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Acid Damaged Negro Marquina Marble Shower Tiles Polished in Thame

9th May 2019 Reese Mackie 0 Comments Acid Damage, black marble tiles, Cillit Bang, Cleaning Negro Marquina Marble, Marble Shower Tile Cleaning, Marble Wall Tile Cleaning, oxfordshire, Polishing Marble Tiles, Shower Tile Renovation, Thame, Vikal

I received a call regarding a Black Marble tiled shower that the customer thought he would clean himself and ended up unfortunately making worse. Black Marble adds a very opulent and elegant look to a bathroom, and I suspect this particular variety with the white veins is known as ‘Negro Marquina’ which comes from the Basque region of Spain. I did a quick price check on-line and these tiles are priced around £60 each! If you look closely at the before picture you can see the Marble has lost its shine and has a cloudy appearance. This was due to the use of an acid based cleaner. Thame and Oxford lie in a hard water area, so we often find customers seek to remove Limescale deposits off tile using household products such as Vikal or Cillit Bang. The trouble with these products is they are acidic, and marble is acid sensitive so is easily marked and damaged by their use. You should always read the label before using any cleaner to check if its safe to use on natural stone. The client was desperate to get the shower room looking how it should when he had selected this beautiful stone. Cleaning a Marble Tiled Shower To rectify the problem and restore the polished appearance of the marble I burnished the stone using a small 6 inch 200-grit diamond pad attached to a handheld

Restoring the Polish on Marble Tiles

7th March 2017 Reese Mackie 0 Comments black marble tiles, Brackley, cleaning services, floor restoration, maintaining marble floor, northamptonshire, polishing marble tile, Tile Cleaning, tile maintenance, tiled floor

This customer from the town of Brackley near Northampton got in touch with us to discuss their lovely black Marble tiled floor where it was proving difficult to maintain the shine. I went to visit and after carrying out some tests and asking a number of questions it became clear that that the product that had been used for regular cleaning had a high alkaline detergent content which was not suitable for the floor and had been causing smears, there were also light scratches due to the soiling levels. For polished stone or sealed floors we always recommend a neutral PH cleaning product such a Tile Doctor Neutral Cleaner. Burnishing Polished Black Marble Tiles To remove the light scratches and restore the shine on the Marble it was necessary to cut back the surface and re-polish with a set of burnishing pads. The pads come in a set of four and are applied in sequence starting with a coarse pad together with a little water to cut through the old sealer and grime. You then progress through the other finer pads one by one until you get to the final polishing pad which provides a high polish. After polishing the floor was rinsed down to remove any slurry from the polishing process and then allowed to dry before sealing with Tile Doctor Colour Grow which impregnates the pores in