Limestone Tiled Floor Spruced Up and Burnished in Owestry

Installed in a lovely residence in the ancient market town of Oswestry close to the English/Welsh border, these Limestone Tiles had become dim and filthy over the years and I was asked to get them looking their best again. When I arrived to do the quotation the customer’s main concern was that the grout lines had become dirty, but when I completed a test clean on one tile and the grout around it they found out the tiles themselves were dirty and had lost their shine to become a matte finish.

Refurbishing Limestone Tiles

It was a huge floor so working in sections I gave the floor a general clean using a mild dilution of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean which was scattered over the floor with precise attention in getting the solution into the grout lines. The solution was left to seep in and eat through any dirt and a stiff grout brush was run along each grout line giving it a good scrub along the way. Next we removed any trace of product by using a wet vacuum to extract the now dirty cleaning solution and rinsed thoroughly with clean water.

There were a couple of holes in the Limestone that needed particuar attention so these were filled with a similar colour. The next step was to use a set of diamond encrusted burnishing pads which was attached to a rotary machine and polish the floor with four different grits from coarse to super fine. To remove any remaining sealer and grime, the floor is polished using a course pad and a little water to help wet the area passing over each tile around four times in the process. The resultant soiled water is rinsed away with clean water which in turn is removed using a wet vacuum. This process is then repeated with the remaining pads, rinsing between each pad until a nice polish is built up on the tile. I managed to finish with the 2nd and 3rd pads but it was getting late to completely finish the polishing so called it a day.

Sealing Limestone Tiles

When I arrived on the next day to finish the polishing process with the fourth super fine polishing pad and seal the floor the client thought I was done polishing and was already glad with the shine we had achieved so far, so you can imagine how happy she was when I told her there was more to do. Once I was done polishing, I used a single coat of Tile Doctor Colour Grow which impregnates the pores in the stone to prevent other contaminants getting in there; Colour Grow also does a great job of bringing out the natural colours in the stone.

The customer was very happy with the final result and left this feedback:
“Joe’s work is excellent. He planned the work accurately and arrived punctually, and he works without leaving any mess. Our limestone floor is now as beautiful as when new. Highly recommended.”