Stone Tile Cleaning & Restoration Barnes

Progressively Limestone will loose its original shine. The damage to the surface is caused by foot traffic scores and surface etching Limestone Polishing is the only way to restore the initial appearance. We use diamond polishing to grind, hone and polish a Limestone floor and recover the initial finish.

If your floor happens to be put down with not level tiles, this is referred to as “lippage”. We can grind off the uneven tile edges, making the floor surface level. Grinding Limestone floor tiles should really be undertaken by specialists. The Limestone floor will get the appearance of becoming a single slab of Limestone.

Following grinding, the tiles and the grout will be at the exact same level. After grinding maintenance is a piece of cake, as the mop slides over the floor. Also, soil doesn't get stuck within the grout lines. Holes, chips and crack repairs are often an element of the Limestone restoration work. The particular restoration needed should be determined by the condition of of your Limestone floor.

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Slate is an incredibly functional flooring which can be protected using a range of finishes from rough texture, smooth honed or polished finish. Our company is commonly called to restore slate when it has layers of old coating with embedded dirt, and so the surface appears worn and soiled.

We use a mix of machine scrubbing and hand scrubbing to eliminate all traces of previous soiled sealers and clean the floor. When the professional cleaning is completed, use specialist sealers that will last for decades not just months.

If you have a suitable slate, it may be ground smooth, rendering it easier to clean.

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Period Geometric or Encaustic floor tiles are found in Victorian and Edwardian hallways.

The tiles are unglazed utilizing the the natural colours from the clay used to make them.

With the changes in home design, these kinds of floors have carpet underlay, lino, bitumen and other adhesive remains.

Old paint spills, waxes, polishes and sealer residues can make cleaning many of these floors challenging.

Following cleaning, a colour intensifying sealer is applied to bring back the natural colours in the tiles. A topical sealer or wax finish will provide the tiles with a low-sheen finish.

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Porcelain is categorised as a ceramic, but manufactured with alternative materials to conventional glazed tiles.

This helps make Porcelain much more stain resistant and simpler to maintain than standard ceramic tiles.

Inferior porcelain has tiny holes which will absorb soil similar to natural stone floors. This soil could be difficult to remove.

We know how to get rid of ingrained dirt using equipment designed to enter into the microscopic pits holding the soil.

After cleaning, we use specialist Porcelain sealers to stop this problem.

Solid colour Porcelain Tiles may also be ground and polished, similar to Granite or Stone.

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Natural tone cleaning is hardly ever cleaning alone, there is certainly regularly more restoration required. Each kind of natural stone features its own characteristics and restoration issues. Stone floors have problems with traffic wear and damage, because people wander over them. The most common challenge we come across during stone restoration is fatty grime trodden to the surface producing a lifeless, awful coating. A polished stone floor shows wear a lot faster because traffic abrasion that will begin to damage he polish and alter the luster. A surface sealer does not avoid permeable natural stone and tiles like Sandstone, Limestone and Terracotta gradually suffering from wear and spill damage.

Grout is generally probably the most sensitive part of a natural stone installation. Cement grout is softer compared to natural stone stone and tile and more vulnerable to abrasive and chemical based wear and tear. Many natural stone floors also often need crack, chip or hole repair.

We use grinding and honing to get rid of surface damage due to acid etching and scratches. Natural stone can be ground to show a brand new stone surface.