Ways to Clean Travertine Stains
The main chemical composition of travertine is a carbonate rock, which is called travertine because of its large number of naturally formed holes. Due to a large number of pores c and water absorption, dust and dirt from the outside easily penetrate and form black holes that are difficult to clean, affecting the beauty of the stone.
Due to the influence of materials and weather humidity, coupled with high traffic flow, the stone floor of the hall is easy to wear, scratches and black holes cracks will also be obvious. The face of this travertine stain situation how to clean it? The following stone Dafu to share with you travertine stain cleaning method.
The basic process of travertine stain cleaning
According to the specific circumstances of the project, the development of the corresponding travertine stain cleaning construction process.
Finished product protection → protective treatment → stone surface cleaning → stone surface repair → overall grinding → protective treatment → recrystallization treatment → site cleaning → quality inspection
Travertine stain cleaning process a: finished product protection
Before construction, use finished product protection film, insulation cotton, and other materials to protect the construction area. The protection of special finished products should be implemented according to the requirements of Party A. Finished product protection should also be done around the construction area to prevent pollution and damage to finished products, such as moisture, pollution, corrosion, collision, etc., and to avoid causing Party A's loss.
Travertine stain cleaning process two: protection treatment
The use of professional stone protective agents for stone specification and effective treatment to reduce the occurrence of stone disease. Prevent moisture from the stone surface or cracks penetrate into the stone interior, resulting in water spots, rust spots, alkali flooding, and other diseases.
When using protective agents, please follow the instructions.
Travertine stain cleaning process three: stone surface cleaning
Use a special stone cleaning agent and abrasive brush to clean the stone holes, crevices, broken dirt. When the stone cleaning to fully brush the drug into the plate surface holes, wait for 30 minutes, so that it and the stains in the holes for chemical reaction, so that the cleaning effect is better, followed by a vacuum cleaner to suck clean surface precipitates. Observe the cleaning effect of the holes and treat the holes 2-3 times until the dirt in the holes is completely removed.
Travertine stain cleaning
Travertine stain cleaning needs to focus on, do not use oxalic acid, hydrochloric acid, toilet cleaner, and other acidic drugs, because these drugs will form an acid film on the surface of the stone hole, affecting the adhesive force.
Travertine stain cleaning process four: stone surface repair
After the stone is cleaned and dried, the larger holes and cracks are repaired with lucite glue. According to the color of the stone choose the corresponding color of lucite glue for color mixing, filling, first fill the large holes, and then fill the small holes. When repairing the holes, the glue should bulge out of the stone surface. Ensure the overall beauty of the stone and the solidity between the cracks of the stone, to maintain the overall gloss consistency after crystallization.
In large repair holes, it is recommended to use a square plate and sawtooth plate alternately scraping glue, so scraping glue is conducive to emptying out the air in the hole so that the glue is filled more full, not easy to fall off.
Travertine stain cleaning process five: overall grinding
Use the grinding machine to polish the stone surface as a whole, remove the stone surface scratches, excess rubber layer, wear, and aging layer, restore the original color of the stone. Rough grinding, fine grinding, and fine grinding with 150-3000 mesh piece
150 mesh coarse grinding, eliminate the stone surface scratches, remove residual rubber marks.
300 mesh and 500 mesh fine grinding can make the stone surface hard, restore the color and improve the color saturation of the stone.
1000 mesh, 2000 mesh, 3000 mesh fine grinding can make the stone surface gloss to reach the national level material supply standards, but also laid a good foundation for the next step.
Travertine stain cleaning process six: protection treatment
If the usual access to the crowd, the ground is easy to be contaminated by drinks, tea, and other stains, so we choose a stone protective agent in the construction process for processing, to prevent the late stone by the impact of external pollution.
The choice of protective agent should be based on the use of the environment and requirements of the party, such as to prevent water pollution, should brush waterproof protective agent; to prevent oily pollution, should brush oil-proof protective agent.
Travertine stain cleaning process seven: recrystallization treatment
Stone surface by special stone crystal machine and crystal hardener for recrystallization. Through 6-9 times of multiple stacking, the formation of an effective crystallization layer, improve the brightness and breathability of the stone surface, increase the visual sense of the stone surface, so that the surface crystallization layer is more wear-resistant and durable.
Travertine stain cleaning precautions
When cleaning the hole daily, do not use a wet mop to mop the floor. It is recommended to use a clean dust pusher with dust pusher oil to clean the floor.
