Non Slip Maintenance Of Honed Interior Marble
A honed finish is a satin surface with relatively little light
reflection. It is specified for floors, thresholds and other locations
where the presence of water might make a polished finish slippery, or
where heavy traffic would wear off the polished finish.
As a rule, honed finishes are more susceptible to soiling than
polished finishes, because a honed surface is slightly more porous and
absorptive than polished finish. However, the honed finish is easier
to restore because it will sustain harsher cleaning efforts.
Normal maintenance of honed finishes involves
as-needed washing with clean water and mildly abrasive cleaners, which
retain pumice-type finish, while the cleaners remove soils. There are
thick liquid cleaners and chlorine-bleach type scouring powders commercially
available.
The Marble should be wet with clean, hot water. Then using mildly
abrasive alkaline cleaner and stiff bristle brush, washing overlapping,
swirling strokes. Suds
can be left to stand for several minutes to permit the bleaching agents
to work on the stains and dirt's. Rinse thoroughly and dry with cotton,
cotton flannel, burlap or chamois skin. Wipe well to avoid streaking.
If further cleaning is required, use a special treatment or
ma kea paste to the consistency of syrup using a mildly abrasive alkaline
cleaning powder if necessary. Rinse thoroughly and dry.
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