Natural Stone Restoration & Maintenance
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Maintenance and Restoration of Natural Stone surfaces is not only vital to keep your floor looking great, it's critical to protecting your investment!! Stone flooring is stunning but is also very susceptible to damage if not cared for properly... Here's an article and video about a recent travertine floor restoration we completed.
Natural Stone MaintenanceAt Polished Concrete Little Rock we care all natural stone flooring and countertop surfaces including: terrazzo, limestone, marble, and travertine. Our maintenance approach is to deep clean the stone surface and replace any missing grout. We then burnish with either honing or polishing powder to create a chemical and mechanical seal on your floor or countertop surface. This is critical to maintaining the look and durability of your terrazzo, marble, limestone, or travertine!
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Natural Stone Restoration ServiceOur restoration process is a much more in-depth and more expensive process. This is a method we use for natural stone that is either subject to high traffic or stone that has not been properly maintained and protected over the years. The biggest addition to a restoration service is the use of diamond polishing. The diamond polishing is very labor intensive and is needed to repair deep scratches, scuffs, etch marks, and stains. Since stone is naturally porous, water and other contaminants get into the stone surface and begin to break it down or stain it. As long as the damage isn't too deep, we can restore the stone to its original beauty. For damage that's gotten too deep, our service is able to remove most of it and prevent future damage.
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Other Natural Stone Services
- Grout Repair: Over time grout can get chipped out of a floor or break loose due to foundation shifts or heavy items being moved over the top of it. We are able to remove the loose pieces and replace the damaged grout to maintain a good seal and keep your floor looking great.
- Floor Leveling: Even the very best of the stone tile layers can't get a floor perfectly level. Inevitably there is always what is referred to as lippage. This is the slightly raised spots on a floor where a tile is not level with its adjacent piece. Leveling is similar to a restoration service due to its labor intensive nature and the need to use diamond polishing to gently remove the lippage and level the floor so that maintenance polishing get a nice,uniform gloss across the surface.
- Caulk Replacement: Over time caulking on joints can also put loose from foundation shifting or just plain old wear and tear. Keeping joints sealed in vital to preventing water and other contaminants from getting up under your stone surface and causing damage.
- Stain Removal: Even properly sealed stone is susceptible to staining in particular from highly acidic liquids. Many times this stain is only superficial and we can repair that area to restore the shine.