Newly installed Travertine...Next step?

I just bought and read your 7 page article on stone maintenance and it's great...Thanks! Just had travertine installed and grouted. I don't really trust the installer to do anything but installation. Question#1. How do I remove grout haze? Question #2. Will the color enhancer give it a light gloss? Thanks!

 

Dear Carlos:

 

“ Question#1. How do I remove grout haze? ”

 

If it is just a haze, nothing beats MB-3! It's the only product of its kind. (Grout haze can be classified as mineral deposit.)

 

“ #2. Will the color enhancer give it a light gloss? ”

 

Not if you apply it right. The most important phase of the application of any below-surface (of the stone) products is the through removal of its residue that was not absorbed by the stone, before it has a chance to dry; so that at the end of the job, the surface of the stone is as bare as it was before you started the application.

The real question is: will the color enhancer produce any difference? With many travertines it does not. To find out, try to wet your stone with water (you can try on a spare tile) and see if it gets enhanced and to which degree: what you see is what the color enhancer will give you permanently. Some times the difference is so minimal that it is not worth doing it.

 

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Ciao and good luck,

Mauri z io Bertoli

 

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