Stone Restoration in Las Vegas

Your stone floor has gone dull. Or the countertop has rings that won't wipe off, a chip on the edge, or a scratch that catches the light every time you walk past. And if you're like a lot of homeowners we meet, you're not even sure what the stone is. The house came with it.

Nearly every natural stone surface in a Las Vegas home can be restored rather than replaced, at our published rates of $3–$20 per square foot depending on the stone, and every stone except terrazzo tops out at $10. The steps are the same every time: figure out which stone you have, read its price off the table below, then go to the right page (or just call). This page walks you through all three.

What stone do you have?

Everything downstream (the price, the method, the finish you can expect) depends on this one question, so it's where every assessment starts. Natural stones split into two families: calcite stones (marble, limestone, travertine) that react to acid and scratch relatively easily, and silicate stones (granite, quartzite, slate) that don't react to acid at all; granite and quartzite are also hard enough to shrug off a steel blade.

Two field tests separate them. These are the same checks our technicians run on-site, and both leave a mark, so only test in a hidden spot (inside a closet, behind a toilet, under an appliance):

• The vinegar test. Put one tiny drop of white vinegar on an out-of-the-way spot, wait a minute, then rinse and dry. On marble, limestone, or travertine, the drop will fizz faintly or leave a dull patch — that dull patch is an etch, which is exactly why you keep the drop small and hidden. Granite, quartzite, and slate won't react at all.
• The scratch test. In that same hidden area, draw a steel knife tip lightly across the surface. Steel sits around 5.5 on the mineral hardness scale, hard enough to scratch calcite stones but not granite or quartzite.

Then confirm with your eyes and fingertips:

One distinction trips people up constantly: quartzite vs. engineered quartz. Quartzite is a natural stone we see in a lot of newer Las Vegas homes, and it restores beautifully. Engineered quartz is a factory product of resin and crushed mineral, and it needs a different approach entirely. If the vinegar and scratch tests both come back negative and the pattern looks a little too uniform, you may have quartz. Send us a photo before assuming either way. Quartzite restoration is handled on our granite page, since the two take the same method family.

Still not sure, or sure about the stone but not about what's wrong with it? Run your symptoms through our stone damage diagnosis tool and it will point you to the likely problem and fix.

The restoration ladder: clean, hone, polish, seal

Whatever stone you have, restoration climbs the same four rungs. What changes per stone is the grit, the chemistry, and how far up the ladder your damage requires, which is what the price ranges below reflect.

Clean. Deep cleaning strips years of embedded soil, old wax, and failed topical coatings so we can see the true condition of the stone. Sometimes this rung alone is the job: a floor that looked "worn out" turns out to be a dirty one.

Hone. Honing uses diamond abrasives to remove a very thin layer of stone and takes etches, scratches, and dull traffic paths off with it. This is the rung that actually erases damage rather than hiding it. Honing can also be the finish line: a honed, matte surface is a deliberate choice many homeowners prefer for floors, because it shows less wear day to day.

Polish. Progressively finer abrasives bring the surface up from matte to the reflective finish most people picture when they think of restored stone. Polish level is a menu, not a mandate — high gloss, satin, or honed are all finishes we can deliver and later change.

Seal. An impregnating sealer soaks into the pores and buys you reaction time against spills. It's always the last rung, and in Las Vegas it's not optional (more on why below).

Chips, cracks, and broken edges sit outside the ladder: those get filled and color-matched as repairs (from $150) before the surface work begins.

Pricing: every stone, published

Of the competing Las Vegas stone restoration pages we reviewed, not one publishes a price. You get a form, a "free estimate," and no idea whether you're looking at hundreds or thousands. We publish our rates:

Where a job lands inside its range depends on condition and finish: light rejuvenation sits at the bottom, heavy grinding on a badly damaged surface at the top. For a number tuned to your square footage and damage level, the stone restoration cost calculator gets you a working estimate in under a minute, and the written quote after an assessment is firm.

