This travertine floor in Bay Hill had become worn over years, and the owners wanted a makeover. Scratches from foot traffic and pets had worn the finish down even more in high traffic areas. To get rid of the deeper scratches, Clean Image of Orlando used the Italian Klindex Levighetor with the planetary attachment to give the floor a two-step diamond hone. This brings out amazing clarity and enhances the natural colors of many types of travertine. The floor was finished after it was polished with an active polishing compound.
The chairs in this Maitland home were scratching the travertine floor with every day usage, making them appear chalky as time passed. Clean Image of Orlando was able to remove all of the scratches and etch marks with a two-step diamond honing process and a light polish with an active compound. Installing felt pads under your chairs will lesson the chances of scratching up you stone floors.
These homeowners in Magnolia Plantation had just installed wood floors, and felt that they needed to do something with the travertine floor to ‘bring it up to par’ with the new installation. Clean Image of Orlando preformed a two-step diamond honing process to remove deep scratches and restore clarity to the travertine. This process uses the Italian Klindex, which is contained and completely dustless to give the owner peace of mind. Following the honing process, the floor was brought up to the desired level of polish, using an active polishing compound.
This Lake Mary homeowner had problems with scratches and wear on their entry. Clean Image of Orlando preformed a two-step diamond honing process using the Klindex Levighetor and a counter rotating planetary attachment to get rid of the scratches that were causing the travertine floor to look cloudy, and chalky in areas. The owners wanted a shine, so a compound polish was used to bring the travertine back up to a desirable level of polish.
This shows a travertine floor with the factory hone, or what you would get ‘out of the box’ after 2 years. This center of the dinning room floor was protected by the dinning table, so what you see in the before was likely how the installer finished it. It didn’t have enough shine for them so Clean Image of Orlando used a two-step diamond honing process for scratch removal, and getting rid of etches. After that, an active polishing compound was used to polish the travertine.
The main kitchen area is what made this family in Bay Hill realize that their floor was overdue for maintenance. Oils and other materials from cooking, as well as constant foot traffic left this stretch of travertine more worn and soiled than other areas. In order to get rid of the deeper scratches and etches, the floor was honed with diamond resins. Afterwards, it was polished with an active travertine polishing compound.
This exterior travertine front porch in Lake Mary had been weathered for years before Clean Image of Orlando was called in to refinish. The Homeowner desired a high-polish finish.
This Home located in Isleworth with Travertine inlaid with Wood, had lost its shine, become soiled, scratched and had cracking in 4 separate areas. Many shy away due to the proximity to the moisture sensitive wood. Clean Image of Orlando was able to repair all the cracked tiles and grout (see travertine crack repair link), and refinish the Travertine surface to a hi-polish as desired by the homeowner. The results speak for its self.
This was new travertine installed in Keene’s Point Windermere. The installation was very good, with minimal lippage, however the floor overall exhibited a very blotchy or mottled appearance. A cementitious filler material is applied at the factory to fill the natural voids in the stone surface. This travertine filler is applied last and hardens with time.
The owners of this floor wanted a polished appearance to enhance and bring out the natural beauty of the travertine stone tiles. Before the Travertine is polished, a 2-step Diamond abrasive honing and polishing procedure is performed. The advantage with this process is 2 fold. One, it better prepares the travertine surface for better clarity, deeper gloss level (wet look) and a long lasting polish. Two, the diamond abrasives will hone and polish the filler material to a lo-polish to better blend with the hi-polished travertine surface. You may have noticed the concrete flooring in Lowes, Home Depot, Costco, as well as others, is polished, this is the same process.
There are during pictures in this gallery that show the cementitious filler exhibits a higher polish than the travertine stone after the last diamond polishing abrasive. The only caveat for the filler to take a polish is it must be level with the surrounding travertine. If the filler dips below, the diamonds cannot “reach” to finish properly.
The homeowner in this Winter Park home had just had Travertine installed and wanted a polished finish. She was not happy with the results as seen in the before, this area when compared to the other areas done in the same fashion, actually looked good upon first look. The first service used a Crystallizing process to produce this finish. After diligent investigating, the homeowner hired Clean Image of Orlando to come back in and Diamond hone and Active polish to produce a hi-polish that is shown in the after.