Using special polishing pads with a buffing machine is like sanding down all the blemishes and resurfacing the tiles.
Buffing stone floors.
Renewing stone flooring through polish can be accomplished by do it yourselfers through commercial kits.
2 10 per square foot including floor wash to prep grout line application of powder solution polishing.
This is simply because standard buffing pads won t make even the tiniest dimple in stone.
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.
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.
Add shining powder as needed.
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.
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.
Polishing floor with diamond powder.
To polish a floor use commercially available polishing powder and an automatic scrubber or.
Burnishing natural stone floor with a diamond impregnated pad.