Buffing removes the scratches and leaves the floor with a renewed shine.
Buffing stone floors.
Crystallization is a process in which a chemical called fluorosilicate is sprayed onto the stone and buffed in with steel wool pads causing new glassy like crystals to be formed on the surface.
Refinish area with hand buffer or weighted 175 rpm floor machine at 130 140 lbs fitted with a natural hair pad.
Renewing stone flooring through polish can be accomplished by do it yourselfers through commercial kits.
But just like standard buffing pads diamond pads come in various grit sizes for removing more or less material per rotation.
Add shining powder as needed.
1 50 per square foot this is the most budget friendly method of stone floor cleaning and includes a dust mop and sweep prior to cleaning.
Apply approximately 1 2 cup shining powder plus 1 cup clean water to stone surface.
Burnishing natural stone floor with a diamond impregnated pad.
To polish a floor use commercially available polishing powder and an automatic scrubber or.
This is simply because standard buffing pads won t make even the tiniest dimple in stone.
Polishing floor with diamond powder.
The most effective type of buffing pad for stone floors is one with diamond.
2 10 per square foot including floor wash to prep grout line application of powder solution polishing.