Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Wrong Products for Marble Floors

Just in from working on a black n white marble floor, client called me in as the floor had lost its shine after having some work carried out recently. First impressions where that the floor had been severly etched as there was a slight shine visible in the tiles, started my usual clean down of the tiles and low & behold a wax starts coming away from the tiles. It seems some bright spark had sold them a marble shine from a bottle product to put onto a polished marble floor. Years of applying this product & washing the floor had allowed for a build up of wax & dirt which once cleaned off show me a lovely Carrara Marble & Negro Marquina floor below. I fully strip back the floor using Aqua Mix Heavy Duty Tile & Grout Cleaner with a little Aqua Mix Nano Scrub to help with the wax removal. Once cleaned & dry i applied Aqua Mix Enrich n Seal to bring back the lovely black & white floor.

So the moral of this story is if the bottle says just pour it out and watch your new shine chances are its what i call Marble Shine Away!!!


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1 comment:

  1. The difference is obvious. I Think marble is an excellent medium to explore both for functionality and design. Marble tiling is dense and strong, easy to clean, long lasting and does not absorb smell, water or carry allergens. I tiled my whole house which was done by Ciciliot who are professional in this regard

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