What Causes Dirty Marble?
Now you have an idea of the marble floor cleaning and polishing costs, you may be wondering what made your marble floor dull in the first place, especially if you feel that you have looked after your floor.
Many issues can result in you needing a local service to polish marble floors.
- soil and grit
- acid spills
- furniture damage
- poor installation
- uneven tiles
- no sealer
- the wrong marble sealer
- cleaning chemicals
- cleaning equipment
- not enough cleaning
But you needn’t worry because we will carefully explain how your marble flooring has got into its current condition.
Then we can advise you on the best way to polish marble floors, appropriate marble cleaning and restoration solution. So you can choose the option that fits your budget.
We always try to suggest a solution that is best suited to your situation.
If you have pets and small children, you may consider polishing your floor to an “acceptable” finish, rather than a high perfect finish.
We will also give you comprehensive advice; covering cleaning chemicals, equipment and methods, so your marble and other stone floors keep their looks for a long time.
How To Clean Marble Tiles - A Quick Introduction
Once your floor is restored to its original beauty, you will only keep it looking beautiful and shiny if you clean it properly.
That means you need to dry sweep your floors on a daily basis to remove grit and surface soil.
Ideally, you should also damp mop on a daily basis , using a clean mop and specialist marble floor cleaning chemicals and a microfiber mop.
You can find out more here.
3 Common Marble Problems
Chipped Floor Tiles – Lippage
Chipped tile edges on natural stone and marble floors are usually caused by the marble tiles being uneven. We call this lippage on marble floors. Where the lippge is small, say under 1mm, and then the tiles can be honed flat.
In most cases this will remove small chips from the marble surface. Colour-matched epoxy filler can repair holes and larger chips.
If the lippage is over 1mm, then the floor will need to be ground to make the marble stone smooth. Then the floor can be honed to remove the scratch marks from the grinding.
Again any remaining chips can be filled with an epoxy filler.
Dirty Grout
Sometimes the investigation will show dirty grout on marble flooring. Dirty grout is usually a result of not understanding of marble cleaning; the importance of using a clean mop and using too much water. A wet mop will just move surface soil into the grout lines, causing a buildup that is difficult to remove, so you will need to call on professional cleaning services.
Our cleaning services use a specialist marble cleaning solutions that a homeowner can not get their hands on. We also have specialist equipment to deep clean and rinse the grout. We can then apply a grout sealer. The grout will stay cleaner if you damp mop using a microfiber mop system.
Alternatively, we can grind the marble tiles down to the grout. The floor will be smooth and much easier to keep clean.
Spots and Stains
A marble surface installed in a bathroom, toilet, kitchen or dining room often suffers from ugly etch spots and stains. The majority of food spills contain dyes and have chemicals that can affect a marble surface.
Baking Soda is seen as a common remedy. However we find that while Baking Soda can soak up spills, the Baking soda has difficulty preventing or removing stains.
Check out our guide to stain identification and stain removal.
Cleaning Marble Kitchen Worktops
Keep Your Kitchen Worktop Well Sealed
Kitchen marble stone surfaces need additional protection from spills, moisture, and dust. You don’t need to call on professional marble restoration services to seal a worktop. Just make sure follow the instructions on the container. It is not difficult or time-consuming work.
Clean Spills As Soon As Possible
Unlike a granite or quartz kitchen worktop, a marble stone kitchen worktop will be damaged by acids such as; lemon juice, fruit juice, soda, wine or coffee. So you must make sure to immediately clean any spills on the marble using a clean cloth and a marble cleaner. If you do not do that, it will make a permanent stain on your marble worktop which will ruin the overall look.
Use Soft Cloths and Specific Marble Cleaners
After wiping the marble clean, rinse the marble surface with clean water and then buff dry with a chamois cloth or microfiber cloth
Take advantage of a free consultation and estimate by a trained and experienced Marble Cleaning and Restoration Expert as the first step in cleaning your marble stone floors.
If you’re looking for excellent marble stone flooring restoration service from a trustworthy tradesman then call Abbey, we will take all your headaches away.