How to Keep your Terrazzo Floor Healthy and Shiny?

Terrazzo Floor

Marble flooring, concrete flooring or granite flooring are quite common and people often talk about them but have you ever thought about what terrazzo flooring is.

Let this blog bring your every minute detail to you about the “terrazzo flooring.”

What is Terrazzo Floor?

Terrazzo is a composite material used for floor and wall treatment. It is all natural consisting of ballast basically pieces of marble properly mixed with cement.  There are many builders or floor installer who uses quartz chips, marbles, glass pieces, granites and other materials in place of marble properly poured with the cement binders that are termed as chemical binding. You can get a number of variations in terms of colours, patterns and installation in polished terrazzo flooring. So if you are an art lover, show your creativity by preferring a polished terrazzo floor.

terrazzo floor cleaning

The proper combination of marble chips and cement or can say epoxy forms a strong and durable flooring surface. Just like natural stone, this terrazzo floor can turn out to be porous if left unmaintained and porous. With suitable floor cleaning techniques and maintenance like polishing you can get back the lost shine of your terrazzo floor.

There are house owners who often ask why to get terrazzo floor polished if I am having new home with freshly installed terrazzo flooring. Let me clear you that just like old and dull floors, even the new ones needs flooring because at the time of installation, edges of the floors are left uneven, a layer of combining material like cement is left in crack and joints. So to remove that unevenness you need to get your new floor polished. With passage of time, terrazzo floor turns dull so the best way to regain the lost shine of the terrazzo floor is floor polishing. Trust me, just by polishing the floor, you can bring back the shine of the dull and tired floor.

TO REMEMBER: to minimize the risk of damage to the floor while polishing, always prefer to conduct it only by professionals who use equipments and floor polishing products mainly designed for terrazzo floor polishing.

Tips for shiny and sparkling Terrazzo floors:

Terrazzo floors are comparatively sensitive than natural stone flooring like marble flooring. So, proper care is needs to maintain the elegant look and amazing shine of the flooring. Any wrong process or solution can adversely affect the shine of the floor leading to lifetime patches and stained look. Not just stains and patches, but can even corrode the terrazzo flooring.

THING TO REMEMBER: always remember that any professional floor polishing methods are best method to keep your flooring healthy.

.       Never forget to clean the terrazzo floor before starting the polishing method.  Use a slightly damped mop dipped in mild solution of water and terrazzo floor cleaners of PH-neutral for cleaning the complete floor section. Ensure to use a soft cotton cloth or microfiber for mopping and even drying the surface without leaving any kind of scratches.

.       Continue to mop the floor till you are enough satisfied of complete cleanliness and the floor is free from all sort of dirt and grimes. Let the terrazzo floor dry properly before walking over it and placing back your furniture and other essentials.

.       When you are satisfied about the complete cleanliness of your floor, then comes the turn of selecting a good terrazzo sealer. Further apply the sealer using a proper applicating brusher say floor cleaning rollers. Evenly spread the terrazzo sealer and leave it settle down and dry. To get best result, let the sealer dry overnight. This brings ultimate results.

.       Once the floor dries up and sealer settles down, here comes the time of floor buffing. Let me clear you a point that you don’t have to invest your money in getting a floor buffing machine as you can avail them on rent. Further you need to use a soft pad mainly designed for polishing the terrazzo floor. Selecting a bit lighter shades of pad will help you in preventing the terrazzo flooring from any kind of discolouration and staining.

.       Take ample amount of floor polishing powder and use the buffer to run over the terrazzo flooring. When you will be buffing the floor, you will get to see a muddy mixture and that is exactly what you were expecting. The muddy mixture defines the chemical reaction between the floor polishing powder and the floor. The main goal is to get all the powder absorbed in the floor.

.       Once you are done with the buffing and scrubbing method, clean the floor using a damp mop. Remove all the leftover residue of the polishing powder. If you are not satisfied with the outcome, you can repeat the process of buffing and floor scrubbing.

.       Further move to next step of floor care which is termed as patch. If you have any voids formed by the sharp object then use a grinder to smoothen them. This will help you removing any minor scratches formed on the flooring.

 

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.       The last step to bring back the lost shine of terrazzo floor just like when you have freshly installed it is floor polishing. Apply 800 grit floor polishing powder over the floor and then use buffing pad again to work on the terrazzo floor. Overlap the polisher movement as you head in the process of polishing. Once you have polished the complete floor, clean the floor by rinsing it with clean water and then suck it up using a vacuum. Then again start the polishing process using the 1500 grit powder and then again with 2000 grit. Hen done with all grit size, dry the surface using microfiber or dry towel. Check if the floor is completely dried by touching it. If yes, then apply the floor polish sealer which is your final step. You always need to lock the shine over the floor after completing the floor polishing method so as to retain the terrazzo floor shine for longer.

Final words:

There are people who ask why to hire professional to clean the terrazzo floor?

The quite obvious answer to this question is professionals are experts in what they do. They are aware about the condition of floor, what method your floor needs and which machinery to use to treat the floor. There are times when scratching, staining and chipping cannot be treated with any kind of DIY hacks.  At Manmachine Solutions, we have professional manpower and products which revitalizes the shine of your terrazzo flooring to just like new.  To schedule your slot for consultation and treatment for your terrazzo floor, reach us at 99-100-33246 or www.manmachinesolutions.com.