Grout Cleaning Business » Stone & Concrete

Travertine Stone Polishing

Chris Blackerby — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:48:40 +0000

Here is a stone restoration jobs that I did back in the day. It was 18″ travertine – about 7 years old. The floor was pretty flat and I was able to hit it with just a powder polish and get pretty decent results.

It was a bit of a trick getting used to the powder polish, i.e. finding the right working time and moisture that the product worked well with but I figured it out.

Concrete Polishing Demo

Chris Blackerby — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:59:14 +0000

Here is a demo a did a while ago:

Left side is up to 1500 grit | Right Side is up to 800 grit

I didn’t end up geting this job because I believe I got way underbid.

Chinese made tools?

Chris Blackerby — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:56:31 +0000

I saw this the other day at a supply house that caters to granite and marble fabrication shops.

New Category Added: Stone and Concrete Polishing

Chris Blackerby — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:12:18 +0000

What does concrete polishing have to do with grout cleaning you say? Well, grout is really just like colored concrete so that’s got to count for something, right?

As a self proclaimed grout “expert” I sometimes dabble in the area of stone restoration and polishing. When you start doing stone/marble you start looking at concrete polishing.

If you’re in the grout cleaning business you’ve probably had requests to polish a little marble here and there so I figure I’ll include some topics on the subject from time to time.

For more in depth info on concrete polishing be sure to check out www.concretepolishing.org and stop by the discussion forum.