by Mark on December 15, 2009
Awhile ago quoted a job, ensuite walls and floors, bathroom floor and toilet floor. This was a reversal from the normal work. The difference being that the floors were highly polished and the architect wanted honed (Flat unpolished) surface for the floors.
Firstly hand sanded the floors with a 120 grit wet and dry sanding disc. This removed the scratches and flattened the marble floor tiles. Then 320 grit sanded the marble floors. Looking good but not finished, we then scrubbed the floors with a good quality marble cleaner. We used S4S marble cleaning product. This is a top quality stone cleaner that cleans and neutralises the marble. After wet vac drying the waste from marble it is ready to seal once a drying period has elapsed (about 1 to 1.5 hrs)
Applied two coats of a good quality sealant. looked great and the client was very happy. Left them with a maintenance schedule and some S4S marble cleaner.
by Mark on December 13, 2009
Marble cleaner and marble cleaning products are many and varied. Marble cleaning tools are many but a few can be used all the time. A doodle bug and grout cleaning tool to me are necessities but only to be used when necessary, probably every 3 to 6 months. We use them every day as part of our cleaning system prior to sealing to ensure the tiles are 100% clean.
To ensure you are using the correct marble cleaning product check that your marble cleaner is ph neutral. This is an absolute must, let me give you an example. A very large 5 star hotel chain bought me in to repolish almost all of the marble floors. On checking the chemicals they were using I discovered there so-called ph neutral cleaner for the marble tiles actually contained 1% citrus. This might not have sounded much but after using it for a year or so you could of imagine how the marble tiles had lost all their shine. I re did about 30 units that were in the rental pool. After a repolish they came back to almost new look.S4S marble cleaning product is ph neutral and has many other great benefits for using it.It took a while to develop but the results are fantastic.We have had some great testimonials come back lately so these will be posted very soon.
Use S4S as your marble cleaner and I’m positive you’ll stick with it. Not only for mopping floors , washing walls etc, but for a spray and wipe on all your stone benches also.(don’t use too much, a little goes a long way.
by Mark on November 13, 2009
cleaning and sealing granite bench tops is not that difficult providing you have the right chemicals and tools.
Here’s how its done. Razor scrape the surface to remove any foreign matter a.g. glue etc. Clean granite bench tops .We use S4S a granite cleaning product. Then totally dry surface. We then washed the granite with acetone. [...]
by Mark on November 11, 2009
Work goes in runs.Cleaned two more marble bathrooms today.Once again with the right chemicals and machinery this is a very easy job.This is where S4Smarble cleaning product does a great job. It simply makes it so easy. Stone cleaning products , with marble any way have to be ph neutral. The reason is that marble [...]
by Mark on November 6, 2009
Cleaned and sealed about 70ms of sandstone about three months ago. Had to go back and reclean it for the overseas client to inspect the job. Imixed up S4S stone cleaner at about 10 to 1 with water.The sandstone floors had not been cleaned since I left here.
Using the poly vac machine and a tan [...]
by Mark on November 5, 2009
I was asked the question today if S4S could clean sandstone or is it for marble cleaning only.Well S4S was originally designed as a marble cleaner but has now found a place as a very versatile stone cleaner.As well as its ph neutralise stone cleaning ability it has many different things added that makes it [...]
by Mark on November 4, 2009
Just completed three days of marble polishing.Big job, that when finished looked like new.Pretty monotonous work. Once you get the polish timing right , and the polish mix consistency right ,simply start at one end of the house and keep going.
PROCEDURE
Only do a metre at a time.Using the polyvac machine and a white pad under [...]
by Mark on October 26, 2009
The tide has really turned lately and we are very busy with advanced bookings for the next 5 weeks.
Just a short note on S4S marble cleaning products. A few people have noted that in using S4S marble cleaning product as a spray and wipe for granite bench tops, marble bench tops or even bathroom [...]
by Mark on September 24, 2009
A lady in Perth rang today and said her marble didn’t come up like I said it would. After talking for awhile it soon became evident that she used far to much product. S4S marble cleaner is a highly concentrated product. For her 50ml I told her to redo it by mop and bucket at [...]
by Mark on September 14, 2009
S4S marble cleaner is a great marble cleaning product. It works fantastic when cleaning porcelain, ceramics etc. From scrubbing sandstone to mopping delicate marble. S4S is a superior product. Cleaning granite bench tops and marble vanities becomes a breeze with the 500ml Atomizer of S4S. Remember S4S marble cleaner is a 100% Australian owned and [...]
