Cleaning and restoring the marble

Cleaning and restoring the marble Marble as a natural element can accumulate a lot of dirt, it can stain and suffer erosion and scratches. So, if the house has an ornament made with that stone they will be interested in this short article on Marble Restoration made with ordinary and cheaper products. In this way, you will be able to restore all the splendor to a century-old marble stone that has suffered the dangers of time. This Marble Restoration procedure is a simple method and best of all is that you do not have to spend a lot of money on expensive products, whether magic or not. Obviously, requires a little effort and dedication, but the result can be described as optimal. The materials and tools that we will need for the restoration of the marble stone are: - A solution prepared by four parts of water by one of hydrogen peroxide. - Sodium bicarbonate. - Ammoniac. - Sealer for marble. - A sponge with green fiber. - A sander. - Threads of 120, 320 and 600. - A spatula, like the one used to clean the glass ceramic. The first step will be a deep Marble Cleaning to remove the thickest dirt that may have the stone on the surface like paint drops, and accumulation of dirt with the spatula. This procedure must be done with delicacy, without applying excessive force so as not to damage the surface of the stone. Then, a gentle Marble Cleaning should be done with the solution and the fibrous part of the kitchen sponge. Hydrogen peroxide is a good cleaner for marble because its pH is only slightly acidic. In addition to having slight bleaching properties that will help us with this white stone. In fact, only with this treatment will we be removing most of the dirt that covers the stone. Now we go to the polishing part of the stone, we put the thicker sandpaper in the sander, the one of 120 and we will use a bottle with a sprayer to spray a little water. This use of water to sanding the stone will prevent us from raising marble dust, nothing good to breathe, and dirty the rest of the house with the foul dust. It also enables smoother sanding, less aggressive for stone. Then we will change the sandpaper of the machine by the next one softer, the 320, to give the last pass with the finest one, the 600. This will make the stone smooth. Finally, we apply a poultice to the marble to try to remove the stains that have been absorbing the stone over time. For that, we will make a paste with six parts of hydrogen peroxide for one of ammonia and the sodium bicarbonate enough so that everything forms a pasty texture. Apply the mixture on the marble and coated with a plastic that we will hold with adhesive tape. We will let the mixture work for at least three hours, we can leave it longer if we want. Then remove the protective plastic and rinse well with water to remove all the paste, you can repeat the procedure if there is any rebellious stain or we want a completely new finish. But if it is an old stone, it does not make much sense to want to get a new look. It should be noted that it is old but clean. To protect the stone, we can apply a sealer for marble that will avoid future problems and give a very nice shiny finish.