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Stone Restoration Services
Stone restoration is or will be needed on almost every marble floor during the life of the marble, travertine
or limestone tiled floor.
When a marble floor is first installed, the tile installer does his best to lay the marble or travertine tiles
as flat as possible, meaning all the tiles at the same level.
Every tile contractor I've spoken too, tells me he, or his workers lay tile completely flat, with no noticeable
lippage (the lip that's left because of uneven tiles adjacent to each other).
That's funny every marble or travertine tiled floor I see, has some degree of lippage to it and needs to grinded
flat to remove the unwanted lips.
Not to say every tile installer lays uneven tiles, to their credit, a lot of the time it's due to settling of
the foundation or other movement behond their control.
Stone restoration services not only involve grinding marble tiles flat, sometimes restoration is needed to
restore a well used floor, where the polished finish has been dulled due to high traffic.
Also, any acidic liquid that touches a calcium based tile like marble, travertine or limestone, will etch the
stone by reacting with the calium. This etch can only be removed by honing and polishing.
Honing and Polishing Marble Floors
Honing is the process of removing light scratches from the natural stone floor with the use of diamond
abrasives.
The difference between grinding and honing is the diamonds used in honing are encrusted in resins
rather than metals as seen in the diamonds used for grinding.
The honing process will continue until the desired finish is attained. For lower maintenance a honed finish is
recommended, where the marble tile has no refletive properties.
If a polished finish is desired, the honing process continues with the use of fine grit diamond pads and is
finished with polishing powders to really pop the shine of the marble tile.
The reflective properties or clarity of the stone are what we look for in a polished finish.
Stone restoration services don't just apply to restoring the polished finish to marble or travertine floors,
but to marble vanity tops as well.
When it comes to stone restoration 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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