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Article Number: 968 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Unfortunatly I put marble down on my kitchen floor before researching the pros and cons of the stone. We need to buy a buffer or a polisher to clean it. Do you recommend one?

Dear Bonnie:

I could answer your question alright, but then the real question will surface and beg to be asked: What on earth are you going to do with the best buffer or polisher?

I teach 3-day classes on stone restoration-refinishing at least 14 times a year in three different countries. After 3 days the students will know just about the basics of the entire subject.

Do you feel like coming to one of my classes?… J

Your only option is to hire a bona fide stone restoration contractor who will lightly grind (hone) and re-polish your stone.

Now, you'd better watch out! I consider stone refinishing as the very pinnacle of all the activities related to stone from a professional point of view. Unfortunately, there are a lot of quacks on the loose out there! You get one of those, and you may even have to kiss your stone bye-bye!

How could you tell a champ from a chomp? Could you trust the recommendation of your local stone distributor, or contractor, or your interior decorator? Hardly!

We have available a very comprehensive article on how to select a bona fide stone restoration contractor, which will give you all the intelligence you need to make a competent choice. It does carry a small price tag, and you can order it by logging on the Educational Literature section 0f our website at: http://www.mbstone.com/literature/literature.htm. It's available in pay-per-download format and I consider it a cheap “insurance premium” to pay when there are thousands of $ involved! Not to mention the little and much needed support you'd be giving to the cause – YOUR cause, since every single penny of the cost of the article will be used to support it.

Of course, turning your marble finish from polished to honed would be a first step into the right direction.

Also, will you please read and sign our Statement of Purpose at: http://www.marblecleaning.org/purpose.htm? By spreading the word about this valuable site among your friend & family and the stone trades' people you've been dealing with you will be rendering everybody a valuable service!

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Thank you.

Ciao and good luck,

Maurizio Bertoli

www.marblecleaning.org – The Only Consumers' Portal to the Stone Industry Establishment!