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- Add a coating or finish. Although coatings or finishes add gloss to stone floors, this is not a recommended way to add shine to granite or marble floors. Natural stone needs to breathe, and adding coatings or finishes blocks the floor from breathing. Travertine or Terrazzo floors are better suited to adding a coating or finish.
- Polishing. Polishing stone floors using diamond pads on your slow speed floor machine will add a highly reflective gloss to stone floors. Polishing should only be done by experienced stone floor technicians. At Tile Cleaners ® we have years of experience in Polishing all types of stone floor and wall tiles, including Marble, Sandstone, Limestone, Travertine, Flagstone and Granite stone tiles.
- Honing. Honing is a more aggressive procedure that smoothes the stone by using a more abrasive diamond disk that grinds imperfections on the floor surface. Honing should only be done by experienced stone floor technicians. At Tile Cleaners ® we have years of experience in Honing all types of stone floor and wall tiles, including Marble, Sandstone, Limestone, Travertine, Flagstone and Granite stone tiles.
- Grinding. Grinding is the most aggressive way to add shine to stone floors. This procedure will take care of lippage (uneven tiles). Grinding should only be done by experienced stone floor technicians. At Tile Cleaners ® we have years of experience in Grinding all types of stone floor and wall tiles, including Marble, Sandstone, Limestone, Travertine, Flagstone and Granite stone tiles.
- Crystallization. Crystallization is a chemical polishing process that is used in heavy traffic areas. In this situation you would use a crystallizer polish to add shine to the floor.
The best way to keeping stone floors shiny is by maintaining them regularly by vacuuming and mopping to keep dirt and grit off the floor. This will not only keep you from having to perform more aggressive stone floor services too often, but will save your customers money in the long run.
