The most effective type of buffing pad for stone floors is one with diamond.
Buffing stone floors.
Crystallization is a process in which a chemical called fluorosilicate is sprayed onto the stone and buffed in with steel wool pads causing new glassy like crystals to be formed on the surface.
Using special polishing pads with a buffing machine is like sanding down all the blemishes and resurfacing the tiles.
Burnishing natural stone floor with a diamond impregnated pad.
This is simply because standard buffing pads won t make even the tiniest dimple in stone.
Add shining powder as needed.
Apply approximately 1 2 cup shining powder plus 1 cup clean water to stone surface.
But just like standard buffing pads diamond pads come in various grit sizes for removing more or less material per rotation.
Buffing removes the scratches and leaves the floor with a renewed shine.
A standard 175 rpm floor machine with a special heavy drive plate is used to create the heat and friction needed to form and polish the crystals.
Keep shining powder wet with water while refinishing.
Refinish area with hand buffer or weighted 175 rpm floor machine at 130 140 lbs fitted with a natural hair pad.
Renewing stone flooring through polish can be accomplished by do it yourselfers through commercial kits.
Polishing floor with diamond powder.