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When marble is first installed it will look shiny and polished and the various patterns in the marble stone will give it the beautiful and unique look that only a natural stone has. There is a price that must be paid for the unique look and beauty of this natural stone. Marble must be properly cleaned and maintained on a regular basis to keep it looking shiny and new. Also since marble is a soft stone the shiny polished look must be periodically restored by polishing it.

Cleaning, maintaining and protecting the polished look of marble is extremely important. Marble must be protected from all types of harsh cleaning products, soaps and acidic cooking products. Many people do not realize how easy it is to etch marble tiles with just normal shampoos, shaving creams or acidic food products. Normal everyday cooking products such as lemon juice, vinegar and wine can stain and severely etch the polished finish. When marble is etched or stained it is impossible to remove these etch and stain marks with normal cleaning products and procedures. Only gentle stone cleaners should be used on marble surfaces and all spills and contaminates must be immediately wiped away to prevent them from etching the polished finish.

Even with the most stringent care and maintenance plans marble will still loose its shiny and glossy appearance over time. Scratches and micro abrasions in the finish will cause it to lose the shiny, glossy and reflective appearance it had when it was first installed. Marble must be polished on a regular basis to restore the shiny and glossy appearance that it had when it was first installed.

Polished Finished Marble Stone is a kind of natural stone, which is required for this periodic maintenance. A professional stone polishing procedure will take out the scratches and small abrasive marks that are hindering the bright, shiny and polished appearance. It will be necessary to use coarse grit polishing pads first to remove all of the deep scratches. Then by using progressively finer grit diamond polishing pads a shiny reflective appearance will start to be formed. Finally a polishing powder or polishing paste can be used to bring up the shine to what the marble had when it was first installed.

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