Welcome to Specialized Floor Care Services

Serving Eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire

We specialized in the the cleaning, sealing, repair, polishing and restoration of marble floors, marble vanity tops, marble kitchen countertops, marble walls, marble fireplace and marble showers.

We use time proven methods, state of the art equipment and specialized marble cleaning products to safely remove years of soil build up, scratches and stains.

Our process involves use of diamonds abrasives to grind, hone and polish your marble surfaces to their original look. We follow our work with the application of appropriate marble sealer.

Provide our customers with instructions on proper care of marble and steps to maintain the polish and  to prevent marble scratches.  Directions on selecting the right marble cleaner to safely maintain and preserve the restored look of the marble surface.

FAQs

How is Marble Polished

Marble surfaces are polished by a means of mechanically sanding the marble surface with diamond abrasives, starting with a course grit and progressively using finer abrasives to remove scratches created by the previous grit until the marble starts to show a natural polish.

How to clean marble

Vacuuming or dust mopping with a non-treated mop is the first step in the cleaning and maintenance of your marble, limestone, travertine or other natural stone floor. Removing all or any sand is critical  in preventing scratches on the stone surface.

Use a ph of Seven (neutral) non rinsing stone cleaning solution to safely clean the floor.  We recommend using a spray bottle to to mix the cleaning solution as per manufacturer instructions and spray  the neutral cleaner on the floor and rinse with a clean and dry cotton towel.

Do not use a general cleaning cleaner,  high alkaline or acidic cleaners.  These cleaners can etch the stone or leave behind salt minerals.  It is  good practice to test the cleaning solution before it is used on the entire surface  by applying a very small amount of full strength cleaning product in a hidden area. Let it stand for five to ten minutes.  If you see a dulled or etch spot. then the cleaner is not safe to use on your stone floor.

Removing Stains from Marble

The first step in removing a stain from marble is to determine the cause of the stain.

The most common stain on marble is Oil Stain, which is caused by grease, butter, salad dressing, cooking oils or some times, plumbers puddy.

Second mos common stain is Organic, cause by foods, coffee, wine, flowers and tobacco.

These types of stains can be safely removed from marble using a process called poulticing.  This process works by extracting the coloring minerals from within the stone by absorption.

To remove a stain from marble, mix a very absorbent powder with an appropriate cleaning liquid and cover the stain with the mix.

Next place plastic over the mix and tape the edges of the plastic to the surface with blue tape.

Wait 24 hours and remove the plastic leaving the paste on for another 24 hours.

 After 24 hours the paste should be dried hard, with a plastic or soft scraper, scrape off the dry paste and clean the surface ( do not discard dry mix), inspect to see if stain has been removed.  If not and there was some success in the removal, repeat process by remixing the dry paste with the cleaning solution until stain has been removed completely.