Stone Cleaning Tips

Why do you want to hire a professional stone cleaning service in San Antonio? Because they know a lot of things.

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San Antonio Stone Cleaning Tips

A professional stone cleaning service knows a lot about stone. For example, they know that anything acidic can damage marble, travertine and limestone. They also know about stains and how to get them out. How do you get stains out of marble? It depends entirely on the stain. Here is a handy guide from the Marble Institute:

"What Type of Stain is It?
The following sections describe the types of stains you may have to deal with and the appropriate household chemicals to use and how to prepare and apply a poultice to remove the stain.
Oil-based
(grease, plumbers' putty, tar, cooking oil, milk, cosmetics)
An oil-based stain will darken the stone and normally must be chemically dissolved so the source of the stain can be flushed or rinsed away. Clean gently with a soft, liquid cleanser with one of the following: household detergent, mineral spirits, or acetone.
Organic
(coffee, tea, wine, fruit, tobacco, paper, food, urine, leaves, bark, bird droppings)
May cause a pinkish-brown stain and may disappear after the source of the stain has been removed. Outdoors, with the sources removed, sun and rain action will generally bleach out the stains. Indoors, clean with 12% hydrogen peroxide (hair bleaching strength) and a few drops of ammonia.
Metal
(iron, rust, copper, bronze)
Iron or rust stains are orange to brown in color and follow the shape of the staining object such as nails, bolts, screws, cans, flower pots, metal furniture. Copper and bronze stains appear as green or muddy-brown and result from the action of moisture on nearby or embedded bronze, copper or brass items. Metal stains must be removed with a poultice. (See website on Using a Poultice – www.marble-institute.com/consumers/poultices/. Deep-seated, rusty stains are extremely difficult to remove and the stone may be permanently stained.
Biological
(algae, mildew, lichens, moss, fungi)
Clean with diluted cleaning solution. Use a 1/2 cup of any of the following: ammonia, bleach, or hydrogen peroxide and a gallon of water. Reminder: do not mix bleach and ammonia."
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Why Professional Stone Cleaning Matters

In addition to marble cleaning or any other type of natural stone care, your professional stone cleaning service will recommend something like stone sealing.
Stone sealing will help to fill in the pores of your stone, and protect it from stains and spills. In the case of marble, this can quite literally save your stone. Simply spilling some red wine on a marble floor can not only stain your floor, it can start to dissolve it.

So remember, there is a big difference between do it yourself stone care and professional stone cleaning in San Antonio.

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