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Home Maintenance Guidelines

    for all types of Natural Stone Surfaces

 


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Marble, granite, travertine or natural stone shower:

Daily: Wipe down shower walls and floor with a squeegee to remove most soap scum and water. With a towel, dry any areas where water might puddle.

Weekly: Use a squeegee to wipe down entire shower. Next, spray disinfecting shower cleaner onto walls (one wall at a time) and wipe dry with a towel. Repeat the process for all walls and the floor.

Yearly or bi-yearly: Once natural stone tiles lose luster, become pitted, have permanent water streaks or look worn, it is time to call Integrity Marble & Granite to have a professionally trained stone technician restore your shower back to its original condition.

 

Marble, granite, travertine or natural stone floor:

Weekly: Once a week, your natural stone floor should be dust mopped with a cotton dust mop with a 12” - 18” wide head. In week 2, your natural stone floor should be mopped with a cotton string mop and a stone soap solution consisting of 2 gallons of warm clean water and 6 - 8 ounces of stone soap (pH7). Mop floor with a damp (well wrung out) mop of this solution. Be careful not to subject floor to too much water. Allow floor to air dry.

Yearly or bi-yearly: When floor becomes dull, looses its luster, numerous scratches appear, or water spotting occurs, it is time to call Integrity Marble & Granite professionally trained stone
technicians to restore your floor back to its original condition.

 

Marble, granite or natural stone countertops:

Daily: Wipe off debris with a dry paper towel. After large debris has been removed, wipe down entire countertop with either a natural stone, anti-bacterial safe wipe, or a natural stone soap (pH7) and a clean damp paper towel.

Every 2 to 3 years (granite countertops): Countertops should be re-sealed to guard against staining, create easier wipe-up, strengthen countertops and preserve their natural beauty.

Yearly or bi-yearly (marble, limestone or travertine countertops): As countertops lose their luster or become water and chemically spotted, an Integrity Marble & Granite professionally trained stone technician should be called in to restore countertops back to their original condition.

 

Tile and grout (ceramic, porcelain and most other man made materials):

A couple times weekly: Sweep floor free of debris (dirt, dust and sand) into dustpan.

Weekly: Mop floor with a damp (not too wet) cotton string type mop combined with a high alkaline cleaner and hot water. Follow instructions on the alkaline cleaner for the proper mixing ratio. Change mop water as soon as it becomes brown.

Yearly or bi-yearly: If grout on floor begins to become permanently discolored, it is time to call Integrity Marble & Granite to have the grout professionally cleaned to restore the grout and tile back to their original condition.

 

      

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