Noche Marble Tiled Hallway in Oundle Cleaning and Sealing

The said Noche Marble tiles were installed in the hallway of a house in Oundle. They are a premium product with a warm antique look but like any natural stone tile it needs to be sealed properly in order to prevent any dirt and grime becoming deep-seated in the pores of the stone. In this case the sealer had worn off and the floor was now difficult to keep clean thus we were called in to deep clean the tile and grout and then re-seal it. Sealers can last a few years depending on its wear.

Washing Noche Marble Tiles

In order to deep clean the tile and grout and remove any remaining sealer, I concocted a strong dilution of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean 50/50 with NanoTech UltraClean. The UltraClean adds tiny abrasive particles which makes it a more effective cleaning product, both products are safe to use on natural stone floors. It is best to let the solution soak into the tile for about ten to twenty minutes before scrubbing it in with a rotary machine fitted with a scrubbing brush or black scrubbing pad. The rotary pads can struggle to get into the grout lines so it’s best to use a stiff brush along those.

Removing the soiled cleaning solution and rinsing the tiles, I made use of a high pressure spinner tool which is a brilliant machine for tile cleaning as it deploys water under high pressure water whilst extracting the dirty water back to a container in the van.

Sealing Noche Marble Tiles

We left the floor to dry thoroughly for days and we returned the following week to seal the tiles and using a damp meter first to verify the floor was indeed dry which it was so we proceeded to seal the tiles using two coats of Tile Doctor Color Grow.

Color grow was chosen as it’s an impregnating sealer the seeps into the pores of the tile bringing out and enhancing the natural colors in the stone in the process.

I took myriad of images of it so you should be able to see how much cleaner the floor now looks, especially the grout and how the color has been restored to the Marble.