Marble Polishing in Mesa, AZ

 What Can We Do to Fix the Marble Stone?

The only way to restore the shine back onto your marble stone in Mesa, AZ is to SHARPEN the crystals in the stone. This can only be done through honing and polishing using diamond abrasives and polish (explained below). Marble are soft materials compared with granite. Granite contains quartz minerals. The darker the color of the stone the more time it takes to polish it. Granite can take three to five times longer to polish than softer material.

How Do We Clean and Polish Marble, Travertine, and Limestone in Mesa, AZ?

What is honing?

Honing is the process for smoothing the stone in Mesa, AZ with the use of abrasives. We use a weighted buffing machine to complete this process. We place diamond pads on the bottom of our machine. The diamonds work to abrade the floor creating a slurry. This makes the floor smooth and clean. If the floor does not have deep scratches, often the restoration project can start here. The grit level starts at 30, 50, 120, 220, 400 or so and runs to 800. Moderate scratch marks and etching can be removed through honing. Once you are into the higher grit numbers, a satin finish will be achieved. Some clients desire a satin look and wish to stop here. Others prefer a higher gloss and wish to move to the next phase, polishing Marble tile in Mesa, AZ

Polishing Marble or Travertine Stone in Mesa, AZ

As with the honing process, we will continue using a weighted buffing machine. Once again, we will use polishing pads and attach them to the bottom of our pad driver. However, we will use finer and finer abrasives to produce a highly reflective finish. The shine intensity varies based on grit number. Polishing grits will run from 800 to 8500. The higher the number the higher the gloss

The last step of polishing in Mesa, AZ is the use of polishing powders. Polishing powders often give that extra edge and often can make the surface uniform. Polishing powders contain abrasive and accelerators that are chemically potent. The kind of powders use will depend on the type of stone and the mineral mix within the stone.

If the floors are in decent shape or you have a maintenance plan in place, it is possible the only service you may need is the powder polishing. Our clients normally like to hear those words because it means less time and money for our customers in Mesa, AZ.