Travertine Repair

Hello. Great site! I have Travertine flooring that is getting the holes like crazy! What is the best thing to fill them with that will look shiny and be durable for high traffic areas? Thanks Mike

 

Dear Mike:

Let me take a wild guess: a low-grading Turkish travertine… L

For normal traffic I would suggest to fill the holes with color-matching caulking material. It's easy to do even for a DIY. But since you mention high-traffic conditions, then the only piece of advice that I feel like giving to you is to get a stone restoration professional do the filling for you with polyester glue mixed with sand less grout to match the color. The filling will need to be followed by grinding, honing and re-polishing, or whatever the current finish of your stone is.

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