Buffing Stone Floors

To polish a floor use commercially available polishing powder and an automatic scrubber or.

Buffing stone floors.

This is simply because standard buffing pads won t make even the tiniest dimple in stone. Polishing floor with diamond powder. A standard 175 rpm floor machine with a special heavy drive plate is used to create the heat and friction needed to form and polish the crystals. Using special polishing pads with a buffing machine is like sanding down all the blemishes and resurfacing the tiles.

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. Apply approximately 1 2 cup shining powder plus 1 cup clean water to stone surface. 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. 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. Keep shining powder wet with water while refinishing. Add shining powder as needed.

2 10 per square foot including floor wash to prep grout line application of powder solution polishing.