Restore or replace?

For most damaged stone, this math isn't close. Run the numbers:

Countertops. Restoring granite runs $3–$10/sqft at our published rates. Replacing granite countertops runs roughly $97–$141/sqft installed as a national average, so restoration typically comes to about 3–10% of replacement cost. On a 50-sqft kitchen, that's roughly $150–$500 restored versus $4,800–$7,000 replaced.

Floors. Restoration for most stones runs $3–$10/sqft. New marble flooring runs about $26–$32/sqft installed as a national average — and that figure excludes demolition and tear-out of the existing floor, which replacement always requires and restoration never does. Even before demo, restoration typically lands around 10–35% of replacement; add tear-out, disposal, and the construction mess that comes with them, and the gap widens further. A 500-sqft marble floor: roughly $1,500–$3,000 restored versus $12,900–$15,970 in material and installation alone.

Those replacement figures are national averages, not Las Vegas quotes (local bids vary), but the ratio is the point, and it holds at any reasonable local price.

Replacement does win sometimes, and we'll tell you when it does: stone ground too thin by past refinishing, tiles cracking because the substrate underneath is failing, or a surface you simply no longer want. And honesty about the middle ground matters too: a deep crack can be stabilized, filled, and color-matched so it no longer draws the eye, but up close, at the wrong angle, you'll know it was there. If your decision hinges on the numbers, the full breakdown lives in our floor restoration vs. replacement cost comparison.

Limestone restoration

Limestone is the soft-spoken member of the calcite family — muted, matte, and easy to live with, but it etches from acids, and its traffic lanes show wear sooner than most homeowners expect. We restore limestone floors, showers, and surrounds across the valley: honing out etch marks and wear paths, addressing stains, and sealing against the next spill, at $4–$8 per square foot. Most limestone looks best brought back to a honed or satin finish rather than a mirror gloss. For day-to-day upkeep between professional visits, our limestone care guide covers cleaners, sealers, and habits that stretch the results.

Terrazzo restoration

Terrazzo (stone chips locked in a cement or resin matrix) turns up most often in the valley's mid-century houses, and many of the terrazzo floors we uncover have spent decades hiding under carpet or old wax. It restores spectacularly. The work is the full ladder: strip the old coatings, grind and hone the surface flat, polish to your chosen sheen, and seal. Because starting conditions vary so widely, terrazzo carries our widest range at $5–$20 per square foot: a lightly worn floor sits near the bottom, a paint-spattered one under carpet tack strips near the top. Once it's restored, the terrazzo care guide shows you how to keep it that way.

Why Las Vegas is hard on stone

Three local conditions do most of the damage we're called out to fix. Our water measures 291 parts per million of dissolved minerals — 17 grains per gallon — officially rated "very hard," which is why white crusty deposits build so fast around faucets, in showers, and anywhere water sits on stone. The desert sun pours UV through windows and onto outdoor stone, and in our experience that shortens the working life of sealers. And the fine grit that blows in from the desert acts like sandpaper underfoot, slowly scouring polished floors along every traffic path. None of this means you can't have beautiful stone in Las Vegas; it means sealing and maintenance schedules written for milder climates don't apply here, and your stone's dedicated page covers what to do about it.

How it works, and why us

Every job follows the same path. Send a photo or call for a ballpark, then we come out for a free assessment: we identify the stone (this is where you get your answer if the field tests above left you guessing), measure, and hand you a written quote at the published rates. The crew cleans, repairs any chips or cracks, climbs the ladder as far as your stone needs, and seals. We walk the finished surface with you before we leave, and our sealing work is backed by a 30-day guarantee.

Night and Day Stone is family-owned and has restored Las Vegas stone for over 20 years. We're licensed in Nevada, we hold a 4.9-star rating across 67 reviews, and we answer in English and Spanish.

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Get your stone assessed

One visit identifies your stone, measures the damage, and puts a firm number on fixing it at the rates published above. We serve Las Vegas and the surrounding valley.

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