Restoring Marble is fun and has its own challenges. Today, many Carpet cleaning companies have learned that all ceramic is created equally, but not marble. Thus, not very many companies offer this service.In Marble training classes, I am shocked at the quality of service that is being taught. I call it a carpet cleaning approach to stone restoration. Many companies are trying to streamline all marble care into a simple process that works on all marble. This is impossible, unless you lower your expectations. The push today is for an easy way to polish marble that can be trained to anyone – even if it means lowering the quality of finished product.

Now the industry is faced with a new problem. Let’s say you have two companies come out to your house to bid on cleaning and polishing your marble, travertine or other stone. And for the sake of argument, your floors are a 4, on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best). Company A will take your floor from a 4 to 10 and Company B will take your floor to a 8. Both companies propose to do the same work for two completely different prices.Lately, I have restored several white and black marble floors. These floors are more difficult for service tech new to restoring stone. I guess it is nice to know my 20 years experience is worth something.

I have two suggestions for those looking to hire a company to restore their floors. First, select an established company. Second, choose a company with a service tech with at least 5 to 10 years experience. 

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