Is a damaged marble floor repaired or replaced?

Restored in place. Diamond polishing removes a very thin layer of the stone along with the etching and scratching in it, then the floor is honed or polished to the finish you want and sealed. Nothing is lifted, and the floor is the same floor afterwards.

What exactly is etching, and can it be removed?

It is acid damage. Wine, citrus, vinegar and many ordinary cleaners dissolve a little of the calcium in marble, travertine and limestone, leaving a dull mark that no cleaner can lift because nothing is sitting on the surface. Polishing removes it, because it works on the stone rather than on what is on it.

I want a matte floor, not a shine. Is that possible?

Yes. Honed and polished are the same process taken to different stages, so the finish is a decision rather than a fixed outcome. Say which you want when you enquire, and where the floor already has a finish you like, it can be matched.

Do you work in Nobleton and Schomberg as well as King City?

King Township is the service area, so the villages and the rural addresses between them are all inside it. Give the community name with the full address when you enquire — the mailing address alone does not always identify where a property actually is.

King City and King Township

Marble & Stone Floor Restoration in King City

Natural stone does not wear the way tile does. It dulls, it etches and it scratches, and all of that damage is in the stone rather than on top of it — which is why it is polished back rather than cleaned off.

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Clear Conditions projectBefore & after

Marble floor polishing before and after

Clear Conditions projectBefore & after

Travertine floor before and after

Polished, not replaced

Marble, travertine and limestone restored where they are laid.

7 customer services

Stone, counters, tile, floors, showers, carpet and furniture from one team.

Bonded, insured, WSIB covered

Fixed quotes agreed before any work begins.

A village name on a township-sized map

King City is one of three villages in King Township, alongside Nobleton and Schomberg, with a large rural township wrapped around all three. The village and the township are not interchangeable names: an address near the village core and one out on a sideroad are different journeys even when the mail says King.

The housing here runs large, and large houses are where natural stone turns up most often — marble and travertine in entrances and kitchens, limestone through halls, and stone or engineered surfaces on the counters in between.

Stone is a material with a finish rather than a surface with a coating. Etching from an acidic spill, scratching from grit underfoot and dullness from years of traffic are all in the stone itself, and all three are dealt with by polishing rather than by cleaning harder.

Dull, etched and scratched are three different problems

They look similar from standing height and they are not the same thing at all. Each has its own cause, and the one that gets identified decides how the floor is treated.

Dull across the whole floor: Traffic has abraded the polish evenly. Graded diamond pads bring the finish back across the surface rather than patching the worst areas.
A ring or a splash that will not come out: That is etching. An acid — wine, citrus, a household cleaner — has eaten into the stone, so there is nothing sitting on top to remove. It is polished out.
Fine scratches that catch the light: Grit tracked in from outside acts like sandpaper underfoot. Polishing takes off the scratched layer with the scratches in it.
Marks that keep appearing near the sink: Unsealed stone absorbs. Sealing after polishing is what keeps the next spill on the surface long enough to be wiped up.

The finish is taken to honed or polished depending on the room — a matte hall and a reflective entrance are the same process stopped at different points.

Before and after of a Clear Conditions restoration project on a stone mosaic shower — **Clear Conditions stone work**Stone shower restoration before and after

What large stone surfaces ask for

Stone Floor Restoration

Diamond polishing and sealing for marble, travertine, limestone, and other natural stone floors.

Inspection and deep cleaning
Diamond polishing
Honed or polished finish
Sealing

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Services in King City (King Township)

Choose by surface and condition

The same four steps suit marble, travertine and limestone: clean the stone, polish out what has damaged it, take the surface to the finish the room wants, and seal it. Counters are reconditioned by a related process and are quoted separately.