If removing water spots on marble countertops is on your to do list, you’ll understand exactly how this client of ours felt. This homeowner called us right before an open house to show his loft style downtown Boston condominium unit. He had gone through extensive renovations to floors, walls and ceilings in recent months and wanted the unit to ‘show well’ at the upcoming Saturday open house.
The only problem was some unsightly etch marks, so called ‘water spots’ on the gorgeous marble countertop. But that countertop was the very first thing you see as you walk into the open kitchen….with the sunlight showing every mark or defect in the stone! He was understandably a little bit frantic, because there wasn’t much time before the open house.
To speed up the process, we asked him to send us a photo showing the overall size and layout of the countertop. Incidentally, when you try to take a photo of an acid etch, it’s tricky to get it to show correctly. Actually a video shows it much better as you move and the angle of light changes. But in this case, it was clear from the photo what the issue was. Not to worry – we remove etch marks all the time!
First, he tried cleaning the spots away. Logical enough, he tried several methods of marble stain removal. However, that doesn’t work with acid etches, since they’re not soil on top of the stone. They are actually areas where acidic foods or cleaning liquids have eaten into the surface of the marble. Marble is a calcite based stone, and acid and calcium just don’t play well together. The acid dissolves the top crust of the stone, ruining the shine. He realized that marble cleaning and polishing was not his day job! So after that didn’t work, he got in touch with us. (Good move – marble restoration and marble refinishing is our specialty)!
We sent him the quote right away and he had some questions about the whole concept of countertop resurfacing. After we answered his questions and explained how the process worked, we sent some job photos and references. Not to show off, but to demonstrate that we are one of the most experienced countertop restoration and countertop refinishing companies in Boston. He accepted our offer. Still, he was concerned due to the schedule. He could not afford us being delayed, because the only available day was Friday, and the open house was Saturday morning!
Not to worry! The etch marks below were honed and polished away on Friday so the open house schedule stayed on track! With beautiful marble countertops, problem solved!
If you’d like to get a quote on any marble cleaning service or grout and stone restoration or even just resealing marble or grout, you can call or text us at 617-221-4002 or simply fill out the form below.
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Watertown MA 02472-4403
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