Washing a Limestone Tiled Floor
I arrived on site at the appointment and decided to scrub the floor first using a hot 4:1 dilution of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean which is a heavy duty alkaline cleaning product specially designed for cleaning stone floors. This was left to soak for a while and then scrubbed it using a rotary machine fitted medium brush head. The soiled solution was then removed using a wet vacuum and the floor was then rinsed down with fresh clean water. Doing this process removed a lot of grime and dirt that were deep-seated in the stone, and by using the brush it got into the recesses of the grout, once I had done this the floor looked great but I could see it would still needed to be burnished to restore the original appearance.
Polishing Limestone Floor Tiles
We used a set of diamond encrusted Burnishing Pads fitted to a rotary buffing machine to polish the Limestone floor. The said pads are ideal for recovering the shine on hard stone surfaces such as Limestone, Travertine and Marble, the come in a set of four and you start with the Coarse pad together with plain water and this cuts through and removes surface grime and any surface seal. You then progress through the Medium, Fine and Superfine polishing pads one to achieve a high polish.
Sealing Limestone Tiles
The floor was left to dry for a couple of days and later on I went back to seal it using two coats of Tile Doctor Color Grow which is a color enhancing sealer that brings out the colors in natural stone, finally buffing the floor using a soft white buffing pad.
The lady of the house was really pleased with the result and left a nice testimonial on the tiled doctor website, she has also booked me in to sort out two bathroom floors (one Marble and one Limestone) and she has also booked me in to carry out the cleaning of all her carpets.
