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Marble polishing

Marbles used in monuments, countertops, commercial buildings, home, and other forms a style statement highlighting rich architecture. The natural shine of marble adds brightness to your home or workplace and adds a new charm to the monuments. After a period of time, marble starts to fade its charm and luster over and needs proper maintenance at regular interval. The major part of floor maintenance includes the process of marble polishing. Marble polishing is a task that most people avoid but they are not left with any scope. There are plenty of marble polishing products available in the market but directly using them can lead to the damaging floor. Here in this blog, you will get to learn about different steps of marble floor polishing in detail that will help you in knowing the process better.

Step 1: Floor Grinding

 

Floor Grinding

Uneven marble installation or subfloor settlings results in an unevenness in flooring which is termed as lippage. Over time, any sort of scratches or marks is unavoidable in the marble flooring as people start to notice it. A new marble floor can possess floor flatness because of wrong installation issues. This floor grinding step eradicates all sort of roughness and ledges from the marble surface and brings flatness to the floor. Not only it removes unevenness but even removes the deepest scratches. Due to its result, this process is termed as flattening or lippage removal. For this dynamic and powerful steps, low grit size 30 and 50 diamond polishing pads are effectively used. This process is not just restricted to the old floor surface but can be even used for the new flattened surface. This specific step removes all the roughness, ledges ultimately bringing flatness to the marble surface.

Step 2: Floor Honing

Floor Honing

  Honing process is a very crucial process in marble polishing as it helps in removing all the possible visible marks from the floor surface. As the swirl marks will be removed, you will get to see the visible difference over the marble surface. Irrespective of types of flooring, it is a for sure fact that it will have wear and scratches over a period of time. When comparing the damage level of commercial and residential flooring, then one must know that the commercial floor is more prone to abrasion. For commercial floors health, you need to have a proper service provider who caters This process helps in enhancing the smoothness of the floor and brings shine to the surface. If the floor is damaged to great extent then honing is the only process to lean on. This floor honing process is usually carried out using special honing chemicals, products and diamond floor polishing pads with the grit 100 and 200.

Steps of honing process: 

•    Deep clean the marble floor for removing any sort of grit and dirt particles.

•    Apply diamond abrasive (200 grit)

•    Further thoroughly vacuum and then properly rinse the floor.

•    Repeat step 2 but this time with abrasive of 400 grit.

•    Rinse the floor properly.

•    At the end apply the high-grade impregnating sealant.

Step 3: Floor Polishing

Floor Polishing

This process of polishing can bring ultimate shine to old and dull marble flooring and can completely transform it to appear new. Extending from tough granite to soft limestone, polishing step can clean, remove stains and seal the surface to prevent any further damage. The Floor polishing process brings the ultimate shine to the marble floor. If your home is having marble flooring, then just polishing it can bring back its lost charm. With grit 400, 800 and 1500, industrial diamond floor pads are efficient enough to make your marble shiny and healthy.

Step 4: Floor Buffing

Floor Buffing

In layman language, buffing any marble floor is the final stage of the polishing process. This process is known as marble crystallization. In this process, a marble flooring is treated with chemicals that brings shine to the floor. For this process, the individual needs a finer grit, 3000 is proficient.

Defining the buffing process:

Buffing or crystallization is a process of bringing a finishing touch to the marble floor. It brings shine to the floor just like a mirror by chemical reaction over the marble surface. It even forms microfilm over the marble surface that is more solid and durable. This microfilm not just adds durability to shine of marble but even locks up the brightness of the floor. If you are looking for regular service for floor maintenance then you can go for floor buffing.

Manmachine Solutions floor restoration polishing treatment carries out this polishing process with care and professionalism. They use diamond pads for grinding the marble surface and bringing out the new shine to stone by removing the dull layer of stone. Then further, the team uses successively finer grade pads for bringing the mirror-like shine to the marble flooring.

Step 5: Floor Sealing

Floor Sealing

It is the last stage of floor care. This process helps in extending the life of marble floor from any future chips, cracks, footmarks and swirl damage. It is highly recommended to use good quality of marble sealer once or twice a year for having healthy flooring.

Conclusion:

Marble flooring is common in commercial buildings and high-end upscale residential property. Apart from marble, there exist various alternatives for classy flooring. Some of the common floorings are granite floor, concrete floor, wooden floor, and tiles flooring. For availing any service related to floor care, you can contact to professionals of Manmachine Solutions.