Travertine Floor Cleaner
We put these tiles in the Same family as they are all soft natural stone and need pretty much need the same care and cleaning processes.
All come in a honed (highly polished) variety which gives the floor an almost reflective shine and they also come in a more natural less honed state.
The Honed tiles generally polished in a factory and won’t react well to acrylic polishes or sealants they generally need to be polished with a Grinding/Polishing machine and diamond pads.
The machines are far heavier (190kg) than a standard Rotary scrubber (30kg) and can remove lip-ages, scratches etc.
Its basically like sanding a stone floor where you pass through the grits of diamonds until you achieve a high gloss finish.
3 passes are made at 1000/2000/3000 diamonds during these processes polishing compounds and stone soaps are used to enhance the polish and seal the floor
Un-honed floors can be cleaned just as well using a standard rotary machine and floor pads then applying acrylic polished or natural stone sealers.
Call 07920840972 or email info@castle-cleaning.co.uk
Castle Surface Solutions is a professional Stone and tile Cleaning company covering Greater London and the south east.
Travertine is a natural stone material from the limestone family. It is made of calcium carbonate and is usually found in the form of deposits near warm or hot springs. It was frequently used in ancient times as a building material.
Because travertine is such a porous material, it should be sealed before use in construction or renovation projects. It is most commonly used for countertops and flooring, but may also be used in showers and tub surrounds as well as in exterior decor.
One might think that since stone can withstand the ravages of weather and outdoor elements, it is unlikely to be damaged when used in the home. Aside from its obvious beauty, durability is one of the elements that lead people to choose natural stone for home building and home improvement projects.
The truth is that unpolished travertine is highly susceptible to heat, scratching, staining and acidity, including citric acid, so it should only be cleaned with special products designed for use on natural stone.
Travertine tiles should be professionally cleaned and either sealed with an impregnator sealer and can be finished with a mid to High gloss finish.
Our Service:
We have found over the years when cleaning travertine using a really abrasive pad works best either a black nylon stripping pad or diamond pad attached to a rotary scrubber. This tends to cut back the top surface of the clay in most cases restoring it to a near new condition.
We then rinse the tiles using the Truck Mounted cleaning system with a Turbo Hybrid interior pressure washer tool. This sucks away what we call the slurry which is made up of clay, soil and chemical. Further detailing is performed on the grout lines by hand and nylon brushes, then the tiles are left to dry overnight.
Next day we return to seal and or polish the floor depending on your requirements this process can take anywhere around the 3 hour mark depending on the porousness of the tiles and the size of the floor in question.
We cover the following towns and areas
Abbey Wood – Acton – Acton Green – Addington – Aldersbrook – Aldersgate – Aldgate – Aldgate East – Aldwych – Alexandra Palace – Alexandra Park – All Saints – Alperton – Anerley – Angel – Archway – Arkley – Arsenal – Avery Hill – Baker Street – Balham – Bank – Barbican – Barking – Barkingside – Barnes – Barnes Bridge – Barnet – Barnsbury – Barons Court – Battersea – Bayswater – Beckenham – Beckton – Becontree – Becontree Heath – Beddington – Beddington Corner – Bedford Park – Belgravia – Bellingham – Belmont – Belsize Park – Belvedere – Bermondsey – Bethnal Green – Bexley – Bexleyheath – Bickley – Biggin Hill – Billingsgate- Bishopsgate – Blackfriars – Blackheath – Blackwall – Bloomsbury – Borough – Bostall Woods – Boston Manor – Botany Bay – Bounds Green – Bow – Bowes Park – Brent – Brent Cross – Brentford – Brixton – Broadgate – Brockley – Bromley – Bromley by Bow – Bromley Common – Brompton – Brondesbury- Brook Green – Buckingham Palace – Burnt Oak – Bushey Mead – Bushy Park – Camberwell – Camden Town – Canary Wharf – Canning Town – Canonbury – Capel Manor – Carshalton – Castlenau – Catford – Chalk Farm – Charing Cross – Charlton – Cheam – Cheapside – Chelsea – Chelsfield – Chessington – Cheyne Walk – Childs Hill – Chingford – Chislehurst – Chiswick – Church End – City of Westminster – Clapham – Clapton – Clerkenwell – Cockfosters – Coldblow – Coldharbour – Colindale – Collier Row – Colliers Wood – Colney Hatch – Copse Hill – Copthall – Cottenham Park – Coulsdon – Covent Garden – Cowley – Cranford – Cranham – Cranley Gardens – Crayford – Creekmouth – Cricklewood – Crofton Park – Crouch End – Croydon – Crystal Palace – Cubitt Town – Cuddington – Cudham – Cyprus – Dagenham – Dalston – Denmark Hill – Deptford – Docklands – Dollis Hill – Downe – Drayton Green – Drayton Park – Dulwich – Ealing – Earl’s Court – Earlsfield – East Bedfont – East Ham – East India – East Sheen – East Wickham – Eastcote – Eden Park – Edgware – Edmonton – Elephant & Castle – Elm Park – Elmers End – Eltham – Elthorne Park – Embankment – Enfield – Erith – Euston – Fairlop Waters- Farnborough – Farringdon – Feltham – Finchley – Finsbury – Finsbury Park – Foots Cray – Forest Gate – Forest Hill – Fortis Green – Fortune Green – Forty Hill – Friern Barnet – Fulham – Furzedown – Gidea Park – Gilwell Park – Gipsy Hill – Golders Green – Gospel Oak – Grange Park – Great North Way – Green Park – Greenford – Greenhill – Greenwich – Grove Park – Gunnersbury – Hackney – Hadley Wood – Haggerston – Hainault – Hale End – Ham – Hammersmith – Hampstead – Hampton – Hanwell – Hanworth – Harefield – Haringey – Harlesden – Harmondsworth – Harold Hill – Harold Wood – Harringay – Harrow – Harrow Weald – Hatch End – Hatton – Havering – Hayes – Hazelwood – Hendon – Herne Hill – Heron Quays – Heston – High Barnet – High Holborn – Higham Hill – Highbury – Highgate – Hillingdon – Hither Green – Holborn – Holders Hill – Holland Park – Holloway – Homerton – Honor Oak – Hook – Hornchurch – Hornsey – Hornsey Vale – Hounslow – Hoxton – Hyde Park – Ickenham – Ilford – Isleworth – Islington – Kenley – Kennington – Kensal Green – Kensington – Kentish Town – Keston – Kew -Kidbrooke – Kilburn – King’s Cross – Kingsbury – Kingsland – Kingston upon Thames – Knightsbridge – Knockholt Station – Ladbroke Grove – Ladywell – Lambeth – Lee – Leicester Square – Lesnes Abbey – Lewisham – Leyton – Leytonstone – Limehouse – Little Ilford – Locksbottom – London Wall – Longford – Loughborough Junction – Lower Clapton – Lower Edmonton – Lower Place – Maida Vale – Malden – Manor Park – Marble Arch – Marble Hill – Marks Gate – Marylebone – Mayfair – Merton – Mile End – Mill Hill – Mitcham – Monken Hadley – Monument – Moorgate – Mornington Crescent – Mortlake – Mottingham – Mudchute – Muswell Hill – Neasden – New Addington – New Barnet- New Cross – New Eltham – New Malden – New Southgate – Newham – Newington – Newington Green- Nine Elms – Noak Hill – Noel Park – Norbiton – Norbury – North End – Northfields – Northolt – Northwood – Norwood – Notting Hill – Nunhead – Oakleigh Park – Oakwood – Old Kent Road – Olympia- Orpington – Osterley – Oval – Oxford Circus – Paddington – Palmers Green – Park Lane – Park Royal- Parsons Green – Peckham – Peckham Rye – Penge – Pentonville – Perivale – Piccadilly Circus – Pimlico – Pinner – Pinner Green – Plaistow – Plashet – Plumstead – Ponders End – Poplar – Pratt’s Bottom – Primrose Hill – Purley – Putney – Queensway – Rainham – Ravenscourt Park – Raynes Park – Redbridge – Regents Park – Richmond upon Thames – Riverside – Roehampton – Romford – Rotherhithe – Royal Oak – Ruislip – Rush Green – Russell Square – Sanderstead – Sands End – Selsdon – Seven Kings – Seven Sisters – Shacklewell – Shadwell – Shepherds Bush – Shirley – Shooter’s Hill – Shoreditch – Sidcup – Silvertown – Sipson – Slade Green – Sloane Square – Smithfield – Snaresbrook – Soho – Somers Town – South Beddington – South Kensington – South Woodford – Southall – Southfields – Southgate – Southwark – Spitalfields – St James Park – St Johns Wood – St Lukes – St Marys Cray – St Pancras – St Pauls – Stamford Hill – Stanmore – Stepney – Stockwell – Stoke Newington – Stonebridge – Strand – Stratford – Streatham – Stroud Green – Sudbury – Summerstown – Surbiton – Surrey Quays – Sutton – Sydenham – Teddington – Temple – Thamesmead – Tolworth – Tooting Bec – Tottenham – Totteridge – Tower Hamlets – Tower Hill – Trafalgar Square – Trent Park – Tufnell Park – Tulse Hill – Turnham Green – Twickenham – Upminster – Upton – Uxbridge – Vauxhall – Victoria – Wallington – Waltham Forest – Walthamstow – Walworth – Wandsworth – Wanstead – Wapping – Waterloo – Wealdstone – Well Hall – Welling – Wembley – Wennington – West Kensington – Westbourne – Westferry – Westminster – Whitechapel – Willesden – Wimbledon – Woodford Bridge – Woodford Green – Woodside – Woodside Park – Woolwich – Worcester Park
