When you’re looking for professional marble floor polishing services, you want the experts at National Floor Solutions. In business for more than 30 years, we know exactly what it takes to give your natural stone floors the shine they deserve. Proudly covering Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and more, we offer marble floor polishing service for all our residential, commercial, and industrial clients. Give us a call today to learn more and to schedule a free estimate!
Our Process
Keep in mind that natural stone types can require somewhat different approaches and our process below outlines the general process of natural stone and marble polishing, restoration, and/or refinishing. For example, some stone floor restoration scenarios might call for a coating removal, fill and repair or pressure washing to clean the floor from dirt where others may not. Give National Floor Solutions a call today to schedule your natural stone and marble polishing appointment today.
1) Assess Need for Fill or Repairs
Determining what fill or repairs need to be done is the first step. Customers may request that the floors natural porous holes be filled (for example an unfilled travertine floor). If carpet was removed prior tack stripping holes left after removal may need fill eliminating any pock marks from the final finish. Depending on the customer’s desires we will make any and all necessary repairs to ensure a beautiful finish.
2) Grinding
Grinding is the process by which the surface is sanded by the use of abrasives (diamond discs) to remove large stocks of the stone. This process is usually recommended when stone tiles contain lippage (uneven tiles). It is also recommended when deep stains and scratches occur or when one desires a completely floor.
3) Honing
Honing is the process of smoothing the stone with the use of abrasives (diamond discs). Honing is performed to remove scratches but will not remove lippage (uneven tiles). It can, however, round the edges of the stone, giving a smoother finish to the edge.
4) Polishing
The high shine observed on stone is the result of smoothing it with fine abrasives. Most craftsmen will use diamond abrasives to hone the stone, then switch to a powdered abrasive to achieve the final polish. The abrasive powder is worked into the stone with a floor machine using water and cloth or polyester fiber pads. The powder is worked into a slurry until a polish is achieved. The craftsman removes the slurry with a wet-vac or mop and rinses the floor to remove excess powder. It is a relatively simple procedure, but requires a great deal of practice.
5) Crystallization
The term crystallization entered the language of natural stone polishing field to describe a process used polish and maintain a shine on marble surfaces. The crystallization process consists of spraying a fluid onto the marble floor and buffing it in with steel wool under a buffing machine. The steel wool generates heat through abrasion and the chemical reacts with the marble, producing a new compound on the surface of the stone. This procedure protects the surface of the stone, adds shine and may even harden the stone, increasing its wear. It is extremely important that this process be carried out only by trained craftsmen who are thoroughly familiar with it.
Our History with Natural Stone
As we mention in our “Who We Are” section, our company’s founding focus was that of refinishing of man-made and natural stone surfaces. Since 1990 we’ve completed thousands of residential and commercial projects. Our founder, Robert Segurola, is highly regarded in the industry as an expert not only in the process of stone restoration but for his knowledge in how to tackle seemingly impossible situations that arise in our industry. We tackle everything from small jobs for home owners to commercial customers who request a flamed granite floor and be leveled to a glass polish. We’ve encountered virtually every scenario imaginable in this industry and provided or invented solutions to them.
Natural Stone Types
Below you’ll find a comprehensive list natural stone surfaces we refinish. If your surface isn’t listed here please give us a call and we’ll be happy to discuss the nature of the problem with your specific surface. No matter what your stone floor refinishing needs are, there’s always a solution.
When you’re ready to give your residential, commercial, or industrial building a flooring makeover, give the team at National Floor Solutions a call. We offer free estimates to all our clients and provide the best natural stone and marble floor polishing service in Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach, FL. Call us today to learn more and to schedule an appointment with one of our service professionals.
Quite literally a gem to look at, Agate slabs are made by combining semi-precious stones and pulverized crystal rock pieces with a concrete binder.
Although not technically natural, Agglomerates are made up of aggregate pieces of natural stone held together by a binder like concrete or epoxy resin.
Granite is a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone.
Limestone is a hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement.
Marble is a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with mottlings or streaks of color, that is capable of taking a polish and is used in sculpture and architecture.
Onyx is a semiprecious variety of agate with different colors in layers.
Quartzite is an extremely compact, hard, granular rock consisting essentially of quartz. It often occurs as silicified sandstone, as in sarsen stones.
Slate is formed of compressed layers of sediments formed under the ocean.
Technically man made, terrazzo is a flooring material consisting of chips of marble or granite set in concrete and polished to give a smooth surface.
Travertine is a white or light-colored calcareous rock deposited from mineral springs, used in building.