Stone Cleaning and Restoration: Everything You Wanted to Know About Limestone

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You should hire a San Antonio stone cleaning service if you have any sort of stone, but particularly if you have calcium-based stone such as travertine, marble, or limestone.

All About Limestone Cleaning and Care

Limestone can be beautiful and even rival marble for its sheen and luster.  That is, when it is taken care of properly.  Limestone is one of those stones that comes in a wide range of colors.  It can vary  from a gray to green to  a rich coffee with cream color.  Have you ever been to an upscale mall or shopping center?  Odds are the tile under your feet isn't marble, it's limestone.  Limestone is both beautiful and durable.  With that said, just remember the right way to care for limestone, and then limestone cleaning will be a breeze.
As we covered previously, like marble, limestone is extremely reactive to acids, so don't use any acidic cleaners that have lemon juice, vinegar, or other acid based compound.  When in doubt, contact a professional stone cleaning service in San Antonio for advice. As a rule, limestone tile can be polished in three different ways.  These ways are from lowest to highest gloss: honed, semi-polished and highly polished. A good thing to know however, that unless your limestone is a harder grade, you won't be able to polish it to the level of granite or even marble.

Limestone Cleaning Requires Knowing Its Rules

If you want to clean your limestone tile, first know how it gets dirty.  Limestone, like all stones is porous, and it is a bit soft. As a result it stains easily.   Limestone is also vulnerable to hard water stains. To clean limestone floor tile, scrub gently with a pH-neutral stone cleaner, preferably one designed specifically for limestone. Make sure to dry the floor with towels, as you go. Never clean limestone with household soap and water, as it will eventually leave buildup on the tile.
Another thing to avoid is a lot of over the counter items.  A great many of them use wax and oil to get that shine.  For a while it will work as advertised, but after a while, waxy buildup will occur which will attract dirt.  It is also harder to remove this buildup, and you run the risk of using a harsh chemical to remove it which will damage your stone.

So remember, don't try to clean limestone yourself.  Hire a professional tile cleaning service in San Antonio instead.
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Stone Cleaning and Restoration: Everything You Wanted to Know About Travertine

There's a wrong way and a right way to clean travertine.  None of this is new information, but it bears repeating.

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Travertine Cleaning and Care:  Be Careful With Your Stone

As we covered previously, you never want to wet mop travertine.  While water itself is harmless, what may be in your water is not, particularly any chlorine.  Anything acidic put on travertine can eat away at the stone.  And you'd be surprised at what can cause damage to travertine.  Bleach, of course, is a given, but did you know that something as simple as spilling a cup of coffee or a glass or wine or orange juice on your travertine floor can damage it too.  In addition, certain species of bacteria can also eat away at the stone and these bacteria are often found in municipal water sources.  Another problem with using anything acidic is that travertine is usually not one piece, it has gaps and voids that form in it naturally and these are usually filled with resin or other filling material that is as vulnerable, if not more than the stone itself.

Travertine is Tricky and Surprisingly Fragile:  Get a Professional Stone Cleaning Service In

Although travertine is extremely durable, it can lose its glossy appearance with wear and tear.  That's why its important for you to contact a professional who can restore its original appearance, preferably one who specializes in stone cleaning. They know what can be used on your stone as well as how to bring back it's lovely luster and shine.  One thing that a professional stone care service will likely recommend is to seal your stone.  This is a good idea from so many angles.  Stone is naturally porous, and a stone sealer sinks into the pores and makes it more resistant to stains as well as damage. Ultimately, you want to make sure that one of two things occurs where your travertine floor is concerned.  Either you know exactly what to do at all times in regards to cleaning it and taking care of it, or you get on the phone and call a stone cleaning service in San Antonio, Texas.
Travertine has been used for centuries.  But why not take advantage of technology in this century?  Call a professional travertine cleaning service to help your floor or counter look it's best.
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Stone Cleaning and Restoration: Everything You Wanted to Know About Marble

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Never try to clean marble tile yourself.  You could end up damaging not only your grout, but your stone tile as well.

Marble Tile Cleaning and Polishing in San Antonio

As we covered previously, marble is considered timeless and elegant. It can reflect adaptive modernization and rich history at the same time. On the flip side, marble is not cheap. It is relatively expensive to use and attention to detail is required. Any construction expert can attest that installing marble tiles for example can not only be a chore, but also a tedious project. Marble tiles need to be lined up and viewed in entirety to see if the design matches in every tile before installing them. Cleaning of marble tiles is not as easy as it may seem. Like any stone tile, it requires high maintenance. Regular cleaning is demanded. You cannot leave dirt, smudge or spills for too long. They can leave a mark that would be impossible to remove.

A lot of people think it is simple to clean marble tiles. A common misconception is that piece of cloth and any cleaning product would be enough to clean marble tiles. Marble tiles are porous, meaning they can easily absorb any substance that comes in contact with them. Marble is also sensitive to acid. So whether it is acid found in food like citrus fruits, wine or synthetic cleaning products, we need to be extremely careful what we allow to touch marble tiles. Marble can also be very sensitive to stains. A little pigment left for too long can blend into marble and completely ruin the look of any floor or room.

