Paver Sealing & Sanding
Wildcat Run

Wildcat Run is a gated, member-owned country club at 20300 Country Club Drive in Estero 33928, with about 450 homes on nearly 600 acres along Corkscrew Road. Its 18-hole Arnold Palmer Signature course opened in 1983, with lakes, mature landscaping and holes that overlook natural cypress.

Homes listed here date from about 1989 to 2002, under tile roofs. Many paver drives and walks have now been through two decades or more of sun and sprinkler water, which is why rust removal and joint repair lead this page.

Well irrigation appears in recent Wildcat Run listings, and reclaimed water in most. Well water is the classic source of orange rust on Southwest Florida pavers; reclaimed water often leaves similar arcs.

Before treating, we ask whether your zones run on the community’s reclaimed water or a private well. Then we test the remover on a small, out-of-the-way patch, let it dwell for the time on its label and rinse thoroughly before doing the full drive.

Existing rust comes out first, using a remover formulated for pavers. Sealing over rust would lock it in, so stain removal always comes before sealer.

Leaf and cypress debris leave a separate tea-brown stain from tannin, not iron. It gets an organic cleaner, and the rust remover is saved for the orange arcs.

Joints get polymeric sand to stop shifting and weeds, and the sealer closes the surface so future overspray stays on top where a light cleaning removes it.

Failed joints are opened up to at least 1 1/2 inches. Alliance Gator, which makes polymeric sand, says never to fill the lower part of a joint with regular sand and top it with polymeric, so the whole depth is refilled with polymeric.

Polymeric is only spread on pavers that are completely dry. We sweep, compact with a plate, sweep and compact again, and leave the sand about 1/8 inch below the paver’s top edge.

Watering is done through a shower-pattern nozzle, one section at a time, keeping each section wet until it is finished. Alliance Gator’s G2 sands need only that one watering and are rain-safe after about 15 minutes on a draining base, although its general advice is 24 hours of dry weather.

Long drives on large lots carry cars all day. Alliance Gator recommends Gator Maxx G2 for driveways and says Gator Nitro and Gator Dust are not made for vehicles, so the drive and the walk may get different sand.

Wait times before sealing come from the label. SEK’s Surebond SB-6000 needs 24 hours after cleaning, sand activation or rain, air between 40 and 95°F and a paver surface below 120°F, with traffic allowed after a day and full cure in a week. Techniseal’s water-based WA asks for 30 days after polymeric sand, irrigation off, and 48 to 72 hours before cars.

Since reclaimed water runs on timers here, we remind you the day before to turn off the zones that reach the drive. Sprinklers on a fresh water-based coat are what that label warns against.

For a film-free finish, SEK’s SB-4000 is a breathable penetrating silane/siloxane water repellent. Acrylic joint-stabilizing sealers such as SB-1300 and SB-7700 coat the surface and help keep sand in the joints, which discourages weeds and ants.

Pool decks get one slip-resistant coat. Techniseal warns that a second coat on low-porosity pavers may become slippery.

If white haze shows on new joints, it is efflorescence. Alliance Gator links it to humid weather or damp pavers at installation and removes it with an efflorescence cleaner or hot water under pressure. We clear it before sealing so a film sealer does not hold it in.

Any paver that has sunk below its neighbors is marked on the walk-through. It is lifted and reset on a level base before sanding, because joint sand and sealer will not hold a paver that rocks.

Wildcat Run lies east of I-75 beside Stoneybrook. We pre-register with the gate, so you do not need to be home on the day as long as the drive is clear of cars.

Housing here runs from condos and attached villas to single-family homes and estate homes on large lots. Condo and attached-villa walks may be association areas, so we check who owns the surface before quoting.

Prices start at $199 to re-sand up to 400 square feet, $349 to clean and re-sand, and $399 to clean, sand and seal courtyards and entries up to 400 square feet. Standard drives start at $599, large and estate drives at $799, and slip-resistant pool decks at $499.

We are licensed and insured and leave photos and a written record of the products used. Call 239-544-1165 to book a walk-through.