Advanced Laser Restoration

Advanced Laser Restoration Advanced Laser Restoration specializes in safe, chemical-free cleaning and restoration for woodwork, hard surfaces, and so much more.

Proudly serving Sioux Falls homes, businesses, and historic properties.

07/30/2026

Like all good things, this too must come to an end.

I've spent months with this table.
But it's not mine.

And I love that.

I get to watch the reaction on the client's face, and that is, without a doubt, priceless.

I didn't replace it. I lasered it.Same door that's hung in a Sioux Falls entryway for thirty-some years — stain gone dar...
07/30/2026

I didn't replace it. I lasered it.

Same door that's hung in a Sioux Falls entryway for thirty-some years — stain gone dark as coffee, finish alligatored, water bleeding grey into the grain around the glass. I didn't sand it, strip it, or swap it for a new slab off a truck. I aimed a laser at three decades of finish and watched it lift off in sheets — until the wood underneath looked like it did the day it left the mill. Old on the left. New on the right. Same afternoon.

Most of what shows up in my shop looking ruined isn't ruined. It's buried — under old stain, old smoke, old neglect. An afternoon is usually enough to prove it.

Free assessment, no charge to find out what's under yours: (605) 610-8878 or alrsiouxfalls.com

07/28/2026

I get a lot of calls from Industrial Equipment Operators, and this job is in my top 3.

The Breaks Coffee Roasting Company, located in Sioux Falls, SD, goes through a lot of coffee on the daily. The process of heating an roasting the beans produces a grime that is thick and messy, usually taking 8-10x as long with toxic cleaning solutions.

No more chisels, more more wire brushes, no more wasted weekends cleaning the coffee roaster.

PS - I think it makes the coffee taste even better. I might be biased.

07/24/2026

This is the before, and I'm about to show you the after. Everyone said no to this table. Then it came in.

Eighth-inch-thick wax in the deep carvings. Grooves no sandpaper would ever reach. The laser handled it — cleanly, without destroying a single detail.

Next stop: a local shop for stain and finish. Then home.

If you're tempted to try it yourself — don't.
Save the piece, and save YOUR peace.

📞 605-610-8878 · Free assessment. Talk to Alex direct

07/23/2026

Surfaces comes in all shapes and sizes.

When Alex got the call to come investigate an rusty Impeller at The Breaks Roasting Company in Sioux Falls, SD, he knew this was going to be a transformation worth capturing on fllm.

He's not wrong.

The Stripper in Your Garage Has a Body Count10 Reasons to Stop Using Surface St*****rs TodayThat innocent can of paint s...
07/22/2026

The Stripper in Your Garage Has a Body Count

10 Reasons to Stop Using Surface St*****rs Today

That innocent can of paint stripper on the shelf? The main ingredient in most of them has killed at least 88 people in the U.S. since 1980 — and in April 2024 the EPA finally banned most of it. Here's why you should put it down for good.

1. It has a body count. Methylene chloride can stop your heart in a poorly ventilated room in minutes.

2. The government banned it. The 2024 EPA rule pulls most methylene chloride off shelves. When the feds outlaw your weekend product, that's your sign.

3. It strips more than paint. The same chemistry is linked to liver, lung, brain, and blood cancers, plus nerve damage. You are the surface it works on.

4. The fumes don't leave when you do. V***r pools in basements and bathrooms, settles low, and lingers. You can't out-ventilate a garage with a box fan.

5. It eats the wood underneath. Caustic gels raise the grain, soften profiles, and soak into the pores — so your "restored" trim comes back rounded, fuzzy, and never quite right.

6. The residue sabotages your paint. Chemical film left in the grain fights your primer. That first coat telegraphs every spot you missed.

7. The sludge is toxic waste. You can't rinse it down a drain or toss it in the trash — it's a hazardous-material disposal problem you created in your own driveway.

8. It's brutally slow. If the whole, "It's very bad for you" bits above don't resonate with you gel, wait, scrape, repeat, for days — on a single door you'll strip, sand, and still fight ghosting.

9. It puts everyone in the house at risk. Are you really willing do chance that? Kids, pets, the person in the next room — none of them signed up for the exposure, and v***r doesn't respect doorways.

10. There's a better way — and it's here. Advanced Laser Restoration strips paint, rust, and coatings with a laser at the molecular level: no chemicals, no gouging, no fumes, no sludge. The contaminant v***rizes. Your wood comes through untouched.

Put the can down. Call the people with the laser.

Advanced Laser Restoration · 4407 S Minnesota Ave, Sioux Falls · (605) 610-8878 · alrsiouxfalls.com

07/22/2026

Have you seen the "Green Machine" around town lately? We've been busy.

We're a mobile laser cleaning and restoration company. That Green Sprinter Van has seen a lot of road with the demand this summer.

Apparently, we take the mobile part pretty seriously.

I've fully embraced the muggy July heat while spending time with this piece in the shop. Just wait. Before and after pic...
07/17/2026

I've fully embraced the muggy July heat while spending time with this piece in the shop.

Just wait.

Before and after pics coming next week.

That table that's been on your mind? Let's talk about it.

I've seen some of the most amazing pieces sitting in the dark corners or garages and basements all over the 100+ mile ra...
07/17/2026

I've seen some of the most amazing pieces sitting in the dark corners or garages and basements all over the 100+ mile radius.

Before talking with me, they often have never heard of Laser Restoration, (also known as Laser Cleaning.)

What is it?

Laser restoration (a.k.a. laser cleaning or laser ablation) is a restoration method that uses a focused, pulsed beam of light to lift unwanted layers — old finish, paint, varnish, soot, rust, mold, or grime — off a surface without touching the material underneath.

Here's the mechanism in plain terms: the laser pulses are tuned so the contaminant layer absorbs the energy and instantly v***rizes or flakes off (that's the "ablation"), while the healthy substrate beneath — the wood grain, the brick, the metal — reflects or resists that same energy and stays intact. You're removing the bad layer by light, not by force or solvent.

Why it beats the old methods?

No chemicals — nothing to strip, neutralize, or dispose of, and no fumes soaking into porous wood.

No sanding or media blasting — abrasives cut into the surface and erase detail (carving, patina, grain); the laser doesn't, so a 100-year-old door keeps its character instead of getting ground down.

Precision and control — it can clean right up to an edge or a delicate feature without collateral damage, which is why it's used on antiques, architectural woodwork, historic/museum pieces, and metal.

07/14/2026

Stuck with a piece you can't strip without wrecking it? That's the project we solve. Chemical-free laser removal takes the failed finish and leaves the surface intact — no sanding, no sludge, no damage.

Bring me the thing you were told to throw away.

Where old becomes new. → Book a free assessment · alrsiouxfalls.com · (605) 610-8878

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