Tumbled marble floors and other rustic look stones like unfilled or rustic travertine are beautiful and rugged. That’s because they’re mean to look old and rough cut, to suggest an old style look. But cleaning tumbled marble and other irregular surfaced tiles like travertine and limestones can be a real chore!
Basically, the drawback is that the less smooth surface catches more soil and can become darkened and very difficult to clean. After a while, mopping just doesn’t work any more – it stays dirty looking all the time. So cleaning tumbled marble ends up being aggravating. It’s not your fault (and not your cleaning person’s fault, either)! It’s the nature of the surface, especially the ‘hills and valleys’.
Our approach to cleaning tumbled marble and other stones is to use some ‘tough love’ chemicals and a brush type cleaning machine. Usually this is better than the common rotating pad type machine because the nylon brushes can dig down into the pores and recessed grout lines and reach dirt trapped in the pores.
This type of machinery is priced too high for most homeowners and even most commercial cleaning contractors – it’s very specific for heavy duty floor restoration and larger specialty contractors who can put it to use regularly to justify the cost. We use the same machinery for both residential jobs in someone’s kitchen as well as in industrial commercial kitchens – it works just as well in both settings.
But it’s usually a one day project and by day’s end the stone looks like it should: still rustic and historic looking, but clean! If you have a problem floor that you want to love again, feel free to call or text us at 617-221-4002 or just fill out the form below and we’ll get the job done.
Our contact information:
Act One – Marble and Tile
15 Main Street # 138
Watertown MA 02472-4403
617-221-4002 Text or Call
