Preservation

Crystallisation, Honing and Which One Your Floor Needs

Two different processes are sold under similar language, and they solve different problems.

What matters, and why.

Honing and polishing

Diamond abrasives in progressive stages. It physically cuts the stone flat, removing etch marks, scratches and wear. This is what repairs a damaged floor.

Crystallisation

A chemical and mechanical process that hardens the surface layer as it shines it. Excellent on calcium-based stone in traffic; it complements honing rather than replacing it.

What crystallisation will not do

It will not repair scratches or etching. Applied over damage, it locks the damage in and the floor has to be honed later anyway.

Coatings are neither

A polymer or wax over the surface shines immediately, wears through in traffic lanes within months, yellows, and has to be stripped before real work can begin.

If this is something you would rather hand over, our specialist cleaning and restoration is scoped at an inspection and confirmed in writing before any work begins. We will also tell you when a job does not need us.

Questions

Answered plainly.

A test area, done in front of you, before anything is committed. Any contractor unwilling to do that is telling you something.

No. It suits marble and limestone. Not granite, and not every stone.

About a day per large room. The stages are sequential and each needs the previous one finished.