Finding the Best Marble Care (Contd.)

Marble care is about following marble cleaning tips.

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Marble Cleaning: Keeping the Qualities of Marble

For marble to keep its qualities, you just have to pay attention to these simple marble cleaning tips:

Dust your furniture and marble floors frequently.  Dusting helps to keep grit from damaging your stone.  Always clean surfaces with a sponge soaked in water with detergent. Don't ever wet mop marble.  Rinse well and dry. Avoid frequent use of lemon and vinegar.  Both of these compounds can damage your stone.  On that note, don't  use abrasive cleaners either.  Harsh chemicals such as bleach or ammonia should be avoided as well.  In addition to damaging your floor, if you mix bleach and ammonia together it is a toxic mix as well as potentially explosive.

If you have spilled wine, orange juice, coffee, or anything acidic or citrus based, clean up the stain immediately, and wipe it down with soap and water, and then finally, blot it dry.  As we covered previously, marble is vulnerable to anything acidic.  To help keep grit from damaging your marble, put mats or floor rugs at the entrance of each room that has marble in it.  These floor coverings can trap sand, dirt and other forms of grit out.  Make sure you sweep your marble with a soft cotton dust mop every now and then and sweep the dirt out of the home.

If the marble has been burned by a cigarette or other form of heat, the stain will not come out. The only solution is to polish the surface until the mark disappears completely.  You want to get a professional marble cleaning service for this however, because they're the only ones with the know-how to properly do marble polishing.

The best tool for cleaning marble is a brush. A sponge is only useful in the case of surface stains. If the sponge and brush have failed to completely remove the stain

Marble Maintenance

If your kitchen marble has lost its luster, its appearance can be improved by pouring a handful of salt and then rubbed with a damp cloth. Finally, rinse with water and dry with a cloth.  If you want a great looking floor, however, your best bet is to call a marble cleaning service.  Not only will they clean your marble, they'll seal it too, which will help to keep up it's appearance between visits.

So remember.  Marble cleaning isn't that hard.  Know what to do.  If you don't, call in a marble cleaning service.  

 

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Finding the Best Marble Care

Marble care is all about knowing what to do with this remarkable stone.

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Why Get Professional Marble Care?

Why get professional marble care?  Well, marble, like travertine, can be damaged if you don't know what you're doing.

Marble is a favorite stone for construction and decoration. It is a noble material that gives a distinguished touch to your environments and lasts for several generations. But for that, you must keep it clean with techniques to keep for years. As a porous material, marble easily absorbs stains. The good news is that these stains can be removed successfully if you act fast. The longer, more liquid is absorbed and the harder it is to remove from the stone.

How to clean marble  is very simple; simply pass a sponge or cloth soaked in a mixture of soap and water. Of course, if the spots are deeper, you will have to apply other techniques.  If there is a mark of rust or rust on the floor from the action of some furniture, we recommend using water and lemon (juice). You can also add a little salt. When vinegar or lemon is used to remove a stain, keep in mind that are corrosive to the stone, so it should be used with care. Otherwise, you can ruin the marble permanently. To prevent this from happening, apply the mixture to the stain, rub gently for a few minutes and immediately it with water and soap. If the stain persists, clean it again, taking care not to let it set more than a few minutes on the stone.  It's a good idea to clean your marble in sections, so that only a small portion of floor is vulnerable at a time.

Marble Cleaning and Sealing

One thing that a lot of people do wrong with marble cleaning is to apply wax to it to make it shine.  While wax can give your floor a temporary shine, wax has a tendency to build up to the point that it can attract dirt and make your floor look dingy and worn out.  What's surprising about marble is that you can actually hone it with the right sort of abrasive pads and powder to get that shine.  The shine level of your marble depends on the finish you're looking for.  Full gloss, for example, is where marble literally looks like a mirror, and you can even see  your face in the floor.

Ultimately, regardless of how you do it, you want to take care of your marble.  One of the best ways is to call a marble cleaning service.

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