How To Polish Marble

QUESTION:

How do you polish worn white marble?

ANSWER:

This is a job for a marble restoration professional.

There isn't any spray or product that you can apply yourself to make it shiny.

The polish or shine on marble comes from grinding using diamond abrasives. To do it right requires skill and experience.

Re-finishing/re-polishing is a normal process in the life of a marble installation. Marble is not as hard as granite and repeated use (on floors especially) will eventually wear away the shiny surface layer.

However, you may have some other issues like a wax that has been applied that is now dull and scuffed or a soap build up that is dulling the marble.

Try cleaning a small area with acetone. Acetone is neutral and won't hurt your marble.

If the cleaned area reveals a shiny surface then you may not need re-polishing... unless removing whatever is on the surface creates some etching, which can be unavoidable depending on what must be used to remove the coating.

Investigate and ask another question if you need to using the comment link at the bottom, but I recommend you have a pro come look.

Good Luck,
Ryan

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