Brian Bingham Testimonial

Dear John,

January 5, 2007

Yesterday morning, January 4, 2007, my kitchen was completed and fully operational. This saga began on September 27, 2006 the day we closed on the purchase of this house in Northwest Albuquerque. One of the first decisions we "had" to make was the question of what to do with the kitchen floor.

We stared down at the floor, and the ugly, war-torn, brownish, 18-year-old tiles stared defiantly back up at us. Acknowledging that neither of us would put some horrendous-looking linoleum clone down there, our thoughts turned to wood, bamboo, or even a different tile. But, suddenly, we began discussing working with the concrete slab itself. We decided to pursue that line of thinking, but knew that, in the process of thoroughly "gutting" the existing kitchen, we would also have to strip the floor naked. Beginning that, required the rental of the home-version of the huge machine that digs up under pavement and asphalt of city streets when the Public Works Department needs to repair or replace underground infrastructure. With that monster, we dug up the tile that had never seen an aesthetically-pleasing day in its life on that floor. Underneath, we found ancient linoleum. Underneath the linoleum, we were greeted by the "mother" of all glues that had been settling there since the Papa Bush Administration. I then spent the better part of two days, off-work, first on my knees and then on my butt (when I got more tired than I need to explain here), trying to chisel up under and remove that calcified glue manually. Once I admitted that the "glue" was winning this struggle, I got on the Internet to see if I could find a viable, practical, and affordable solution to my concrete floor problem. My initial search yielded four locally-based companies that claimed to provide ways to render concrete into great flooring solutions.

I opened up the Milagro Custom Flooring Solutions website rather than the others mostly because I liked that name. I read the entire site's propaganda, and thought, this guy has a great sense of humor - "I'm contacting him." I e-mailed John Rodriguez that night, and John's response was on my computer within hours. Wow! I thought. Someone who could save me from this sentence to rot in this kitchen for all eternity. We scheduled for John to come over for a look at the beast. He did, and the rest, is now history.

Over the course of the ensuing two weeks, John had us select the colors we wanted and the type of texturing effect we wanted to achieve on the concrete, and began his work. John personally, with his crew of one other person, unglued that glue, and returned that concrete back to its original pristine glory gray. Then proceeded to apply his magic coloring (three colors to be exact) and texturing to the floor over the course of some days, giving it time to dry, settle, take hold, and seal (two applications of that I believe), he achieved a heavenly effect on our kitchen floor.

In the 3 months during which we have had a virtual army of plumbers, carpenters, granite installers, delivery people, and friends visit our kitchen, each one has spontaneously commented upon the beauty and uniqueness of this kitchen's floor. At some point, given the number of times I raved about this floor to friend and stranger alike, I appointed myself Milagro's "ambassador" to the marketplace. Happily, I can report, whatever you are considering for your kitchen floor, I can highly recommend Milagro Custom Flooring Solutions' coloring/texturing product. It is a difference that makes a difference feel like a difference.

Brian Bingham

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