Can we treat marble and granite floor with crystallization or waxing method?
Using crystallization and waxes will clog the stone’s pores and traps the moisture and salts inside the stone. Natural stone is a porous material that has small microscopic pores that allow it to breathe (exchange moisture with the atmosphere). When the stone becomes dry, it extracts moisture from the atmosphere through its pores and when it becomes too wet, it pushes the excess moisture out of the stone through its pores. When you put any kind of wax on the surface, it closes up the pores and the moisture cannot get out. This creates pressure within the stone. Overtime this problem will become worse. Pressure from trapped moisture and salt cause the pores to expand resulting in small pieces of stone breaking-off and creating a hole in the surface of the stone. We call this condition pitting or spalling. If pitting occurs, the stone has to be replaced.
