I-75, behind 24-hour guarded gates. It wraps around two 18-hole Greg Norman courses, the Gold, opened in 1998, and the Black, opened in 2001, and The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón sits on the property.

Homes include condominiums, coach homes, villas and single-family houses in neighborhoods such as Marsala, Castillo, Ventanas, Bolero, Marquesa Royale, Serafina and Norman Estates. Listings describe Spanish-Revival villas and Mediterranean ranch homes, with a median build year around 2005.

Like much of North Naples, Tiburón irrigates with reclaimed water that carries iron. Wherever sprinklers reach hardscape, it oxidizes into orange streaks. It is a mineral stain, so it needs rust chemistry rather than pressure.

Iron treatment comes second, after the general clean, so the rust remover reaches the stain instead of the dirt on top of it. It is made for pavers, given time to dwell, and rinsed thoroughly; the darkest arcs get a second application if needed.

Course humidity keeps shaded pavers damp, and algae makes courtyards and walks slick. Joint sand washes out with every storm and cleaning.

The course is a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, with natural preserves, freshwater lakes and tall trees. On lots that back onto water, we keep rinse water on the lawn rather than letting it run down to the lake.

Polymeric re-sanding locks pavers back together and resists washout. Sealing closes the pores iron and algae cling to, and on Mediterranean earth-tone pavers a wet-look finish brings the color back.

Joints that need rebuilding are dug out to at least 1 1/2 inches. Alliance Gator, a polymeric sand maker, says never to fill the base of a joint with ordinary sand and finish with polymeric, so we refill the whole depth with polymeric.

Polymeric goes onto pavers that are completely dry. It is swept in, run over with a plate compactor, swept and run over again, and finished about 1/8 inch under the top of the paver edge so binder does not dry on the face.

Activation is done with a shower-pattern nozzle, wetting one section and keeping it wet until finished. Alliance Gator’s G2 sands need that one watering and become rain-safe after about 15 minutes on a draining base, though its overall recommendation is 24 hours without rain.

For drives and estate courts we use a vehicle-rated product. Alliance Gator recommends Gator Maxx G2 for driveways and says Gator Nitro and Gator Dust should not carry cars.

Each sealer brand sets its own gap after sanding. SEK’s Surebond SB-6000 needs 24 hours after cleaning, sand activation or rain, an air temperature of 40 to 95°F and a surface below 120°F. People and cars can return a day later, and it reaches full cure within a week.

Techniseal’s water-based WA asks for 30 days after polymeric sand, a day with no rain, sprinklers off and 48 to 72 hours before cars. On a lot irrigated with reclaimed water, the sprinkler shutoff matters as much as the forecast.

Wet-look film sealers deepen earth tones, while SEK’s SB-4000, a breathable penetrating silane/siloxane, repels water without a film. Joint-stabilizing acrylics such as SB-1300 and SB-7700 coat the surface and help bind sand, discouraging weeds and ants. We can show a test section of each.

Coach home drives are often short; estate courtyards and circular drives can be several times larger. Pricing follows the size of the area, so a coach home owner is not paying estate rates.

Listings mention screened pools and lanais throughout Tiburón. Around the pool we lay down a single slip-resistant coat; Techniseal cautions that a second coat on dense, low-porosity pavers may become slippery.

White haze on fresh joints is cleared before any sealer goes down. Alliance Gator traces it to damp pavers or humid weather at installation and removes it with an efflorescence cleaner or hot water under pressure, and Techniseal notes a film-forming sealer can trap it.

Recoating is scheduled by wear. Techniseal recommends no sooner than two years between coats and says heavy traffic and harsh climate shorten coating life, so an estate court guests drive across through the season may come due before a side walk.

Tiburón surrounds the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, and many homes host guests through the season. A clean, sealed courtyard drive is the first thing visitors see, and sealing makes it far easier to keep that way between cleanings.

Marsala alone has about 50 custom single-family estates overlooking the greens, and courts and circular drives there can cover several times the area of a coach-home drive. Each job is measured, and stucco walls, garage doors and screens nearby are covered before any cleaner goes on.

We are pre-registered at the guarded gates, so you do not need to be home on the day. Afterward you get photos and a written record of the date, surfaces, method and our Florida license number.

Re-sanding up to 400 square feet starts at $199 and cleaning with re-sand at $349. Coach-home and standard drives cleaned, sanded and sealed start at $599, estate courts and circular drives at $799, and slip-resistant pool decks at $499. Condo and coach-home association areas are quoted to the association directly.