Help with marble floors in my house--

[Mighty HD]

My wife and I recently got done with the kitchen remodel finally.
For the floors I installed Marble---to the tune of about $7/square. It turned out beautiful.

One problem: Mop-N-Glo

My wife decided to use Mop-N-Glo on the floors. Now the shiney finish has gotten dull. I can see a buildup of something on the floor but can't figure out how the hell to get it off! Any help is so dearly appreciated!!!!! :soap: :freak:

[KiaDude]

I used to work in a historical building with polished marble floors that got mopped every day. The only thing we were permitted to use on the marble was hot, hot water with a strong shot of ammonia. Do not use the "sudsing" ammonia, just the plain stuff.

FWIW, this should strip off any household finish on the tile. Be careful though as the ammonia will also (over time) deteriorate most finishes on wood--you don't want to trash any trim while caring for the floors.

If your marble tile has a polished finish, I wouldn't be concerned with adding a finish to it so far as protection goes. Where I worked was over 100 years old, had lots of public traffic daily, and the floors looked great.

Be sure that the mop, bucket, etc. you are using are clean and have no residual chemicals in them so you don't get any sort of unwanted reaction with the ammonia!

[Mighty HD]

I tried some lemon ammonia today and it didn't get it all up.

I was thinking of using straight ammonia with a scrub brush to get it off? Any ideas of that?

[deadlock32]

Klasse AIO + SG ^_^

[truzoom]

Diluted all purpose cleaner/degreaser?

Mop-N-Glo is a acrylic sort of sealant right? I assume it'll wear off eventually anyway.

[Mighty HD]

What a weekend

I tried:

Non diluted:

Ammonia
Simple green
Lysol all purpose cleaner
404?
Greased lightning
then finally Purple Power

Purple Power was able to barely get it off---I scrubbed with a stiff brush for hours and hours before it finally cut this crap off.

I even tried Menzerna IP and that just made a mess.


Don't ever EVER use Mop-N-Glo for the love of God.


I'm going to give them a call today and wear their a$$es out. It nearly ruined my 325 squares of marble tile.

[G35stilez]

Alex: I had similar trouble with some beat up marble in the place Liz and I just moved in to.


Some compound and a wool pad helped bring the shine back a lot. I coated with Zaino (not on floors) and this did a nice job.


To clean, I remember reading you should use a chelate-free cleaner. Google some cleaning techniques, there are some dedicated cleaners out there.

[Mighty HD]

Interesting on the Chelate Free cleaner. I never knew.

Now after I finally got this mop-n-glow crap off the floor, you can see fine scratches/swirls in the finish when the light hits it right.

Keep in mind this tile is sealed, and is very very slick and shiney. I will need to re-seal the grout now of course that I've used an industrial engine degreaser..lol

Would the PC with a pad and maybe IP? help or what do I need to get --a buffing machine?

I really don't want to remove any of the finish/luster and cause more maintenance down the road for myself.

Thanks for the replies