What can we use to repair, fill divots in Travertine Tiles?

QUESTION

Holes in Travertine Tiles - We have some new travertine pavers in our lobby which are failing after 3 years. We have divots where these failures have happened. What can we use to repair or fill these with? What is the process?

ANSWER

ANSWER - Most travertine stones have natural voids and it is sold either filled or unfilled. Sometimes the fill from the factory isn't well done or if the floor is subjected to a lot of wear and tear the fill may become dislodged. I assume that the divots in your travertine floor tile are where they were originally filled with a filler or where natural voids within the travertine were exposed.

You could hire a qualified and experienced stone restoration company and refinish the floor. They can grind up some of the travertine tile and add it to a resin or cementitious compound to fill the voids during their grinding and refinishing process.

Another approach is to thoroughly clean those divots and fill them with a polymer modified cementitious sanded tile grout that is close to or a complimentary color match to the stone. The divots have to be deep enough for the grout to lodge itself in as well as bond to the stone. Some people who buy the travertine unfilled will use the same grout to fill the tile joints to fill all of the voids within the tile surface. You can use a matching color grout or contrasting depending on the look you want. Good Luck.

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