Marble is Expensive:  Hire a Professional Tile Cleaning Service in San Antonio

Let's repeat that.  Marble is expensive.  Hire a professional tile cleaning service in San Antonio.  First off, they'll know what NOT to do as well as the proper way to clean marble and even in some cases restore it.  They can also give you tips and advice to keep marble clean between visits, and maybe recommend regimens like stone sealing to help keep liquid and spills out.

A professional tile cleaning service will also know the difference between shine levels and help you to get not only the gloss level, but do it in a safe way.  All of these reasons and more are ones to contact a marble cleaning service in San Antonio.

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Tile Cleaning in San Antonio: The Insider's Guide to Cleaning Your Tile and Grout (Conclusion)

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Cleaning  your tile and grout can be difficult, or easy.  It all depends on you.  What's the best way?  Easy.  Hire a tile cleaning service in San Antonio...

Why A San Antonio Tile Cleaning Service is Who You Should Call

As we covered previously, if you want tile and grout cleaning tips between visits from your tile cleaning service in San Antonio, a professional service can tell you what to do and what not to do between visits.  For example, you never want to use harsh chemicals like bleach unless they are very diluted.  Bleach is essentially acid, and can easily strip away the glaze on ceramic tile.  Think that's bad?  It can be worse. If you apply bleach or anything acidic to limestone, marble, or travertine, it can literally dissolve your stone away.  All of these stones are calcium-based which reacts chemically to anything acidic.  Even something like orange juice or coffee can damage your stone.
So avoid any harsh chemicals or anything acidic.  Don't wet mop.  Damp mop only.  All of these are just some of the tile cleaning tips that a professional San Antonio tile cleaning service can offer you.  Want some more?  Ok, be careful of home cleaning experts online or on your favorite streaming services.

Be Careful When You Clean Your Tile and Grout

Why?  Well, one prominent cleaning 'expert' said with total conviction that it's a good idea to clean your marble floor with lemon juice and water.  Lemon juice? On marble?  Well, it's not a bad idea, if you want to spend a fortune replacing your marble floor because you damaged your stone irreparably.  Another example of an excellent tile cleaning tip is to avoid store bought "miracle" cleaners.  You have a digital box, you see all those ads for some sort of miracle cleaner.  But wait! There's more! If you call now, you can get two bottles of _____ Miracle Tile Cleaner, just pay additional shipping. And you try their product.  It does indeed clean your tile to the point that it looks like it's brand new.  There are only two problems they forgot to tell you about.  First off, it uses wax and oil to get you that shine.  So, it seeps into your grout, and leaves a waxy build up on your tile.  It also reacts chemically with your grout.
Cleaning  your tile and grout can be difficult, or easy.  It all depends on you.  What's the best way?  Easy.  Hire a tile cleaning service in San Antonio.
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Tile Cleaning in San Antonio: The Insider's Guide to Cleaning Your Tile and Grout (Continued)

There is a wrong way and a right way to clean your grout and tile.  Your best bet is to hire a professional tile cleaning service.

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Why Hire a Tile and Grout Cleaning Service? 

As we covered previously, if you  hire a professional tile cleaner, you can always rest assured that at the end of your  work day you will  have one less thing on your plate, and you can count on the results that they'll give you, namely clean grout lines and sparkling tile.  Hiring a tile cleaner will allow you to focus on those tasks in your agenda that are really important instead of worrying about housework all the time.
Hiring tile cleaning services is the perfect solution if you do not have time to do it yourself, but you want to have the house always clean and tidy.  If you need more reasons, consider this.  If you don't know what you're doing, you can potentially damage your tile as well as your grout.
Grout, for example is extremely porous.  Not surprising, as most grout is made out of sand.  Have you ever heard of sand that wasn't porous.  A lot of times, people will make the mistake of wet-mopping a floor.  If you have your grout sealed, this isn't a problem.  If not, then if you choose to wet mop your floor, your grout will be saturated, and can start crumbling under your tile.  Professional grout cleaning uses far less water.

Tile and Grout Cleaning Tips: Another Reason to Hire a Pro

Do you want tile and grout cleaning tips between visits from your tile cleaning service in San Antonio?  A professional service can tell you what to do and what not to do between visits.  For example, you never want to use harsh chemicals like bleach unless they are very diluted.  Bleach is essentially acid, and can easily strip away the glaze on ceramic tile.  Think that's bad?  It can be worse. If you apply bleach or anything acidic to limestone, marble, or travertine, it can literally dissolve your stone away.  All of these stones are calcium-based which reacts chemically to anything acidic.  Even something like orange juice or coffee can damage your stone.
So avoid any harsh chemicals or anything acidic.  Don't wet mop.  Damp mop only.  All of these are just some of the tile cleaning tips that a professional San Antonio tile cleaning service can offer you.
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