Stone Tile Cleaning & Restoration Blockley

In the long run, Limestone will become worn and loose its appearance. This damage to the surface is caused by foot traffic scores and surface etching Limestone Polishing is the only way to bring back the original polish. We use industrial diamond polishing to grind and polish a floor and bring back the initial shine.

If your floor has been laid with jagged tiles, that is known as lippage. The only method to make a Limestone tile floor perfectly smooth is by grinding off the lippage and jagged tile edges. You need specialist apparatus and several years of experience to grind a Limestone tile floor, however the result is stunning. The Limestone looks monolithic, appearing to be made from a single piece of stone.

After grinding, the Limestone tiles will sit at the same level the grout lines. A smooth Limestone finish is much easier mop. A smooth surface floor doesn't have grout lines to hold soil. Limestone floor restoration normally involves a few crack and chip repairs, using Limestone resin fillers. The restoration needed should be determined by the condition of of your floor.

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Slate is a very popular floor and wall tile due to its low porosity and the many textures and varieties of Slate available. Riven slate can get a build-up of dirt and sealer residues inside the crevices that is hard to remove.

There are specialist sealer removal treatments and scrubbing devices to remove the layers of old coatings. When the professional cleaning is complete,finally, we apply a long-lasting sealer to make a floor better to mop.

If you have got an appropriate slate, it may be ground smooth, which makes it easier to clean.

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Victorian Clay Tiles are installed in many Victorian and Edwardian hallways.

The tiles have a matt finish to get their colour through the clay utilized in their manufacture.

A good deal of these floors were sealed and then covered up with carpet or lino.

The key challenges with victorian floor tiles is to remove decades of polished, oils, dirt, waxes and grime whilst not damaging the tiles.

After cleaning, the initial colours in the floor can look washed out, so we put on a colour intensifying sealer to bring back the original depth of colour. Topical sealers and waxes can give a floor a sheen or glossy finish.

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Porcelain has become an extremely sought after option to ordinary ceramic tiles and natural stone.

Porcelain is extremely resistant to moisture, hence spillages are unable pnetrate into the tile and result in stains.

There are some substandard porcelains that will absorb surface soil and spills similar to natural stone floors. The tiny surface pits make it tough to remove this soil.

We know how to remove ingrained soil with equipment made to enter into the microscopic pits where the soil is held.

We can help stop this soil with Porcelain sealers.

If you have a trough-colour Porcelain, we could re-surface the tiles by Grinding and re-polishing.

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Natural tone floor tile cleaning is almost never cleaning alone, there is frequently added restoration required. Each type of natural stone possesses its own characteristics and restoration issues. All stone and tile floors suffer with wear and surface damage. In most cases, dirt, spills and traffic scrapes ruin the floor finish, consequently the need to have stone restoration. Highly polished Stone tiles and granite floors show up wear and tear fairly quickly, as minute traffic scratching in the stone surface alter the shine and trap soil. A surface sealer does not stop porous natural stone and tiles like Sandstone, Limestone and Terracotta gradually struggling with wear and spill damage.

Grout is frequently probably the most vulnerable section of a stone or tile installation. Cement grout is generally softer than stone and more at risk of abrasion and chemical based wear and tear. Cracks, chips and hole repairs are commonly an element of the restoration process.

Etching and scratches may be taken away by grinding and honing.You can get rid of the old finish from the natural stone, uncovering a brand new clean finish.