Learn English – One word for preparing (rubbing/polishing) marble tiles

word-request

In India, at many places, floors are prepared with marble tiles or cemented floors with marble chips inside.

After fixing everything in floor once, floor is smoothed using rubbing sandpaper like materials and then polished to make shiny and further smooth.

I want to know one word for it.

Best Answer

The process is called finishing. Polishing and honing are common finishes. See this commercial page for examples of several more types of stone surface finishes.

Merriam-Webster has this definition:

finish (noun) 1.c: the final treatment or coating of a surface

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