Travertine Floors

Hi Maurizio, we love your site, very informative. We have 2 questions for you. Do you recommend mop with clear water travertine floors everyday, I mean is it ok? What is your advice regarding installing travertine bull noses to a swiming pool? Thanks a lot and keep up the great job!

 

Dear Patricia:

 

“ Do you recommend mop with clear water travertine floors everyday, I mean is it ok? ”

 

Well, there's nothing really wrong with that: water can't damage stone. The real question is: how clean do you want your floor to be?

Oc cas ionally, if you use a plate to eat something dry, like a sponge-cake or something, you can clean it with just water. But if you use the same plate to eat, say, “chicken cacciatore” or “risotto ai funghi”, then I don't think that water alone is going to cut it, do you?

At least once a week – depending on soling conditions – the floor should be cleaned with water and a good-floor detergent rated “for stone” like MB-1.

 

“ What is your advice regarding installing travertine bull noses to a swiming pool? ”

 

I don't see any problem with that.

 

May I ask you now to please read and e-sign our Statement of Purpose at: http://www.marblecleaning.org/purpose.htm?

Ciao and good luck,

Mauri z io Bertoli

 

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