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Polishing Marble Surfaces
Polishing marble is a very important step in the marble restoration process. Just polishing marble without honing,
will not remove unwanted etch marks or accumulation of scratches.
Honing is always recommended before polishing.
Honing is the complex process of restoring your marble floor or other surfaces with the use of diamond encrusted
pads to scratch, or hone the marble surface.
Honing marble first starts with a course grit diamond pad and continues with finer grits to attain the desired
polished finish.
The last few honing steps are actually mechanically polishing the marble.
Once the marble surface begins to have some reflective properties, the last step begins by polishing the marble with
polishing powders.
This step is actually chemically polishing as opposed to mechanically polishing, and should only be done after
the honing process.
An etch mark on marble occurs when an acidic liquid comes in contact with a marble surface reacting with the
calcium in the marble.
If the etch mark is not too bad, sometimes polishing with a powder will fix the problem.
However, if the etch mark is too severe, honing is necessary to remove the etch mark and then can be polished.
Polishing Marble Floors
If you have marble floors in your home or place of business, eventually the will need to be polished.
However, if it's been a while since they were installed, it's most likely they will need to be honed first.
In some cases, we are able to do just a polishing step to restore the brillant finish, but this is rare.
Sometimes we are called to look at a marble floor that has been etched by some acidic cleaning chemical.
If the marble floor hasn't been etched too badly, we have been successful at bringing back the brillant finish.
When it comes to marble polishing or just maintaining natural stone and tile and grout, we strive to help educate our
customers on the best protection they can have, helping them save time and money in costly restoration costs down the road.
We are located in San Jose, CA, but clean tile and grout and natural stone surfaces throughout the south bay, penisula,
and even find ourselves in the San Ramon Valley from time to time.
Want to know more about our services and how we can help you maintain you tile and grout in your home or place of
business? Give us a call at:
408-998-8781
Bay Area Cities we Proudly Serve!
We are located at:
341 S. 20th Street
San Jose, CA, 95116
Here is a partial list of some of the cities we serve:
Aptos, Atherton, Belmont, Blackhawk, Campbell, Capitola, Cupertino, Danville, Dublin, East Palo Alto, Felton,
Fremont, Gilroy, Half Moon Bay, Hayward, Hillsborough, La Honda, Livermore, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Menlo Park,
Milpitas, Monet Sereno, Monte Vista, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Newark, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Portola Valley, San Carlos,
San Jose, San Martin, San Mateo, San Ramon, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz,
Saratoga, Scotts Valley, Stanford, Sunnyvale, Sunol, Union City, West Menlo Park and Woodside.
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Want to Know More About Granite Sealing?
Are you a do-it-yourselfer? Always working on your home
on one project to another. Check the link below to learn how
to seal your granite countertops.
We know you can do it yourself and give you some tips on
some of the pitfalls you might fall into.
Are You in Need of Marble Polishing?
We know even though you may be a do-it-yourselfer, you can't do everything.
Marble polishing is likely one of those projects left for a professional.
Check out the link below for more information on what the process involves.
Hi Guys!
Just want to let you know that I am very happy with the outcome of your hard work.
My bathroom looks like it was just remodeled. It looks great!
I am very glad that I chose Integrity Stone and Tile Cleaning to do the job.
I will definitely recommend Integrity Stone and Tile to my friends and neighbors.
I saved a lot of money by restoring rather then replacing.
Thanks again for the fine work!
Charlie R.
From Sunnyvale, CA
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