Let us all agree on something. Marble is very high-end and used to create countertops, tiles, and floors.
And there’s a significant reason why.
Marble is a beautiful and luxurious natural stone typically from Italy, Spain, Turkey, India, and other countries that captivates an owner’s personality when present throughout the home. The natural stone is highly popular due to its strong resistance to cracking and breaking, vibrant colors, and lustrous shine that enriches any home. However, such benefits come with a profound responsibility for its upkeep.
As a natural stone, marble requires special care to keep its shine and strength, such as:
● Specific cleaning products for grease and grime
● Nonabrasive sponges for scrubbing
● Regular sealing
Although many homeowners take pride in their DIY projects, restoring your marble floors is something you want to avoid oopsing on.
Therefore, here are three signs it’s time to call an expert to restore your precious marble floors.
1. The colors are starting to look rather dull.
Marble comes in popular colors like gray, white, brown, red, and black. When they’re freshly installed, it’s impossible not to notice their distinctive shine.
However, numerous factors—often inevitable to avoid—start to dull the marble’s delicate colors. These factors include:
● Consistent foot traffic
● Spills from acidic liquids
● Cleaning products not designed for marble floors
● Frequent water spills that seep into the pores
● Regular exposure to sunlight
Depending on the severity, restoring a marble floor’s shine can require an extensive process with specific solutions. In other words, it’s best to call an expert to repair its vibrant gleam.
2. You’ve noticed some scratches on the marble.
It’s nearly impossible to avoid scratches on marble floors—after all, they’re the floors you walk on every day.
While you won’t need to worry about everyday household items cracking your floors, you’ll want to be cautious of scratches.
One of two things can happen depending on the severity of the scratches. One, the scratched tile can be buffered or polished until the scratches are gone. Two, the tiles containing the scratches will need to be replaced entirely.
Over time, these common factors contribute to scratches on marble floors:
● Abrasive particles tracking from your shoes
● Furniture with rigid plastic or metal legs that don’t have any protective seal under them
● Dragging heavy objects along the floor, like furniture and kitchen appliances
● Long or sharp claws from our cute and fury doggos
And yet, the winner to standard ways to scratch marble floors are… DIY methods to repair or polish your marble floor’s surface.
There’s a great emphasis on hiring a professional to care for marble floors due to its sensitivity to techniques and products needed to care for the stone.
3. Those stubborn stains just won’t come out.
As you know, marble is a porous material. Natural stones commonly have these microscopic air pockets inside the slabs that arise due to recrystallization when the limestone (the stone before it becomes marble) encounters geological pressure and heat.
And because these pores exist, they become easy pockets for liquids to seep into. Substances that contribute to a marble floor’s stains include:
● Colored liquids like coffee and wine. Beware of these liquids. They become DIFFICULT stains to remove
● Vinegar, citric juices like orange juice, soft drinks, and other acidic liquids.
● Oils like olive oil or canola oil often used in the kitchen.
Stains can be very stubborn to come out. If not done correctly, it can worsen throughout the removal process.
Your Marble Floors Deserve Proper Care
We’re confident you’re a great owner of your marble floors. Which is why we know you’ll bring in stone floor restoration professionals to restore the marble when it looks dull or has acquired new scratches or stains. The expertise, advanced tools, and thorough understanding of the restoration process professionals have will leave you at ease and your marble floors like new for years to come.
So, as much as you like home DIY projects, let’s leave marble floor restoration in the good hands of the professionals.
The stone floor professionals at Restore-A Floor in Brighton check all the boxes when it comes to having your marble floors revived and brought back to life. We are known throughout the area for our high-quality work and skill, striving to exceed our customers’ expectations. The proof is in the results and when you hire us, you will be getting stone floor and tile cleaning services like no other.
So if you want to love your floors again, you can count on us to reveal the beauty that lies under the wear and tear of your gorgeous marble and stone floors. Let us know your flooring needs and schedule a Free Estimate today!